Planning Multifunctional Green Infrastructure in Urban Areas - Advanced Approaches Based on Case Studies from Denmark, Germany and the UK

Authors

Rieke Hansen, Technische Universität München, Chair for Strategic Landscape Planning and Management
Anton Stahl Olafsson, University of Copenhagen, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management
Alexander van der Jagt, Forest Research, Centre for Ecosystems, Society and Biosecurity, Roslin, United Kingdom
Emily Rall, Technische Universität München, Chair for Strategic Landscape Planning and Management
Stephan Pauleit, Technische Universität München, Chair for Strategic Landscape Planning and Management

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7275/fabos.604

Publication Date

2016

Abstract

Green infrastructure (GI) is considered to be a planning concept that has potential to improve green space planning in urban areas by offering a holistic, integrated approach (e.g., Pauleit et al., 2011; Davies et al., 2015). In this paper we focus on multifunctionality as an important principle of GI planning. By scrutinizing case studies in Germany (Berlin), the UK (Edinburgh), and Denmark (Aarhus), we examine how multifunctionality is acknowledged by urban green space practitioners and provide recommendations on how to consider multifunctionality more proactively and comprehensively.

Recommended Citation

Hansen, Rieke; Olafsson, Anton Stahl; van der Jagt, Alexander; Rall, Emily; and Pauleit, Stephan (2016) "Planning Multifunctional Green Infrastructure in Urban Areas - Advanced Approaches Based on Case Studies from Denmark, Germany and the UK," Proceedings of the Fábos Conference on Landscape and Greenway Planning: Vol. 5: Iss. 1, Article 35.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7275/fabos.604
Available at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/fabos/vol5/iss1/35