Urban Experimental Ecosystem Accounting Pilot In The Nordic Cities

Author : Kopperoinen, Leena,Barton, David N.,Costadone, Laura,Hurskainen, Pekka,Kruse, Marion,Lai, Tin-Yu
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
Page : 69 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9789289374538

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Urban experimental ecosystem accounting pilot in the Nordic cities by Kopperoinen, Leena,Barton, David N.,Costadone, Laura,Hurskainen, Pekka,Kruse, Marion,Lai, Tin-Yu Pdf

Available online: https://pub.norden.org/temanord2022-557/ Urban green and blue areas offer multiple ecosystem services, that support urban resilience and contribute to the well-being and quality of life of urban dwellers. But urban development poses a risk of losing urban ecosystems and their services to inhabitants. Hence, urban green spaces need to be integrated into urban planning and decision making in a systematic way. Urban ecosystem accounting (EA) provides a framework for quantifying changes in the extent and the condition of urban ecosystems and for assessing change in the ecosystem service supply and use over time. As a result, EA provides an information system that can support municipal planning and policy. This report describes a few pilots carried out in Finland and Norway and proposes a draft roadmap for future urban ecosystem accounting in Nordic cities.

Author : Leena Kopperoinen,David N. Barton,Laura Costadone,Pekka Hurskainen,Marion Kruse,Tin-Yu Lai
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9289374543

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Urban Experimental Ecosystem Accounting Pilot in the Nordic Cities by Leena Kopperoinen,David N. Barton,Laura Costadone,Pekka Hurskainen,Marion Kruse,Tin-Yu Lai Pdf

Author : Mattsson, Eskil,Eriksson, Flintull Annica,Malmaeus, Mikael,Sanctuary, Mark
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
Page : 13 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789289374392

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Ecosystem accounting in the Nordic countries by Mattsson, Eskil,Eriksson, Flintull Annica,Malmaeus, Mikael,Sanctuary, Mark Pdf

Available online: https://pub.norden.org/temanord2022-556/ This summary provides a short overview of the recent work on ecosystem accounting in each of the five Nordic countries including the Faroe Islands, illustrating advantages and disadvantages within the different countries regarding the use of existing ecosystem accounts, thus to which extent these accounts coincide with new international standards on ecosystem accounting. Recommendations are presented for the Nordic countries on how to advance the development of ecosystem accounting.

Author : Mattsson, Eskil,Eriksson, Flintull Annica,Malmaeus, Mikael,Sanctuary, Mark
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789289374255

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Ecosystem accounting in the Nordic countries by Mattsson, Eskil,Eriksson, Flintull Annica,Malmaeus, Mikael,Sanctuary, Mark Pdf

Available online: https://pub.norden.org/temanord2022-554/ In this report, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute has mapped the current work on and use of ecosystem accounting in the Nordic countries. Specifically, the report provides an overview of the recent work on ecosystem accounting in each of the five Nordic countries including the Faroe Islands, illustrating advantages and disadvantages within the different countries regarding the use of existing ecosystem accounts, thus to which extent these accounts coincide with new international standards on ecosystem accounting. The report also provides an overview of the ongoing work on ecosystem accounting at an international level, including the development of international standards for ecosystem accounting. Finally, recommendations are presented for the Nordic countries on how to advance the development of ecosystem accounting.

Author : Simon Marvin,Harriet Bulkeley,Lindsay Mai,Kes McCormick,Yuliya Voytenko Palgan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351862677

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Urban Living Labs by Simon Marvin,Harriet Bulkeley,Lindsay Mai,Kes McCormick,Yuliya Voytenko Palgan Pdf

All cities face a pressing challenge – how can they provide economic prosperity and social cohesion while achieving environmental sustainability? In response, new collaborations are emerging in the form of urban living labs – sites devised to design, test and learn from social and technical innovation in real time. The aim of this volume is to examine, inform and advance the governance of sustainability transitions through urban living labs. Notably, urban living labs are proliferating rapidly across the globe as a means through which public and private actors are testing innovations in buildings, transport and energy systems. Yet despite the experimentation taking place on the ground, we lack systematic learning and international comparison across urban and national contexts about their impacts and effectiveness. We have limited knowledge on how good practice can be scaled up to achieve the transformative change required. This book brings together leading international researchers within a systematic comparative framework for evaluating the design, practices and processes of urban living labs to enable the comparative analysis of their potential and limits. It provides new insights into the governance of urban sustainability and how to improve the design and implementation of urban living labs in order to realise their potential.

Author : Patrick Kenis,Martyna Janowicz,Bart Cambré
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781849802154

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Temporary Organizations by Patrick Kenis,Martyna Janowicz,Bart Cambré Pdf

This important and timely book provides a systematic treatment of temporary organizations an increasingly prevalent organizational form in which organizations work together on a joint task for example, a movie production, a rescue operation, development of a new product for an ex ante limited period of time. Demonstrating that temporary organizations are increasingly common, the book provides insights on how they differ from the classical organization and contributes to our understanding of what makes temporary organizations effective. Contributions by reputed organization scholars focus on the impact that this limited duration has on the way that temporary organizations structure their activities, organize work, use resources and achieve outcomes. Moreover, the tenability of various organizational concepts and theories for temporary contexts is examined and some unique phenomena inherent to temporariness are explored. Researchers interested in organizational design and project management scholars will warmly welcome this book, as will graduate students in organization studies, management studies, public policy studies, leisure studies, public administration and students of project management.

