Mapping Ecosystem Services, Disservices, and Ecological Requirements to Enhance Urban Forest Planning and Management in Padova
Cortinovis, Chiara LU
; Alzetta, Claudia
and Geneletti, Davide
(2021)
In Cities and Nature
p.167-179
- Abstract
In Padova, the municipal department of green infrastructure monitors the urban forest through a continuously updated database that stores information about locations, species, dimensions, health conditions, and management of more than 47,000 trees. The aim of the research presented in this chapter was to support urban forest planning and management by integrating the existing database with information about ecosystem services, disservices, and the ecological requirements of trees. We combined a quantitative analysis through i-Tree Eco with a qualitative assessment based on literature review and expert knowledge, and filled in 17 new fields for each tree in the database. Then, through a GIS, we investigated the spatial distribution of... (More)
In Padova, the municipal department of green infrastructure monitors the urban forest through a continuously updated database that stores information about locations, species, dimensions, health conditions, and management of more than 47,000 trees. The aim of the research presented in this chapter was to support urban forest planning and management by integrating the existing database with information about ecosystem services, disservices, and the ecological requirements of trees. We combined a quantitative analysis through i-Tree Eco with a qualitative assessment based on literature review and expert knowledge, and filled in 17 new fields for each tree in the database. Then, through a GIS, we investigated the spatial distribution of the analysed features across the city, thus revealing inequalities among different areas and mismatches with citizens’ preferences and needs. The enhanced database could potentially become a powerful tool, not only to identify and prioritize management interventions, but also, in a longer term perspective, to identify strategic goals with a view to coordinating local actions, thus ensuring a sustainable development of the urban forest and an equitable provision of ecosystem services to present and future generations.
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- author
- Cortinovis, Chiara
LU
; Alzetta, Claudia
and Geneletti, Davide
- organization
- publishing date
- 2021
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Ecosystem disservices, i-Tree Eco, Municipal tree database, Spatial analysis, Tree ecological requirements, Tree management plan, Urban planning, Urban trees
- host publication
- Ecosystem Services and Green Infrastructure : Perspectives from Spatial Planning in Italy - Perspectives from Spatial Planning in Italy
- series title
- Cities and Nature
- editor
- Arcidiacono, Andrea and Ronchi, Silvia
- pages
- 13 pages
- publisher
- Springer Nature
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85162937929
- ISSN
- 2520-8314
- 2520-8306
- ISBN
- 978-3-030-54345-7
- 978-3-030-54347-1
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-54345-7_13
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 0c30ee86-3417-4731-b97b-7ccf2fe0ae6a
- date added to LUP
- 2023-10-18 11:27:36
- date last changed
- 2024-03-22 01:48:08
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author = {{Cortinovis, Chiara and Alzetta, Claudia and Geneletti, Davide}},
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title = {{Mapping Ecosystem Services, Disservices, and Ecological Requirements to Enhance Urban Forest Planning and Management in Padova}},
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