Book of Abstracts Promotori Patrocinio Main Partner Book of abstracts Table of Contents ORAL PRESENTATIONS ..................................................................................................................................... 5 Parallel Session 1 - The Past and Green Cities ................................................................................................. 6 Green Cities – Chaired by Alan Simson .................................................................................................. 7 Changing People and Benefits – Chaired by Thomas Randrup ............................................................ 16 PS 1.3: Changing Spaces and Places – Chaired by Pedro Calaza-Martínez ...................................................... 23 PS 1.4: Changing Environment – Chaired by Silvano Fares ............................................................................. 30 Parallel Session 2 - The Present (1) ................................................................................................................ 37 PS 2.1: Changing People – Chaired by Gu Lin .................................................................................................. 38 PS 2.2: Changing Spaces and Places – Chaired by Gianmichele Cirulli ............................................................ 45 PS 2.3: Changing Environment – Chaired by Chris Baines ............................................................................... 53 PS 2.4: Changing Benefits – Chaired by Luiz da Lima Pedreira ........................................................................ 62 Parallel Session 3 – The Present (2) ............................................................................................................... 70 Changing People – Chaired by Terry Hartig ......................................................................................... 71 PS 3.2: Green Spaces and Places – Chaired by Marco Cillis ............................................................................. 80 PS 3.3: Changing Environment – Chaired by David Pearlmutter ..................................................................... 89 PS 3.4: Changing Benefits – Chaired by Liza Paqueo ....................................................................................... 99 Parallel Session 4 - The Present (3) and Nature Based Solutions ................................................................ 108 PS 4.1: Nature Based Solutions – Chaired by Thami Croeser ........................................................................ 109 PS 4.2: Changing People – Chaired by Andrej Verlic ...................................................................................... 115 PS 4.3: Changing Spaces and Places – Chaired by Urmila Rajadhyaksha ...................................................... 122 PS 4.4: Changing Environment – Chaired by Carlo Calfapietra ..................................................................... 129 Parallel Session 5 – The Future .................................................................................................................... 137 PS 5.1: Changing People – Chaired by Sheila Wertz ...................................................................................... 138 PS 5.2: Changing Spaces and Places – Chaired by Nerys Jones ...................................................................... 147 PS 5.3: Changing Environment – Chaired by Maria Chiara Pastore .............................................................. 156 PS 5.4: Changing Benefits – Chaired by Josefina Enfedaque ......................................................................... 165 POSTERS ........................................................................................................................................................ 174 The Past – Changing Spaces and Places ........................................................................................................ 175 The Past – Changing Environment ................................................................................................................ 177 The Present – Changing People ..................................................................................................................... 180 The Present – Changing Spaces and Places .................................................................................................. 189 The Present – Changing Environment ........................................................................................................... 199 The Present – Changing Benefits .................................................................................................................. 217 The Future – Changing People ...................................................................................................................... 227 3 The Future – Changing Spaces and Places .................................................................................................... 230 The Future – Changing Environment ............................................................................................................. 244 The Future – Changing Benefits .................................................................................................................... 250 Compiled by: Lucia Cherubini and Giovanna Rullo – Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri (IRET) 4 ORAL PRESENTATIONS 5 Parallel Session 1 - The Past and Green Cities 6 Green Cities – Chaired by Alan Simson Ljubljana – a City in the forest Andrej Verlič, Nejc Praznik, Jurij Kobe New International Collaborative Project Green Cities for Papua Paulus Mandibondibo, John Parker Project "Kaolack green city" Momath Diankha MODENA: from green to forest city Andrea Di Paolo, Simona Arletti Urban Forestry in changing Environment: A Case Study of National Capital Region, Delhi, India Shashi Bhushan Lahore: The City of Gardens Amna Rafi Chaudhry Improving the urban forest approach in Limoges, France Laurent Bray 7 Ljubljana – a City in the forest Andrej Verlič*1, Nejc Praznik1, Jurij Kobe2 1. Snaga, d.o.o. 2. The City of Ljubljana Ljubljana. Population (2017) 288,919. Total land area 275 square kilometres. Total green space 201.3 square kilometres. Green space per person 560 square metres. To live in a forest was until recently considered somewhat strange, if not savage and undesired. In most places around the World, people (get to choose to) either live in an urban, built up area, or in a countryside, maybe even in a forest. Those citizens living in a city have increasingly stated missing the non-built environment, even wild places, such as forest. Some of them are lucky to live in cities that have protected and promoted trees and forests within and around them. Reasons for keeping and promoting tree covered areas were different, but their efforts are getting backed up by increasing scientific evidence on urban forests, being it for the public health or environmental benefits. Ljubljana is such a city. The forest – excluding individual trees – covers almost a half of the municipality. One of the most precious protected areas lies in the City center. It is composed of a natural forest and the biggest park in the City – the Landscape park Tivoli, Rožnik and Šišenski hrib. The park was first protected in 1984 and is being actively managed by public company Snaga, since 2018. Keywords: urban forest, urban protected area, European Green Capital, city park *Corresponding author: Andrej Verlič, [email protected] 9 New International Collaborative Project Green Cities for Papua Paulus Mandibondibo*, John Parker Ottow Geissler University of PaPua and Green Cities for PaPua & TransPort for London and The London Tree Officers Association, UK This joint presentation from Paulus Mandibondibo (University of Ottow Geissler, Papua) and John Parker (Transport for London and the London Tree Officers Association, UK) will describe the new international collaborative project Green cities for Papua. It will outline the traditional relationship between people and trees in Papua, the current state of urban forestry in the communities of Jayapura and Biak and will explain the motivation for working to change the nature of Papuan cities through urban forestry. Whilst there are many trees in Jayapura and Biak, these urban forests are not currently being managed to maximise their full potential to deliver environmental, economic and social benefits to citizens and visitors. This presentation will describe how through community engagement, political support, increased awareness, education and improved standards the ecosystem services delivered by the urban forest can be employed to address problems such as stormwater management and the urban heat island effect. It will also look at the potential to combine urban forestry with the wider aspiration of Papua to become a world leader in ecotourism; bringing ecotourism into the cities. This project is an example of international – and intercontinental – collaboration, highlighted by the fact that the authors met via the Trees for the Cities D-Group. It demonstrates the value of exchanging ideas and experiences between nations and promoting the importance of communication to achieve a common goal; in this case to help create greener, healthier and happier cities in Papua through urban forestry. Keywords: Papua, urban forestry, international collaboration * Corresponding author: Paulus Mandibondibo, [email protected]