Green Infrastructure approach

linking environmental with social aspects in studying and managing urban forests (GreenInUrbs)

Objectives

  • To increase the understanding of the role of UF in the context of GI from a scientific and a socio-economic perspective, in terms of the ecosystem services provided to people and to the urban environment
  • To identify priorities and challenges for future research in the field
  • To provide indicators and/or thresholds to be included by policy makers in local, national or international regulations about GI and UF
  • To develop guidelines for GI planners and managers on how to implement GI approaches with an emphasis on linking the environmental and social services of UF

Main Achievements

  • An interactive website
  • A database collating all scientific evidence available on the above mentioned topics
  • The results of questionnaires developed among all the countries involved in the Action
  • Guidelines for managers and private citizens which will advise on the best tree species and the best practices for the maximization of benefits from GI and UF
  • A scientific position paper to highlight research priorities and challenges regarding GI and UF
  • Implementation and diffusion of models for the estimation of the benefits derived from UF
  • A roadmap for policy makers in order to provide indicators, thresholds and tools to be included in legislation at local, national or European level regarding the governance of GI and UF
  • A Book, including all the main achievements by the different WGs

Management Committee

Dr. Carlo Calfapietra, PhD

Dr. Carlo Calfapietra, PhD

MC Chair

National Research Council (CNR)Institute of Agro-Environmental & Forest Biology (IBAF)
Via Marconi 2 – 05010 Porano (TR)
Italy
Tel. +39 0763 374929
Fax +39 0763 374980
carlo.calfapietra@ibaf.cnr.it
www.carlocalfapietra.com

Professor David Pearlmutter

Professor David Pearlmutter

MC Vice Chair

Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research
Ben Gurion University
84990 Sede Boqer Campus
Israel Tel. 972-86596879
davidp@bgu.ac.il

COST Participants

Professor Arne Arnberger

Professor Arne Arnberger

Universität für Bodenkultur Wien/University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna
Peter Jordan-Straße 82
1190 Vienna
Austria
Tel. ++43 1 47654 7205
Fax ++43 1 47654 7209
arne.arnberger@boku.ac.at

Professor Jürgen Breuste

Professor Jürgen Breuste

Paris Lodron University of Salzburg, Urban and Landscape Ecology
Hellbrunnerstr. 34
5020 Salzburg
Austria
Tel. +00436628044524
Fax +00436628044525
Juergen.Breuste@sbg.ac.at

Professor Roeland Samson

Professor Roeland Samson

University of Antwerp
Groenenborgerlaan 171
2020 Antwerp
Belgium
Tel. +3232653437
Fax +3232653225
roeland.samson@ua.ac.be

Mr Rik DE VREESE

Mr Rik DE VREESE

Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Laarbeeklaan 103
1090 Jette
Belgium
Tel. +3224774965
Fax +3224774964
rik.de.vreese@vub.ac.be

Professor Mersudin Avdibegović

Professor Mersudin Avdibegović

Faculty of Forestry University of Sarajevo
Zagrebačka 20
71000 Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tel. + 387 33 81 24 90
Fax + 387 33 81 24 88
mavdibegovic@gmail.com

Dr Marijana Kapovic

Dr Marijana Kapovic

Faculty of Forestry
Stepe Stepanovica 75a
78000 Banja Luka
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tel. +38751460550
marijana.kapovic@sfbl.org

Professor Violeta Velikova

Professor Violeta Velikova

Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics
Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 21
1113 Sofia
Bulgaria
Tel. +359-2-9792683
violeta.velikova@gmail.com

 

Dr Miglena Zhiyanski

Dr Miglena Zhiyanski

Forest Research Institute – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
132 Kliment Ohridski Blv.
1756 Sofia
Bulgaria
Tel. 0035928842773
Fax 0035929620447
zhiyanski@abv.bg

 

Ms Silvija Krajter Ostoic

Ms Silvija Krajter Ostoic

Croatian Forest Research Institute
Trnjanska cesta 35
10000 Zagreb
Croatia
Tel. +385 1 63 11 580
silvijak@sumins.hr

Ms Lukrecija BUTORAC

Ms Lukrecija BUTORAC

Croatia

 

Dr Ioannis Vogiatzakis

Dr Ioannis Vogiatzakis

Open University of Cyprus
33 Yiannou Kranidioti avenue
2252 Latsia Nicosia
Cyprus
Tel. +357 22 411933
ioannis.vogiatzakis@ouc.ac.cy

