Savickytė, Gabija (2022) Connectivity of Green Infrastructures in Urban Areas: Case of Dutch Cities. Bachelor thesis, Global Responsibility & Leadership (GRL).
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Abstract
Environmental, social and economical processes and resource use that are linked to cities are major contributors to the global climate crisis. Moreover, urban environments are also becoming increasingly vulnerable to urbanization and climate crisis-related risks. One of the most prominent climate adaptation and mitigation strategies is the development of green infrastructure (GI). The latter is a multifaceted tool that provides a wide range of ecosystem services, in turn solving and mitigating the numerous challenges that cities face. However, in order for GI to reach its full capacity, certain criteria, such as the presence of a strong ecological network within a city must be met. Despite the great potential of GI as a climate crisis adaptation, there is a lack of research assessing the connectivity and fragmentation of habitats in urban contexts. In order to fill this gap and initiate further research into the topic, this study analyzed the connectivity and fragmentation of GI in Dutch cities - Amsterdam, Groningen, Rotterdam and Utrecht. The research was conducted by reviewing relevant literature and analyzing land-use and biodiversity data. The outcomes of this study demonstrated that it is not sufficient for GI to be present, but the number and connectivity across green areas as well as its shape have paramount importance for biodiversity, and consequently, to the capacity of the ecological network to provide all the ecosystem services expected.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Name supervisor: | Garzon Lopez, C.X. |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Sep 2022 13:41 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2022 13:41 |
| URI: | https://campus-fryslan.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/144 |
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