Green4cities Development of an evaluation tool for green infrastructure and their positive effects derived for cities worldwide
- Wasser - Atmosphäre - Umwelt
- Lebensraum und Landschaft
- Nachwachsende Rohstoffe und neue Technologien
Abstract
The Green4cities project aims to develop a worldwide applicable evaluation method and planning tool called Green Pass to help reduce the negative impacts of urban areas on local climate as heat stress, nocturnal heat island and pluvial flooding, achieved with minimum input of resources. It shall boost the implementation of green infrastructures (GI) in cities, the quality, attractiveness and competitiveness of urban form and will create revenue and jobs for the SME partners in the project.
- green infrasturctur
- climate change adaption
- green potential
- ecosystem services
- building integrated green
Project staff
Ulrike Pitha
Priv.-Doz. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Ulrike Pitha
ulrike.pitha@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-87403
BOKU Project Leader
01.09.2012 - 31.08.2015
Bernhard Scharf
Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Bernhard Scharf
bernhard.scharf@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-87413
Project Staff
01.09.2012 - 31.08.2015
BOKU partners
External partners
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Michael Bruse
partner
University of Kassel
none
partner
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
none
partner
Technical University Graz
none
partner