Impacts of climate change on the green belt of the City of Vienna and comparison with urban forests in Central and Eastern Europe
Abstract
The forests of the City of Vienna will potentially undergo severe impacts from climate change. Following the current prognoses of climate models there will be shifts both in temperature and precipitation regimes while abundance and duration of dry seasons are expected to significantly increase. Consequently, extensive changes in ecosystem process could be expected for the green belt and the forests of Vienna. This would impact not only the use of forest resources but also a variety of economic, ecological and social functions for the population. In addition to climate change, a list of demographical and societal trends are projected that may cause direct demands and impacts on the quality and quantity of functions in urban forests. Shifts both in ecosystem processes and societal patterns will cause the need for adaptation in the way forest and green belt of the City of Vienna will be managed. The dimension of changes and alternative response towards them are in the centre of interest. The specific objectives are: - Analysis of potential vulnerability of the green belt in Vienna in the context of expected climate change - Analysis of impacts of climate change on the capabilities of the green belt to satisfy various societal demands and services - Assessment of climate change scenarios and development of synergies in co-operation among different municipalities in the region of Central and Eastern Europe
keywords urban forests climate change modelling Central and Eastern Europe
Publikationen
Potential climate change effects in urban and peri-urban forests - Analysis and implications
Autoren: Wolfslehner B., Pötzelsberger E., Pertritsch R., Hasenauer H.. Jahr: 2010
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
Modelling climate change effects in urban and peri-urban forest areas of the City of Vienna.
Autoren: Wolfslehner B., Pötzelsberger E., Pertritsch R. (2011): Jahr: 2011
Journal articles
Project staff
Bernhard Wolfslehner
Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Bernhard Wolfslehner
bernhard.wolfslehner@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-73216
BOKU Project Leader
01.06.2009 - 31.12.2013
Elisabeth Pötzelsberger
Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Elisabeth Pötzelsberger
Project Staff
01.06.2009 - 31.12.2013