Dr Otmar Urban

Dr Otmar Urban

Global Change Research Centre
Belidla 986/4a
603 00 Brno
Czech Republic
Tel. +420511192250
urban.o@czechglobe.cz

Dr Teis Nørgaard Mikkelsen

Dr Teis Nørgaard Mikkelsen

DTU
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
4000 Roskilde
Denmark
Tel. +4521331394
temi@kt.dtu.dk

Professor Ülo Niinemets

Professor Ülo Niinemets

Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Estonian University of Life Sciences
Kreutzwaldi 64 – 51014 Tartu – Estonia
Tel. +372 53457189
ylo.niinemets@emu.ee

Professor Simon Bell

Professor Simon Bell

DTU
Estonian University of Life Sciences
Kreutzwaldi 1
51014 Tartu
Estonia
Tel. +3725056106
simon.bell@emu.ee

Dr Matti ROUSI

Dr Matti ROUSI

Finland
Tel. +350503914230
matti.rousi@metla.fi

Dr Didier LE THIEC

Dr Didier LE THIEC

INRA
UMR EEF
54280 Champenoux
France
Tel. 33 3 83 39 40 98
lethiec@nancy.inra.fr

Ms Marie-Reine FLEISCH

Ms Marie-Reine FLEISCH

AgroParisTech
14 rue Girardet
54042 NANCY
France
Tel. +383396818
Fax +383302254
marie-reine.fleisch@agroparistech.fr

Professor Makedonka Stojanovska

Professor Makedonka Stojanovska

the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
fYR Macedonia
Tel. 389 23 135033
makedonka@sf.ukim.edu.mk

Ms Biljana Stojanova

Ms Biljana Stojanova

PE Parks and greenery
Bul. Ilinden No. 104
1000 Skopje
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
fYR Macedonia
Tel. +38923064013
bilstoj@yahoo.com

Professor Frank Lohrberg

Professor Frank Lohrberg

RWTH Aachen
Lehrstuhl für Landschaftsarchitektur
52056 Aachen
Germany
Tel. +0241-8095050
lohrberg@la.rwth-aachen.de

Ms Renate Spaeth

Ms Renate Spaeth

Ministry of Environment
Renate Spaeth
D-40476 D-Duesseldorf
Germany
Tel. 00492114566276
Fax 00492114566947
renate.spaeth@mkulnv.nrw.de

Dr Gregory Varras

Dr Gregory Varras

Technological Educational Institute of Epirus
TEI Epirus Kwstakioi Campus FLA-AAT
47100 Arta
Greece
Tel. 00302681050235
Fax 00302681050240
grvarras@gmail.com

Dr Theano S. Terkenli

Dr Theano S. Terkenli

University of the Aegean
University Hill
81100 Mitiline
Greece
Tel. 00-30-210-6197846
t.terkenli@aegean.gr

Mr Zsolt Keserű

Mr Zsolt Keserű

Hungarian Forest Research Institute Püspökladány Experimental Station
H-9600 Sárvár Várkerület 30/A
4150 Püspökladány
Hungary Tel. +360654451169
Fax +360654451169
keseruzs@erti.hu

Dr Károly Rédei

Dr Károly Rédei

Forest Research Institute
Budapest
1023 Budapest
Hungary Tel. +36 30 2114216
redei.karoly@t-online.hu

Mr Samson Hardarson

Mr Samson Hardarson

The Agricultural University of Iceland (AUI)
Landbúnaðarháskóli íslands, Hvanneyri, 311 Borgarnes
311 Borgarnes
Iceland Tel. +354 567 1814
samson@lbhi.is

Mr Hrafnkell Proppe

Mr Hrafnkell Proppe

Association of municipalities in the Capital area
Hamraborg 9
200 Kópavogur
Iceland Tel. +354 8922698
hrafnkell@ssh.is

Dr Michael Brennan

Dr Michael Brennan

University College Dublin
UCD School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Policy
Dublin 4 Dublin
Ireland Tel. 00353-1-716 2678
Fax 00353-1-716 2776
michael.brennan@ucd.ie

Dr Karen Foley

Dr Karen Foley

University College Dublin
Newstead,
Belfield Dublin
Ireland Tel. +35317163246
karen.foley@ucd.ie

