Envisioning the future—Creating sustainable, healthy and resilient BioCities

Envisioning the future—Creating sustainable, healthy and resilient BioCities

Wilkes-Allemann, Jerylee (Bern University of Applied Sciences)
Kopp, Mira (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg)
van der Velde, J.R.T. (TU Delft Landscape Architecture)
Karaca, Elisabeth (BOKU-University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences)
Čepić, Slavica (University of Belgrade)
Tomićević-Dubljević, Jelena (University of Belgrade)
Bauer, Nicole (Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research)
Petit-Boix, Anna (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg)
Brantschen, Evelyn Coleman (Bern University of Applied Sciences)

2023

Numerous challenges – from population increase to climate change – threaten the sustainable development of cities and call for a fundamental change of urban development and green-blue resource management. Urban forests are vital in this transition, as they provide various ecosystem services and allow to re-shape and re-think cities. Based on a Europe-wide community effort with diverse experts centered around urban forests and urban greening, we propose five key research fields to generate the knowledge required to unlock fundamental changes in urban development and green-blue resource management: circular bioeconomy, climate resilience, governance, social and human environment, and biodiversity. To support the design of greener, cooler, more inclusive and resilient cities, all these research fields require inter- and transdisciplinary collaboration, engaging stakeholders in transforming urban engagement and functioning. We summarise main inter-, trans- and multi-disciplinary research paths for each field and the cross-cutting knowledge areas that can help to address the challenges many cities face (e.g., modelling and assessment of the urban microclimate). For transforming cities further knowledge is needed on e.g., urban innovation, transition, participation, and more. Finally, we address how the identified research gaps can be implemented (e.g., international coordinated research effort, interdisciplinary networks).

BioCities
Forest urbanism
Transformation
Urban planning

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e066ce4a-7fa9-42ec-b2a0-28d1336c57e6

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2023.127935

1618-8667

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 84

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© 2023 Jerylee Wilkes-Allemann, Mira Kopp, J.R.T. van der Velde, Elisabeth Karaca, Slavica Čepić, Jelena Tomićević-Dubljević, Nicole Bauer, Anna Petit-Boix, Evelyn Coleman Brantschen, More Authors