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Impacts of integrated Blue Green infrastructure
on the Urban ecosystem services
Srdjan Stankovic, PhD student
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1. Background
2. BGD Framework
3. Ecosystem services
4. Mission
5. Methods
6. Questions
Agenda
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The Blue Green Dream Project works to enhance the synergy of urban blue (water) and green (vegetated) systems and provide effective, multifunctional Blue Green solutions to support urban adaptation to future climatic changes. It is a project under the European Institute of Innovation and Technology's Climate Knowledge and Innovation Community.
Background
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UK PhDs
CLIMATE KIC PhD RESEARCH => BGD INTEGRATED MODELLING SYSTEM
WATER BALANCE
NUTRIENTS & POLLUTION MIGRATION
MICROCLIMATE & HEAT ISLANDS
BGD FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY
PLANTS FOR BG SOLUTIONSBGD & ECOSYSTEM
SERVICES
FRENCH PhDs
GERMAN PhDs
DUTCH PhDs
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BGD Framework
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Ecosystem services
Provisioning Services
We plan to address these issues in the joint conceptual design
Regulating Services
Supporting Services
CulturalServices
Definition of ecosystem services
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Energy resources
Provisioning services
Ornamental resources
Fuel
Fresh water
Timber
Medicines
Fiber
Food
Definition of ecosystem services
Bio-chemicals resources
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Carbon sequestration and storage
Air pollutionMaintenance
of soil fertility
Noise pollution
Pollination
Erosion prevention
Biological control
Local climate and air quality
Biodiversity
CO 2
sequestration
Acoustic abatement
Definition of ecosystem services
Moderation of extreme
events
Waste water treatment
Regulating services
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Recreation and tourism
Aesthetic values
Recreation and religious
values Knowledge system
Spiritual and religious values Cultural
diversity
Educational values
Definition of ecosystem services
Cultural services
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Photosynthesis
Crop pollination
Water cycling
Soil formation
Primary productions
Habitats for wildlife
Nutrient cycling
Definition of ecosystem services
Supporting services
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Huge Energy
demands
Urban Heat Island
Ecosystem Services in Urban areas
Primary productions
Spiritual and religious
values
Carbon sequestration and storage
Pollination
Local climate and air quality
Aesthetic values
Educational values
Knowledge system
Nutrient cycling
Reduction of Urban
Biodiversity
Urban flood and droughts
Reduced quality of life
Air and noise
pollution
Recreation and tourism
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ES Processess
TREE TEMPERATUREREDUCTIONEVAPOTRANSPORATION
ESS
Example of ecosystem services
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Spatial planning has key role in addressing the causes of climate change. Blue Green Solutions enhance the synergy of urban blue (urban water infrastructure) and urban vegetated areas (green systems) by providing multiple benefits to urban ecosystem services and functions.
Ecosystem based sustainable urban planning can help achieving:
•Increased amenity values and urban health•Mitigation of extreme UHI (Thermal effect)•Sustainable Water management ( water demand, water harvesting, sustainable drainage
system*)•Increase resilience to droughts •Reduction of energy demands (energy-efficiency of building, demand for heating and
cooling) •Reduction of water, air and noise pollution •Enhancement of biodiversity and quality of life•Enabling sustainable urban food production
Additionally they have significant socioeconomic benefits such as: job creation, reduction of antisocial behaviour and crime. BG solutions are thus considered essential in planning for both new urban developments and retrofitting of the existing urban fabric.
Mission - Spatial Planning
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Choosedemo site
Set the boundary
level
Test asset level without BG
infrastructure
Make model for different scenarios
Test asset level with BGinfrastructure
Make database of results and make
model
Integrate model
into BGD integrated modelling systems
Assess impact on
human well-
being
Research plan
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This principal aim will be disaggregated into the following detailed objectives:
• Extensive literature survey in order to identify knowledge gaps and research challenges
• Development a new integrated model of urban planning with Glue-Green Dream technologies such as flood risk management, microclimate and bioclimatic architecture based on parametric design.
• Selection of demo/test location and monitoring of processes to enable quantification of eco-system services performance indicators
• Valuation of interactions of urban biodiversity and ecosystem services with urban B&G infrastructure. Experimentally verify the impact of integrated Blue-Green solutions on the urban ecosystem services
Methods