Professor David Pearlmutter

Professor David Pearlmutter

Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research
Ben Gurion University
84990 Sede Boqer Campus
Israel Tel. 972-86596879
davidp@bgu.ac.il

Professor Giovanni Sanesi

Professor Giovanni Sanesi

Universita degli Studi di Bari
Via Amendola 165/A
70126 Bari
Italy Tel. +39 080 5443023
Fax +39 080 5442504
giovanni.sanesi@uniba.it
http://www.greenspace.it/sanesi

Dr Silvano Fares

Dr Silvano Fares

Agricultural Research Council
Via della Navicella 2-4
00189 Rome
Italy Tel. +39 3395364280
silvano.fares@entecra.it

Dr Remigijus Zalkauskas

Dr Remigijus Zalkauskas

Aleksandras Stulginskis University
Studentu str. 11
LT – 53361 Akademija, Kaunas distr.
Lithuania Tel. + 370-37-75 22 41
remigijus.zalkauskas@asu.lt

Dr Inga STRAUPE

Dr Inga STRAUPE

Latvia

 Dr Joseph BUHAGIAR

Dr Joseph BUHAGIAR

Malta

Dr Jelle Hiemstra

Dr Jelle Hiemstra

Wageningen UR – Applied Plant Research
Wageningen UR
6670 AE Zetten
Netherlands Tel. +31 252 462121
Fax +31 252 462100
jelle.hiemstra@wur.nl

Mr Johan Barstad

Mr Johan Barstad

The Norwegian University College for Agriculture and Rural Development
Postvegen 213
4353 Klepp stasjon
Norway Tel. +47 92037327
johan@hlb.no

Dr Arne SABO

Dr Arne SABO

Norway

Professor Stanislaw W. Gawronski

Professor Stanislaw W. Gawronski

Warsaw University of Life Sciences
ul. Nowoursynowska 166
02787 Warsaw
Poland Tel. +48 22 5932082
Fax +48 22 5932112
stanislaw_gawronski@sggw.pl

Ms Maria Kuc

Ms Maria Kuc

University of Agriculture in Krakow
Uniwersytet Rolniczy w Krakowie
Wydzial Lesny, Katedra Szczegolowej Hodowli Lasu
al. 29 Listopada 46
31-425 Krakow
Poland
Tel. +48600338825
kucmarysia@gmail.com

Professor Ana Isabel Miranda

Professor Ana Isabel Miranda

Universidade de Aveiro
N/A – Please update this record
3810-193 Aveiro
Portugal Tel. +351 234 370 200
Fax +351 234 429 290
miranda@ua.pt

Professor Thomas Panagopoulos

Professor Thomas Panagopoulos

University of Algarve
Campus de Gambelas
8005 Faro
PortugalTel. +351289873099
tpanago@ualg.pt

Dr Lucian DINCA

Dr Lucian DINCA

Forest Research Institute
13 Closca street
Brasov
Romania
Tel. +040268419936
dinka.lucian@gmail.com

Dr Stelian Alexandru Borz

Dr Stelian Alexandru Borz

Transilvania University of Brasov
Sirul Beethoven no. 1
500123 Brasov
Romania
Tel. +0040742042455
borzalexandru@yahoo.com

Dr NEVENA VASILJEVIC

Dr NEVENA VASILJEVIC

Faculty of Forestry
Kneza Višeslava 1
11000 Belgarde
Serbia
Tel. +381113053924
Fax +381112545485
nevena.vasiljevic@sfb.bg.ac.rs

Prof Sasa ORLOVIC

Prof Sasa ORLOVIC

Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment
Antona Cehova 13
P.O. Box 117
21000 Novi Sad
Serbia
Tel. +38121540383
Fax +38121540385
sasao@uns.ac.rs

Dr Martin Hajduch

Dr Martin Hajduch

Institute of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
Akademická 2
95007 Nitra
Slovakia Tel. +421-37-6943346
Fax +421-37-7336660
martin.hajduch@savba.sk

Dr Katarina Kristianova

Dr Katarina Kristianova

FA STU in Bratislava
Namestie slobody 19
81245 Bratislava
Slovakia
Tel. +421257276266
kristianova@fa.stuba.sk

