Planning for Ecosystem Services in Cities

Davide Geneletti Associate Professor of Spatial Planning at the University of Trento. Specialised in impact assessment of projects, plans and policies; ecosystem services and urban green infrastructures; multi-criteria analysis. Formerly Research Fellow at Harvard University's Sustainability Science Program and Visiting Scholar at Stanford University's Woods Institute for the Environment. He has consulted for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), UN-HABITAT, and the European Commission. Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management and deputy Editor of the open access journal One Ecosystem. Founding member of the start-up company Skopia, specialized in anticipation services for environmental, social and economic planning. Chiara Cortinovis (PhD), Post-doc fellow at the Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering of the University of Trento. Formerly visiting scholar at Humboldt University of Berlin, expert for the European Commission and planning consultant for public administrations. Linda Zardo (PhD), Environmental expert for the United Nations Human Settlements Programme in South-East Africa. Formerly research fellow at the Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering of the University of Trento. Blal Adem Esmail (PhD), Post-doc fellow at the Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering of the University of Trento. Formerly, teaching assistant in water engineering and technical manager and consultant in the fields of building construction and oil & gas research.

Chapter1. Introduction.- Chapter2. A review of ecosystem services in urban plans.- Chapter3. A review of ecosystem services in urban climate plans.- Chapter4. Developing ecosystem service information for urban planning.- Chapter5. Applying ecosystem services in urban planning: a case study.- Chapter6. Towards equitable distribution of ecosystem services in cities.- Chapter7. Conclusions.