Urban Green Infrastructure: Sustainable Regional Development Based on Landscape Services
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Urban Green Infrastructure: Sustainable Regional Development Based On Landscape Services PhD Dissertation ZHANG Sining Supervisor: Dr. Francesc Muñoz Ramírez PhD in Geography Departament de Geografia Facultat de Filosofia i Lletres Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) May 2019 “The road ahead is long and has no ending; yet high and low I will search with my will unbending.” “” -! Chu Ci anthology Written by Qu Yuan (c. 340 - 278 BC) (He was a Chinese poet who lived during the Warring States period of ancient China.) Urban Green Infrastructure ZHANG Sining CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................................... vii LIST OF TABLES ........................................................................................................ ix MAIN ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ........................................................... x PREFACE ................................................................................................................... xii ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................ xiv KEYWORDS ............................................................................................................... xv RESUMEN ................................................................................................................. xvi PALABRAS CLAVE ............................................................................................... xviii 1 CHAPTER ONE: Introduction .............................................................................. 3 1.1 Background and significance ......................................................................... 3 1.2 Objectives ...................................................................................................... 8 1.3 Hypotheses ..................................................................................................... 8 1.4 Methodologies ................................................................................................ 9 1.5 Research contents ......................................................................................... 10 1.5.1 Landscape service theory ..................................................................... 11 1.5.2 Green infrastructure planning .............................................................. 11 1.6 Research status review ................................................................................. 12 1.6.1 Ecosystem services and landscape services ......................................... 12 1.6.2 Green infrastructure ............................................................................. 27 2 CHAPTER TWO: The General Theory of Landscape Services .......................... 33 2.1 Introduction .................................................................................................. 33 2.2 The development of the definition of landscape services ............................ 36 2.3 The landscape services in the context of landscape ..................................... 39 2.3.1 Landscape elements and landscape characteristics .............................. 39 2.3.2 Landscape patterns ............................................................................... 41 Urban Green Infrastructure ZHANG Sining 2.3.3 Landscape practices in planning and management .............................. 41 2.4 The case study—The Collserola Natural Park ............................................. 42 2.4.1 Study area ............................................................................................. 43 2.4.2 Socio-cultural services and landscape element and character ............. 46 2.4.3 Landscape planning and management ................................................. 49 2.5 A typology for the definition, classification, description of landscape services. .................................................................................................................... 51 2.5.1 The definition of landscape services .................................................... 51 2.5.2 Classification and description of landscape services ........................... 51 2.6 Discussion .................................................................................................... 78 3 CHAPTER THREE: Assessing and Mapping Landscape Services Supply ........ 82 3.1 Introduction .................................................................................................. 82 3.2 Methodology ................................................................................................ 84 3.2.1 Study area ............................................................................................. 84 3.2.2 Land cover classes ............................................................................... 85 3.2.3 Landscape services assessment matrix ................................................ 86 3.3 Quantification and mapping of landscape service supply ............................ 87 3.3.1 Land cover classes of Barcelona municipality ..................................... 87 3.3.2 Assessment of landscape services provision ........................................ 89 3.3.3 Spatial distribution of landscape services supply ................................ 92 3.4 Discussion .................................................................................................... 98 4 CHAPTER FOUR: Urban Green Infrastructure Planning Based On Landscape Services ...................................................................................................................... 102 4.1 Introduction ................................................................................................ 102 4.2 Methodology .............................................................................................. 103 4.3 The database construction of green infrastructure ..................................... 106 4.3.1 Urban green spaces background of Barcelona ................................... 106 4.3.2 Information acquisition ...................................................................... 106 Urban Green Infrastructure ZHANG Sining 4.3.3 The construction of Barcelona’s parks and gardens .......................... 110 4.4 Urban green infrastructure planning based on landscape services ............ 111 4.4.1 Identify the possible spatial characteristic areas ................................ 111 4.4.2 Urban Green infrastructure planning ................................................. 113 4.5 Discussion .................................................................................................. 120 5 CHAPTER FIVE: General Discussion and Conclusion .................................... 124 5.1 Conceptual and methodological contribution