A master thesis from Aalborg University
Ecosystem-Based Planning - Challenges and Opportunities
Forfatter(e)
Semester
4. semester
Uddannelse
Udgivelsesår
2024
Afleveret
2024-06-06
Antal sider
80 pages
Abstract
This master’s thesis on the programme Urban Planning & Management at Aalborg University sets out to uncover how ecosystems-based planning can be adopted into Danish planning praxis through increasing the plannability of nature. Taken its point of departure in the understanding of ecosystems-based planning from Hammond & the Silva Forest Foundation (2002), an understanding of urban ecosystems-based planning is formulated, better fitting into the Danish planning regulation and context. Furthermore, the very concepts of ecosystem services and biodiversity are explored, as well as the rationalities used in policy discourse. Using the recent planning of the municipality of Aarhus, how urban ecosystems-based planning already is utilized is identified. This is done in two parts – first identifying the ambitions and focus areas of the plans and policies, and secondly through exploring the practical implications of these ambitions and focus areas through examining three cases of concrete planning initiatives: Aarhus Ø, Vesterbro Square and Frederiks Avenue. The first part thoroughly uncovers how the municipality of Aarhus has substantial ambitions of improving both the quality and variation of nature in and outside of the city. This is done through both recent plans, and an addendum to the municipal plan, concretizing which measures and initiatives is implemented statutory to ensure this development. The second part finds that the practical implication is difficult as of now concerning Vesterbro Square and Frederiks Allé, but that on Aarhus Ø as a waterfront regeneration project has experienced an increase in urban ecosystem services and biodiversity. Concluding the thesis, it is assessed that new concepts of value, growth and profitability is needed in order to incorporate an ecosystems-based planning into Danish planning praxis. Several shortcomings and challenges of the approach is furthermore addressed and recommended for further research.
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