BIDELIN

The value of ecosystem services, biodiversity and blue-green infrastructures in cities, exemplified by Dresden, Liberec and Děčín (BIDELIN)

Partner Cities

Ecosystem services will be detected, quantified and evaluated in the cities Dresden, Liberec und Děčín.

Birgit Kochan IOER

Quality of life and future of our cities

Reconciling recreational environments with the protection of biological diversity.

Birgit Kochan IOER

Green and blue for the city

The first German-Czech student course started in September 2017. Students from both countries collect data of urban green elements and evaluate their value regarding ecosystem services.

Jiri Louda IEEP

Presentation of interim results

in October 2018 at the event ""Natur in der Stadt – Bedeutung und Aufwertung von Stadtgrün für urbane Ökosystemdienstleistungen"(Nature in the City - Importance and Enhancement of Urban Greenery for Urban Ecosystem Services).

The German-Czech project is based on the ecosystem services concept (ESS). Project results will be processed for easy application in decision-making processes, urban planning, nature conservation as well as in public informational campaigns. An additional aim within the project is to implement concrete measures in the cities to enhance ecosystem services at specific sites.

The scientists of the Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER) in Dresden and the Institute for Economic and Environmental Policy (IEEP) in Usti nad Labem will apply an uniform approach to detecting, quantifying and evaluating ecosystem services in the cities Dresden, Liberec and Děčín.

The results will be made available to the general public. First interim results were presented at a joint event of the Saxon Landesstiftung Natur und Umwelt (LaNU) and the Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER) on "Natur in der Stadt – Bedeutung und Aufwertung von Stadtgrün für urbane Ökosystemdienstleistungen"(Nature in the City - Importance and Enhancement of Urban Greenery for Urban Ecosystem Services).

The project is supported by the "Cooperation Programme for the Promotion of Cross-border Cooperation between the Free State of Saxony and the Czech Republic 2014-2020".