Author : Darcy Parks
Publisher : Linköping University Electronic Press
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789176852996

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The Sustainable City Becomes Climate-Smart by Darcy Parks Pdf

The idea of smart cities has become enormously popular during the past decade. Environmental governance is one issue in which smart city ideas seem to hold potential. However, there is an incredible variety in what it means for a city to be ‘smart’. For some, it involves the use of information and communication technology (ICT) to solve problems; for others, it has more to do with economic growth and city branding. Many social science researchers have criticised the idea of smart cities. They worry that it might allow multinational corporations to take control of municipal governance and lead to an undue focus on technological solutions to societal issues. However, only a few previous studies have examined the influence on urban environmental governance in practice. This thesis investigates the influence of smart city ideas on urban environmental governance through a study of Hyllie, a climate-smart city district in Malmö, Sweden. It applies a theoretical perspective based on science and technology studies and the concept of assemblage. It combines participant-observation of inter-organisational meetings, interviews with professionals and document analysis. This thesis contributes a more comprehensive picture of which actors influence the direction of the climate-smart city—beyond the usual suspects of municipal governments and multinational companies. Still, it shows how ICT-based smart city solutions have taken precedence in urban environmental governance at the expense of energy efficiency and renewable energy. Smarta städer har blivit oerhört populärt koncept under det senaste decenniet. Miljöstyrning är ett område där smarta städer visar potential. Det finns dock många tolkningar av vad ordet ’smart’ betyder för städer. För vissa handlar det om tillämpning av informations- och kommunikationsteknik (IKT) för att lösa problem, för andra om ekonomisk tillväxt och marknadsföring av städer. Många samhällsvetenskapliga forskare kritiserar föreställningen om den smarta staden. De bekymrar sig över att multinationella företag tillåts ta makt över miljöstyrning och ett alltför stort fokus på teknologiska lösningar för samhällsfrågor. Få tidigare studier har undersökt påverkan på miljöstyrning i praktiken. Avhandlingen utforskar hur föreställningar om smarta städer påverkar miljöstyrning genom en studie av Hyllie, en klimatsmart stadsdel i Malmö. Den tillämpar ett teoretiskt perspektiv som bygger på teknik- och vetenskapsstudier samt begreppet assemblage. I avhandlingen används deltagande-observation av möten mellan olika organisationer, intervjuer med professionella och dokumentanalys. Avhandlingen bidrar med en mer mångsidig bild av vilka aktörer som påverkar utvecklingen av den klimatsmarta staden, utöver kommuner och multinationella företag. Den visar dock även att IKT-lösningar i den smarta staden blir viktigare i städers miljöstyrning på bekostnad av energieffektivitet och förnybar energi.

Author : Mats Ivarsson,Kristin Magnussen,Anna-Stiina Heiskanen,Ståle Navrud,Markku Viitasalo
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789289350136

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Ecosystem services in MSP by Mats Ivarsson,Kristin Magnussen,Anna-Stiina Heiskanen,Ståle Navrud,Markku Viitasalo Pdf

This study describes a proposal for a new tool on how to incorporate an ecosystem services approach into the maritime spatial planning process. The proposed tool provides a prototype for a stepwise methodology to analyze linkages between maritime activities and ecosystem services, and to assess the status of marine ecosystem services as a part of the MSP process. The report addresses the Nordic cooperation needs, economic valuation of ecosystem services and trade-offs between concurrent uses of marine areas and ecosystem services. The study shows that making use of the proposed methodology enables and facilitates the incorporation of an ecosystem services approach in the planning process. However, in order to fully assess its possibilities, and the needs for further improvements, future work should focus on applying the methodology on a comprehensive marine spatial planning case.

Author : Benjamin Burkhard,Joachim Maes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Ecological mapping
ISBN : 9546428523

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Mapping Ecosystem Services by Benjamin Burkhard,Joachim Maes Pdf

"The new book Mapping Ecosystem Services provides a comprehensive collection of theories, methods and practical applications of ecosystem services (ES) mapping, for the first time bringing together valuable knowledge and techniques from leading international experts in the field." (www.eurekalert.org).

