Urban Patterns and Biological Diversity: A Review

Werner, P.; Zahner, Rudolf

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“…For a country like Germany, where the biotope mapping has had a long-standing tradition of more than 45 years, RS orbital and aerial images are of great value, because they support the classification system of biotope types at one point in time over a large space. Thus, diversified sites and biotopes in urban areas are mapped and undergo long-term monitoring [48]. In Germany, biotope mapping is widely used for policy making with its long tradition in landscape planning and management [49].…”

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“…This thematic information was produced by the "Sächsisches Landesamt für Umwelt Landwirtschaft und Geologie" (2008) [51]. Its classification system of biotope types gives abundant information on diversified sites and biotopes in urban areas [48]. Biotope mapping characterizes cities, especially urban areas, as a complex habitat mosaic [52], which are made up of various sub-units and forms.…”

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“…Moreover, biotope mapping has been shown to make a substantial contribution for AMGI at urban scale, given that it has contributed to an evaluation of GI benefits in natural resource, tourism and recreation, and conservation benefits. Therefore, for the areas where there is biotope mapping on the basis of investigations of individual habitats [48], there is higher potential behind the use of our methodology. For the cities where there are spatial datasets at high spatial resolution, likely the LULC data of Leipzig (2012) derived from OBIA approach [54,55] , our framework and assessment methodology would show value, since both of them are ready to be applied to other cities and have proven to be valid to identify the hotspots of respective GI functions as well as the multifunctional areas.…”

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An Integrated Indicator Framework for the Assessment of Multifunctional Green Infrastructure—Exemplified in a European City

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The aim of this study is to provide an integrated indicator framework for the Assessment of Multifunctional Green Infrastructure (AMGI) to advance the evolution of the Green Infrastructure (GI) concept, and simultaneously deliver an approach do conduct a GI assessment using remote sensing datasets at multiple spatial and spectral scales. Based on this framework, we propose an explicit methodology for AMGI, while addressing the multi-dimensional pillars (ecology, socio-economy, socio-culture, and human health) for urban sustainability and the multifunctionality of GI. For the purpose of validation, we present the extensive process of employing our framework and methodology, and give an illustrative case exemplified in a European city, i.e., Leipzig, Germany. In this exemplification, we deployed three stages regarding how a single assessment can be conducted: from conceptual framework for priority setting, contextual assessment, to retrospective assessment. In this illustrative case study, we enclosed 18 indicators, as well as identified hot and cold spots of selected GI functions and their multifunctionality. A clear framework and methodology is crucial for the sustainable management of spatially oriented GI plans over time and for different stakeholder groups. Therefore, GI planners and policy makers may now refer to our integrative indicator framework and provided application methodology as common grounds for a better mutual understanding amongst scientists and stakeholders. This study contributes to discourses regarding the enhancement of the GI concept and is expected to provoke more discussion on the improvements of high-quality Remote Sensing (RS) data as well as the development of remote sensing-based methods at multiple spatial, temporal, and spectral scales to support GI plans.

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“…Savard et al (2000) noted the range of definitions for urban biodiversity and stressed the importance of defining the setting and scales at which biodiversity is being assessed. Differences in scale, from a single urban lot to the larger region containing the city, reflect differences in land and property ownership and management regimes, and shape the meaning and goals of biodiversity conservation (Savard et al 2000;Kinzig et al 2005;Werner and Zahner 2009;Werner and Zahner 2010).…”

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Urban biodiversity and the importance of management and conservation

Nilon

2010

Landscape Ecol Eng

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The importance of urban biodiversity is debated by many in the conservation community. Some researchers and managers focus on threats to biodiversity associated with urbanization and land use change. In contrast to this approach, people who live in, study, or care about cities-ecologists, wildlife managers, conservation biologists, planners, and local residents-have debated what biodiversity means in urban settings. Recent literature on biodiversity in cities notes the range of ecological, social, and cultural meanings of urban biodiversity and stresses the importance of defining the setting and scales at which biodiversity is being assessed. This approach to urban biodiversity has documented the importance of conservation of rare species and habitats but also the importance of managing the range of habitats in and around where people live, work, and play.

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“…Some of them occur predominantly or exclusively in cities and form populations independent from those in the natural habitats [1].…”

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Herpetofauna in the city of Blagoevgrad, south-western Bulgaria

Pulev¹,

Sakelarieva²

2013

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Conflict of Interests:The authors have no competing interests in relation to the work described. AbstractThe city of Blagoevgrad and its surroundings (about 16.4 km 2 ) were researched in order to establish the diversity, distribution and level of synanthropy of the amphibian and reptile species. Data about the herpetofauna were obtained in the period 1988-2012. Totally 25 species were registered -10 amphibians and 15 reptiles. The number of species, discovered around the city, was 23, and 6 of them were not found within the administrative boundaries of the city. The different urban zones are inhabited by 19 species. They represent 37% of the amphibians and 31% of the reptiles, found in Bulgaria, and 64% of the amphibians and 60% of the reptiles, distributed in the Blagoevgrad municipality, which is very high species richness. The herpetofauna has found quite favourable conditions in the territory of the city as a whole, and especially in the sparsely populated and built up areas and city periphery. The presence of great variety of urban habitats and the pattern of situation of the city residential districts are very important for the successful adaptation of herpetofauna for inhabiting in urban environment. The high species richness could be explained also by the fact, that comparatively great number of amphibians and reptiles are hemerodiaphoric species, which easily exist in landscapes, transformed by man. The results from the case study of the herpetofauna in Blagoevgrad show that the urban areas could provide good conditions for the wild animals and could be places of substantial biological diversity.

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Urban Patterns and Biological Diversity: A Review

Cited by 19 publications

References 123 publications

An Integrated Indicator Framework for the Assessment of Multifunctional Green Infrastructure—Exemplified in a European City

An Integrated Indicator Framework for the Assessment of Multifunctional Green Infrastructure—Exemplified in a European City

Urban biodiversity and the importance of management and conservation

Herpetofauna in the city of Blagoevgrad, south-western Bulgaria

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