Ecological sustainability of urban landscapes: evaluation of Green Structure Plans

Abstract

• More than 50 % of the world’s population and about 80 % in more developed countries are urban dwellers • Throughout the world urban areas increases in size • Compaction is one proposed solution to obtain urban sustainability when the population is growing and accordingly urban green spaces often suffers • The challenge is how urban spatial planning can result in enough the vital green structures in more and more compacted cities • National and international collaboration and comparative studies are important tools to improve the knowledge needed for spatial planning to achieve sustainable urban landscapes

Published in

Publisher: Skogsmästarskolan, SLU

SLU Authors

• Sandström, Ulf

  • Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Angelstam, Per

  • School for Forest Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Elbakidze, Marine

  • School for Forest Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Axelsson, Robert

  • School for Forest Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Törnblom, Johan

  • Department of Aquaculture, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Environmental Sciences and Nature Conservation

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/23006