Author : Erkki Tomppo,Markus Haakana,Matti Katila,Jouni Peräsaari
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2008-09-25
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781402087134

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Multi-Source National Forest Inventory by Erkki Tomppo,Markus Haakana,Matti Katila,Jouni Peräsaari Pdf

Building on more than a decade of innovative research into multi-source forest inventory (MS-NFI) this book presents full details of the development, outputs and applications of the improved k-NN method. The method, which was pioneered in Finland in 1990, is rapidly becoming a world standard in forest inventory, having been adopted as standard in Finland and Sweden, and recently introduced in Austria and across the US. The book describes in detail the full MS-NFI process, and the input data used – including field data, satellite images, and digital map data, as well as coarse-scale variation of forest variables. It also presents comprehensive information on the types of outputs which can be derived, including maps and statistics, describing, for example, stock volumes and development, dominant tree species, age-class distribution, and large and small-scale variation. The book will provide an invaluable resource for those involved in forest inventory, including government departments and bodies involved in forest policy, management and monitoring, forest managers, and researchers and graduate students interested in forest inventory, modelling and analysis. It will find an additional market among those interested in Earth observation, ecology and broader areas of environmental and natural resource management. Erkki Tomppo was the winner of the 1997 Marcus Wallenberg Prize for his work on the k-NN method.

Author : Jon Erik Dølvik,Johan Røed Steen
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789289359085

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The Nordic future of work: by Jon Erik Dølvik,Johan Røed Steen Pdf

The Nordic future of workHow will work and working life in the Nordic countries change in the future? This is the question to be addressed in the project The Future of Work: Opportunities and Challenges for the Nordic Models. This initial report describes the main drivers and trends expected to shape the future of work. It also reviews the main distinctions of the Nordic model and recent developments in Nordic working lives, pointing towards the kind of challenges the future of work may pose to the Nordic models. Too often, debates about the future narrowly focus on changes in technology. This report draws attention to the broader drivers and political-institutional frameworks influencing working life developments, aiming to spur debate about how the interaction of changes in demography, climate, globalization and digital technologies may influence Nordic working lives in the coming decades.

Author : Jorma Mänty,Norman Pressman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Architecture and climate
ISBN : UOM:39015013190189

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Cities Designed for Winter by Jorma Mänty,Norman Pressman Pdf

Series of papers which describe approaches to cold climate habitability from various northern nations including examples from Canada, China, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Japan, Mongolia, Norway, Soviet Union, Sweden and the United States.

Author : Howard Frumkin,Lawrence Frank,Richard J. Jackson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2004-07-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114330975

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Urban Sprawl and Public Health by Howard Frumkin,Lawrence Frank,Richard J. Jackson Pdf

'Urban Sprawl and Public Health' offers a survey of the impact that the built environment can have on the health of the people who inhabit our cities. The authors go on to suggest ways in which the design of cities could be improved & have a positive impact on the well-being of their citizens.

Author : Timothy Beatley
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-26
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781610910132

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Green Urbanism by Timothy Beatley Pdf

As the need to confront unplanned growth increases, planners, policymakers, and citizens are scrambling for practical tools and examples of successful and workable approaches. Growth management initiatives are underway in the U.S. at all levels, but many American "success stories" provide only one piece of the puzzle. To find examples of a holistic approach to dealing with sprawl, one must turn to models outside of the United States. In Green Urbanism, Timothy Beatley explains what planners and local officials in the United States can learn from the sustainable city movement in Europe. The book draws from the extensive European experience, examining the progress and policies of twenty-five of the most innovative cities in eleven European countries, which Beatley researched and observed in depth during a year-long stay in the Netherlands. Chapters examine: the sustainable cities movement in Europe examples and ideas of different housing and living options transit systems and policies for promoting transit use, increasing bicycle use, and minimizing the role of the automobile creative ways of incorporating greenness into cities ways of readjusting "urban metabolism" so that waste flows become circular programs to promote more sustainable forms of economic development sustainable building and sustainable design measures and features renewable energy initiatives and local efforts to promote solar energy ways of greening the many decisions of local government including ecological budgeting, green accounting, and other city management tools. Throughout, Beatley focuses on the key lessons from these cities -- including Vienna, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Zurich, Amsterdam, London, and Berlin -- and what their experience can teach us about effectively and creatively promoting sustainable development in the United States. Green Urbanism is the first full-length book to describe urban sustainability in European cities, and provides concrete examples and detailed discussions of innovative and practical sustainable planning ideas. It will be a useful reference and source of ideas for urban and regional planners, state and local officials, policymakers, students of planning and geography, and anyone concerned with how cities can become more livable.

Author : Kjell Nilsson,Stephan Pauleit,Simon Bell,Carmen Aalbers,Thomas A. Sick Nielsen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642305290

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Peri-urban futures: Scenarios and models for land use change in Europe by Kjell Nilsson,Stephan Pauleit,Simon Bell,Carmen Aalbers,Thomas A. Sick Nielsen Pdf

Presently, peri-urbanisation is one of the most pervasive processes of land use change in Europe with strong impacts on both the environment and quality of life. It is a matter of great urgency to determine strategies and tools in support of sustainable development. The book synthesizes the results of PLUREL, a large European Commission funded research project (2007-2010). Tools and strategies of PLUREL address main challenges of managing land use in peri-urban areas. These results are presented and illustrated by means of 7 case studies which are at the core of the book. This volume presents a novel, future oriented approach to the planning and management of peri-urban areas with a main focus on scenarios and sustainability impact analysis. The research is unique in that it focuses on the future by linking quantitative scenario modeling and sustainability impact analysis with qualitative and in-depth analysis of regional strategies, as well as including a study at European level with case study work also involving a Chinese case study.