The value of ecosystem services, biodiversity and blue-green infrastructures in cities, exemplified by Dresden, Liberec and Děčín (BIDELIN)
Interdisciplinary Summer School 2019
on "Integrating ecosystem services into urban planning"
News frequently report about "European heat wave", "natural disaster", or "species extinction". Such issues are the consequences of urbanization and land use intensification; they show how far we are apart from a sustainable use of nature. These challenges can be counteracted by two innovative concepts, namely on ecosystem services and green infrastructure.
Ecosystem services are the benefits that people obtain from nature and contribute to their wellbeing.
Ecosystems in urban areas (i.e. parks, forests, brooks, alleys) - known as the elements of green infrastructure - bring multiple benefits to the people: regulate micro-climate, control air quality, reduce flood risks or give place for recreation.
This summer school is going to share the existing knowledge about ecosystem services and green infrastructure. It will enable their mapping and assessment during field work, excursions and GIS sessions right up to monetary evaluation. Students find a forum to discuss their experience within an international, multidisciplinary team and to apply their results to the recent challenges of urban planning and management.
Programme
Sunday, June 16 2019
- 18:00
Arrival of participants
- 19:00
Get-together,
Dinner
Monday, June 17 2019
- 08:30
Registration
- 09:00
Invitation and introduction
- 09:30
Key note speech
- 10:45
Coffee break
- 11:00
Theoretical lectures I.
Introduction to the concept of ecosystem services and urban planning- 13:00
Lunch break
- 14:15
Theoretical lectures II.
Introduction to mapping and biophysical assessment of ecosystem services- 16:00
Coffee break
- 16:15
Methodology of research, get to know with field work sites I. (practical excercises: ecosystem services in urban planning)
- 19:00
Welcome party and teambuilding
Thuesday, June 18 2019
- 09:00
Establishment of student groups Methodology of research, get to know with field work sites II.
- 10:30
Coffee break
- 11:00
Field work in Usti nad Labem
Mapping and biophysical assessment of ecosystem services- 17:00
Discussion of the outputs from mapping + discussing of methods
- 19:00
Get-together, Dinner
Wednesday, June 19 2019
- 08:30
Excursion: an annotated ramble through the urban green infrastructure of Děčín (we see the famous castle, Pastýřská stěna, Kvádrberk)
- 13:30
Lunch break and go back to Ústí nad Labem
- 15:00
From fieldwork to evaluation I
Processing of fieldwork- 19:00
Get-together, Dinner
Thursday, June 20 2019
- 09:00
From fieldwork to evaluation II
Data processing, analysis and evaluation, proposal of measures- 13:00
Lunch break
- 14:15
5-Minute Presentations of each team I
- 16:00
Coffee break
- 16:15
Incorporating feedback - preparation of final presentations
- 19:00
Final evening, Dinner
Friday, June 21 2019
- 09:00
Development of planning strategies I
Finishing the final presentations and consulting with lectrurers- 10:45
Coffee break
- 11:00
Development of planning strategies I
Presentation of course outputs by project teams- 13:00
Lunch break
- 14:15
Presentation of course outputs by project teams II.
- 16:00
Closing panel
- 16:30
Departure of participants
Further Information
Location:
Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
Jan Evangelista Purkyně Universität
Lecture rooms:
Department of Geography, Faculty of Science
České mládeže 8, Ústí nad Labem
Contact:
kudrnova@ieep.cz
Dates:
period: June 16-21 2019
arrival: June 16 until 18:00.
departure: June 21 from 16:30
Language:
English
Fee:
free of charge including materials and excursion
but
Participants pay individually for
• Meals and
• Accomodation (app. 15 €/night in the student hostel)
Credits:
5 ECTS
Application:
The online form is closed.
Application deadline:
April 30, 2019
Notification of acceptance:
May 15, 2019