Planning Rural Landscapes : Green Infrastructure and Ecosystem Services Nexus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cunha, Natália.

Contributor:

Magalhães, Manuela.

Series:

Routledge Research in Planning and Urban Design Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2025.

Summary:

Appealing to a broad audience, this book bridges different issues, from landscape to ecosystems, planning to implementation, and policies to local community willingness. This book outlines a methodology for defining Green Infrastructure in rural landscapes, showing how it underpins Ecosystem Services and aligns with various EU directives.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Information

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Contributors

Planning Rural Landscapes: Green Infrastructure and Ecosystem Services Nexus

Introduction

Book Roadmap

Keywords

Distinctive Features

Section I A Common Ground for Green Infrastructure in Landscape Planning

1 Concept of Structure: Evolution, Modalities, Problems

1. Etymology and Semantic Fields

2. Is Structure a Reflection of the Real Or a Product of Human Thought?

From Skepticism to the Truth as Intellectual Evidence

Structura Rerum Or Structura Mentis?

3. The Scientific Or Physical-Mechanic Vision of Nature

4. The Teleological Vision of Nature: the Paradigm of the Living

5. Tension and Conceptual Disagreements in Contemporary Epistemology

References

2 Landscape-System: Concepts and a Methodology for Sustainable Planning

1. Core Concepts in Landscape Planning

Approaching the Landscape Through Its Structures

The Concepts of Natural Continuum and Cultural Continuum

Systemic Thinking

The Concept of Complexity

2. The Landscape-System Methodology

3. Final Considerations

3 Reconnecting Networks: A Methodological Approach to Green Infrastructure Design at a National Scale

1. Introduction

Is the GI Concept Disappearing in EU Strategies?

Portugal's Green Infrastructure Progress and Challenges

Bridging the Gaps Between Policy and Practice

2. Methodology Overview

Mapping and Prioritising National Ecological Network

Cultural Components

Additional Contextual Variables

3. Green Infrastructure Map for Portugal

4 Restoring and Conserving Green Infrastructure in Practice

Green Infrastructure and Ecological Restoration.

Selection of Restoration Actions: Mediterranean Context

Restoration Action 1: Transitioning From Exotic Species Plantations to Native Broadleaved Or Mixed Forests

Restoration Action 2: Shrub Management to Promote Natural Succession

2. From GI Planning to Implementation: A Methodological Approach

GI Conservation and Restoration

GI Levels of Intervention

3. Portuguese Case Study

Restoration Actions Per GI Intervention Level

Conclusion

5 Private Landowners' Logic and Landscape Transformation

2. The Alcoutim Landscape Transformation Plan

3. Assessment of The Alcoutim Landscape Transformation Plan at the Farm Level

Interviews With Private Landowners of Alcoutim

Management Logics of Private Landowners

Relation Between Management Logic and Landscape Transformation

4. From Landscape Plan Acceptance to Implementation

5. Conclusion

6 Dynamic Landscapes: Geology and Geomorphology Diversity

2. Geology System

3. Soil System

4. Landscape Geomorphological Dynamics

Morphogenesis and Pedogenesis: Stability Versus Instability

5. Final Remarks

Section II Linking Green Infrastructure and Ecosystem Services in Rural Landscapes

7 Ecosystem Services in Rural Landscape Planning: Unlocking Nature's Benefits

2. Ecosystem Services Foundations

3. Planning (For) the Future: Ecosystem Services and Nature Futures Framework

4. Role of Green Infrastructure in Providing Multiple Benefits

8 EUNIS Habitat Classification in Mainland Portugal

2. Methodology

Artificial Territories

Agricultural

Pastures

Agroforestry Surfaces

Forests

Shrubland

Uncovered Spaces With Sparse Vegetation

Wetlands

Surface Water Bodies

3. Results and Discussion.

3.1. Correspondence Synthesis

3.2. Trade-Off Considerations

4. Conclusion

9 Water Conservation Ecosystem Services at the River Basin Level

2. Modelling Synopsis

The Case Study

Setting Progressive Scenarios

Water Concentration Time Methodology

3. Improvement of Water Conservation Ecosystem Services

4. Final Remarks

10 Soil Conservation Ecosystem Services at Regional Scales

The Inherent Capacity: Soil Quality

Land-use Change Matters: Soil Erosion Scenarios From Potential to Future Land Use

