EFUF 2014 Crossing Boundaries Urban Forests – Green cities th 17 international conference of the European Forum on Urban Forestry 3 - 7 June 2014 Lausanne, Switzerland Abstracts www.efuf2014.org 17th international conference of the European Forum on Urban Forestry Organizers and National Partners Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) Cantonal Forest Service, General Directorate for the Environment, Canton of Vaud (DGE) Cantonal Forest Service, General Directorate for Nature and Landscape, Canton of Geneva (DGNP) University of Lausanne (UNIL) Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, Geneva - technology, architecture and landscape (hepia) Bern University of Applied Sciences, School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (BFH-HAFL) University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland (FHO) Lausanne Tourism Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects (SIA) Union of Forestry Engineers (Fachverein Wald) Swiss Forest Association (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für den Wald, AfW) 17th international conference of the European Forum on Urban Forestry Regional Partners Community of Lausanne Community of Rommanel-sur-Lausanne Community of Chavanne-près-Renens Community of St-Sulpice Community of Prilly International Partners European Forum on Urban Forestry (EFUF) International Union of Forest Research Organizations, 6.07.00-Urban Forestry, (IUFRO) European Forest Institute (EFI) Organizing committee: Members Silvio Schmid (President), Deputy Head of Section Forest Goods and Services and Forest Quality, Federal Office for the Environment FOEN Yves Kazemi (Chair), Head of the 18th Forest District-Lausanne Region, Forest Service of the Canton of Vaud Maren Kern, Scientific Collaborator, Bern University of Applied Sciences, School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL Beate Hasspacher, Forest Engineer ETH/SIA, Hasspacher&Iseli GmbH Marcel Hunziker, Head of the Social Sciences in Landscape Research Group at Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL Dominik Siegrist, Head of Institute ILF, HSR Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil Andréa Finger-Stich, Lecture, hepia, Geneva Brigitte Wolf, Geschäftsführerin, Arbeitsgemeinschaft für den Wald Andreas Bernasconi (Secretariat), Forest Engineer ETH/SIA, Pan Bern AG François Godi (Secretariat), Forest Engineer EPFZ, GG Consulting Sàrl International Advisory Board Arne Arnberger, Institute of Landscape Development, Recreation and Conservation Planning, Department of Spatial-, Landscape-, and Infrastructure-Sciences, BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria Clive Davies, MD2 Consulting Ldt, Durham, United Kingdom Astrid Hamm, City branching, Fürth, Germany Hans Dieter Kasperidus, Helmholz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, Leipzig, Germany Cecil C. Konijnendijk v.d. Bosch, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Demnark Giovanni Sanesi, University di Bari, Bari, Italy Renate Späth, Ministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Landwirtschaft, Natur- und Verbraucherschutz NRW, Düsseldorf, Germany 17th international conference of the European Forum on Urban Forestry Contents Programme ................................................................................................................. Keynotes ................................................................................................................... 1 Urban development and recreation – a neglected relationship?............................................................. 1 Greening the concrete jungle – urban forests and green infrastructure.................................................. 3 Forest – the otherworld „Deep in the heart – there the forest rustles“ (Clemens Brentano, 1778 – 1842) ................................................................................................................................................................ 5 Oral Presentation ...................................................................................................... 7 A - How to Define and Promote Urban Ecosystem Services? ..................................... 7 A1 - Ecosystem Services provided by Urban Forests and Green Spaces .............................................7 Defining social ecosystem service hotspots through stakeholder-based ecosystem service mapping ..... 7 Quantifying urban ecosystem services: Assessing the knowledge base to map service distribution in Rotterdam using high-resolution data .................................................................................................... 9 Non-productive functions of urban forests in the city of Prague – their support and evaluation .......... 11 Trees and microclimate – take a walk on the shady side of the street .................................................. 13 A2 - Effects of Green Infrastructures on Urban Environment and Climate ....................................... 14 Cooling effects of different urban street tree species ............................................................................ 14 Modelling the influence of forest areas on the urban heat island effect: A case study in the urban area of Milano (Italy) .................................................................................................................................... 16 Recent studies on the microclimatic effects of urban green spaces in a hot-arid environment ............. 18 The effect of vegetation on peri-urban cold air drainage flow .............................................................. 20 A3 - Economic Benefits and Value of Urban Green Infrastructures .................................................. 22 Economic value of nature-based recreation in Sweden: A travel cost analysis...................................... 22 What do private urban forest owners really expect? A case study on payments for ecosystem services in urban forests of Celje, Slovenia ......................................................................................................... 23 Urban forest and urban development: The contribution of urban forests to increase image and appreciation value of urban areas in Leipzig / Germany ....................................................................... 24 B - How to Integrate Urban Forests and Green Infrastructures in Urban Planning .. 26 B1 - Towards Sustainable Green Cities ........................................................................................... 26 From green cities to landscape cities .................................................................................................... 26 Ways towards the sustainable city? Green-blue scenarios for European cities ..................................... 28 17th international conference of the European Forum on Urban Forestry An assessment of ecosystem services in urban forests: regulation of water flow, water purification and air pollution reduction ........................................................................................................................... 29 Planning healthy urban settings: The contribution of the PHENOTYPE Project ..................................... 30 B2 - Planning and Developing Urban Green Infrastructures in Cites ................................................ 32 Pedestrian wind comfort modelling for different tree planting plans in a city avenue .......................... 32 Classification of urban tree location types considering human needs and site conditions for trees. ..... 33 Integrating urban tree information for urban planning policy decisions to move towards a green and sustainable city: Dublin city, Ireland ...................................................................................................... 34 Protecting & preserving urban trees on infrastructure projects: The critical role of the consulting arborist ................................................................................................................................................. 36 B3 - The Role of Suburban Green, Nature, Forest and Agriculture Areas ......................................... 38 Designing woodland scenery in Zurich .................................................................................................. 38 Rougeau and breviande forest: The entrance of a territory project ...................................................... 39 Designing peri-urban forest reserves networks using systematic conservation planning...................... 40 Falkirk urban woodlands: Crossing boundaries and partnership working in practice............................ 42 C – How to Plan, Manage and Monitor Green Infrastructures and Urban Forests? . 44 C1 – Enhancing Biodiversity and Naturalization of Urban Green Infrastructures ............................. 44 Changes in forest distribution and connectivity (1956-2005) in Barcelona – Implications for the management of green infrastructures .................................................................................................. 44 Toward naturalization of urban green space: New directions for Halifax and Charlottetown, Canada 45 Lebendige Luppe: Reporting progress and unexpected challenges in an ongoing revitalization project in Leipzig’s urban floodplain forest. .......................................................................................................... 47 Low cost managing measures to increase habitats diversity while reducing the forest burning potential. The example of Collserola