Green Infrastructure and Urban Forests for BioCities: Strategic and Adaptive Management

Randrup, Thomas B.; Jansson, Märit; Sjöman, Johanna Deak; Van Meerbeek, Koenraad; Fleisch, Marie-Reine; Shanafelt, David W.; Bernasconi, Andreas; Coleman Brantschen, Evelyn (2023). Green Infrastructure and Urban Forests for BioCities: Strategic and Adaptive Management In: Scarascia-Mugnozza, Giuseppe E.; Guallart, Vicente; Salbitano, Fabio; Ottaviani Aalmo, Giovanna; Boeri, Stefano (eds.) Transforming Biocities: Designing Urban Spaces Inspired by Nature. Future City: Vol. 20 (pp. 85-107). Cham: Springer International Publishing 10.1007/978-3-031-29466-2_4

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Urban nature has played an important role in cities around the world since industrialisation in the 18th century. The responsibility for urban nature has since then primarily lied with local governments, however with no formal obligation to develop or manage such areas. A number of concepts and approaches have been suggested over past decades to address planning and management of urban nature, but to gain maximum benefit of urban nature in forms of e.g. Green Infrastructure and Urban Forests, there are still a number of generic challenges to be overcome. These challenges includes fragmented organizational structures leading to disconnections between planning and management. Also governance related dimensions are often perceived as limiting factors for the improvement of urban nature. This chapter describes approaches to future management of Biocities in forms of Strategic Management and Adaptive Management, while also introducing new governance approaches. Three cases exemplifies novel local government approaches to inclusive governance and management of the urban nature—the future BioCities.

Item Type:	Book Section (Book Chapter)
Division/Institute:	School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL > Multifunctional Forest Management > Forest Policy and International Forest Management
Name:	Randrup, Thomas B.; Jansson, Märit; Sjöman, Johanna Deak; Van Meerbeek, Koenraad; Fleisch, Marie-Reine; Shanafelt, David W.; Bernasconi, Andreas; Coleman Brantschen, Evelyn; Scarascia-Mugnozza, Giuseppe E.; Guallart, Vicente; Salbitano, Fabio; Ottaviani Aalmo, Giovanna and Boeri, Stefano
Subjects:	S Agriculture > SD Forestry
ISBN:	978-3-031-29465-5
Series:	Future City
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Language:	English
Submitter:	Nicole Güdel
Date Deposited:	19 Dec 2023 11:23
Last Modified:	19 Dec 2023 11:23
Publisher DOI:	10.1007/978-3-031-29466-2_4
URI:	https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/20761