Controlling Erosion Rates: Ecosystem Services

3. Soil Conservation Ecosystem Services By Enhancing GI: Linking Soil Quality and Soil Erosion

A Focus in the Aveiro Sub-Region

4. Conclusions

11 Habitat Services for Protected Flora Species in Portugal

2. Materials and Methods

3. Results and Discussion

Acknowledgements

Section III Applications Across Scales and Countries

12 The Monsanto Urban Forest Landscape Plan: Integrating Nature-Based Solutions Into Lisbon's Metropolitan Green Infrastructure

Urban Forests and Nature-Based Solutions

Monsanto Urban Forest: A Key Element in the Lisbon Metropolitan GI

2. Methodology for the Monsanto-UF Landscape Plan

Ecological Network

Cultural Network

3. Monsanto-UF Landscape Plan

Renaturalisation of the Monsanto-UF

Fire Protection

Cultural Readability and Recreational Opportunities

Integration With Forest Management

4. Scaling Up and Connect to the LM-GI

5. Integrated Dimensions and Scales: Final Considerations

13 Noticing the Landscape: Dwelling, Abandoning, Entangling

2. Chilean Atacama.

3. American Prairie

4. Montado/Dehesas

Note

14 Eco Account and State-Wide Biotope Network Plan: Two Interlocking Planning Instruments With High Efficiency, and the Importance of Communication for Sustainable Implementation of These Measures

2. How Are the Biotope Network Plan and the Eco Account Linked to Each Other?

3. Different Interests Among Stakeholders Regarding the Implementation of Compensation Measures

4. Compensation Measures: From Preliminary Planning Through Participation and Detailed Planning to Sustainable Implementation

5. Types of Compensation Measures: From Preliminary and Detailed Planning to Sustainable Implementation

Types of Measures and Their Acceptance

Restoration of Wetland Biotope Network: Example of Riederwiesen

Networking of Semi-Open, Arboured Landscapes: Example of Allmendingen Orchard

Notes

15 Agroecosystems as Green Infrastructure: Case Study in Milan (Italy)

1. The Territorial Framework

2. The Integrated Area Project: Canals Bio-District

3. The Partnership

4. Objectives of the PIA

5. Actions and Results of the PIA

The VALSOS Project ValSOS Is the Correct Name (Acronym)

Demonstration

Information

Agrienvironmental Measures

Itineraries of the Bio-District of the Canals

16 Boughzoul (Algeria): A New Sustainable Town Waiting for Inhabitants

2. A New Ecological Town: A Brief History

The Establishment of a City On an Arid Steppe

With Urban Environments Favorable to Biodiversity

Planted Areas

Aquatic Areas

Considerable Water Requirements for Irrigation of Green Spaces

3. A Little-Known Local Biodiversity

4. What Type of Ecosystemic Services Exist?

Food Services (Urban Agriculture).

Essential Environmental Regulation Services

Requirements of Social and Cultural Services

5. The Lake and the Green Belt: Two Strategic Living Environments

The Key Ecological Role of the Lake

The Green Belt

6. Conclusion

17 Green Infrastructure in Spain

2. GI in Spain Within the European Focus: Legislation, Context, and Concept

3. GI as a Territorial Planning Tool: Experiences and Trends

4. GI On an Urban Scale in Spain

5. Ecosystem Design and Nature-Based Solutions

6. GI as a Resource Against Climate Change in Spain

Conclusions

18 Landscape Transformation Across Scales: From Municipal to Local Experience

2. Multiscale Methodological Approach

3. Municipal Scale: Leiria

Overview of LUCs in Leiria (1951-2018)

The Wild-Urban Interface

Participatory Planning at Municipal Scale

Developing Resilient Landscapes: GI and the Transformation Plan for Leiria

4. Local Scale: Curvachia

A Storyline of Land-Use Changes and Ecological Conservation Efforts (1950-2022)

Land-use Evolution and Fire Vulnerability

Localised Actions: GI and Transformation Plan for Curvachia

5. Landscape Transformation Across Scales: Final Remarks

19 Planning a Sustainable, Fire-Resilient Landscape On Commons Lands

1. Common Lands

Portuguese Common Lands

Common Lands of Fajão-Vidual Parish

2. Designing a Landscape Transformation Strategy for Common Lands

Current Land Uses and Habitats

FIRELAN Model and Potential Land Uses

Landscape Transformation Proposal

Main Conclusions

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-003-58358-X

1-04-040845-1

9781003583585

OCLC:

1528957970