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Student seminar: Integrating biodiversity into sustainable urban planning using open-access databases, Ruochen He, 2024-02-29
23 February 2024, 2:31 PM
Speaker: Ruochen He
Date: 2024-02-29
Time: 13:00-13:30
Room: ES354
Online link:
https://meeting.tencent.com/dm/v169BGHYrPM6
Meeting ID: 668-4466-7997
Title: Integrating Biodiversity into Sustainable Urban Planning Using Open-Access Databases
Abstract:
The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) highlights the significance of urban biodiversity and call for an integration of biodiversity into urban planning practices. The first step forward will be exploring the use of “best available” data of biodiversity in urban planning. Our study seeks to address this gap by promoting open-access datasets for biodiversity-inclusive urban planning. We will first conduct a comprehensive literature review on anthropogenic threats to urban birds and current planning strategies to counteract these threats; then, we'll showcase biodiversity data use in spatial planning examples from Suzhou, highlighting rooftop gardens as ecological steppingstones for urban birds considering their flying capacities, and spatial configuration optimizing of urban wetland restoration to realize multiple ecological benefits. Finally, we aim to develop a heuristic framework to facilitate the adoption of open-access biodiversity databases in urban planning.