Nature in the metropolis

Mapping biodiversity using metropolitan landscape characterization tools

Conference paper (2014)
Department
Urbanism (Architecture and the Built Environment) (TU Delft)
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Published Date

31-12-2014

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Proceedings of the ECLAS conference : Landscape, a place of cultivation, Porto (Portugal) 21-23 Sept. 2014

ISBN:

9789729607677

Faculty

Architecture and The Built Environment

Department

Urbanism

Abstract

Cities can be planned and designed to reduce their effect on biodiversity loss and may even be able to sustain biodiversity levels in some instances, due to ‘beta-diversity’. The heterogeneity of metropolitan regions can be expected to have a strong impact on beta-diversity. Tools such as landscape characterization can assist in the understanding of betadiversity in metropolitan regions by mapping the extent and configuration of beta-diversity conditions, in particular microhabitats and habitat mosaic configurations. A new tool for landscape characterization of metropolitan areas (MLC) trialled on the Rotterdam metropolitan region generated thirty-six distinctive landscape types - twelve continuous and twentyfour discontinuous (hybrid) types. Hybrid landscape types are present throughout the whole of the territory and are potential micro-habitats for flora and fauna. The interrelationship of continuous and discontinuous (hybrid) landscape types are potentially valuable habitat mosaic configurations.

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