Dr Janez Pirnat

Dr Janez Pirnat

University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty
Vecna pot 83
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia Tel. +38613203524
janez.pirnat@bf.uni-lj.si

Mr Andrej Verlič

Mr Andrej Verlič

Gozdarski institut Slovenije
Vecna pot 2
Ljubljana
Slovenia Tel. +386 41 631 323
andrej.verlic@gozdis.si

Dr Rocío Alonso del Amo

Dr Rocío Alonso del Amo

CIEMAT
Avda. Complutense 40
28040 Madrid
Spain Tel. 34913460868
Fax 34913466121
rocio.alonso@ciemat.es

Dr Paloma Cariñanos Gonzalez

Dr Paloma Cariñanos Gonzalez

University of GranadaFaculty of Pharmacy
18071 Granada
Spain Tel. +34 958241977
palomacg@ugr.es

 

Dr Anders Busse Nielsen

Dr Anders Busse Nielsen

Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management
Slottsvägen 5
23053 Alnarp
Sweden Tel. +46 40425212
anders.busse.nielsen@slu.se

Dr Maria IGNITIVA

Dr Maria IGNITIVA

Sweden

Dr Ralph Hansmann

Dr Ralph Hansmann

Institut für Umweltentscheidungen
ETH Zürich, Institut für Umweltentscheidungen
8092 Zürich
Switzerland Tel. 0041446326316
hansmann@env.ethz.ch

Dr Marcel Hunziker

Dr Marcel Hunziker

Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf
Switzerland Tel. +41 44 7392459
Fax +41 44 7392588
marcel.hunziker@wsl.ch

Dr SERHUN SAGLAM

Dr SERHUN SAGLAM

University of Istanbul
University of Istanbul, Forest Faculty, Department of Forest Management and Planning.
34473 Istanbul
Turkey
Tel. +902122261100
Fax +902122261113
nuhres@istanbul.edu.tr

Prof Erdogan ATMIS

Prof Erdogan ATMIS

Turkey

Dr Abhishek Tiwary

Dr Abhishek Tiwary

Marie Curie Senior Fellow
Faculty of Engineering & the Environment
University of Southampton
Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
a.tiwary@soton.ac.uk

Dr Liz O'Brien

Dr Liz O’Brien

Forest Research
Alice Holt Lodge
GU10 4LH Farnham
United Kingdom Tel. +4401420526155
liz.obrien@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

 


MC Substitute

Ms Brigitte Allex

Ms Brigitte Allex

University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
Peter Jordanstraße 82
1190 Vienna
Austria Tel. ++431 47654 7278
brigitte.allex@boku.ac.at

Dr Annette Voigt

Dr Annette Voigt

Paris Lodron University of Salzburg, Urban and Landscape Ecology
Hellbrunnerstrasse 34
5020 Salzburg
Austria Tel. 0043- (0)662-8044-5226
annette.voigt@sbg.ac.at

 

Mr Daniel Wurster

Mr Daniel Wurster

University of Salzburg
Hellbrunnerstraße 34
5020 Salzburg
Austria
Tel. 0043 662 8044 5216
daniel.wurster@sbg.ac.at

Mr Bruno Maric

Mr Bruno Maric

Faculty of Forestry University of Sarajevo
Zagrebačka 20
71000 Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina Tel. +387 33 812 490
Fax + 387 33 812 488
bruno.m.maric@gmail.com

Ms Senka Mutabdžija Bećirović

Ms Senka Mutabdžija Bećirović

Faculty of Forestry
Zagrebačka 20, Sarajevo
71000 Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tel. +38733812490
Fax +38733812488
senka.mutabdzija@gmail.com

Dr Svetla Bratanova-Doncheva

Dr Svetla Bratanova-Doncheva

Institute of biodiversity and ecosystem research-Bulgarian Academy of sciences, Division “Ecosystem research”
No2, str. “Major Gagarin”
IBER-BAS
1113 Sofia
Bulgaria
Tel. +35928717195
Fax +35928705498
sbrat@abv.bg

Professor Mariya Sokolovska

Professor Mariya Sokolovska

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Laboratory of Soil Science Forest Research Institute
132, St. Kliment Ohridski Blvd.
1756 Sofia
Bulgaria Tel. +359 29 62 04 42
Fax +359 29 62 04 47
mariagrozeva@hotmail.com

 Ms Dijana VULETIC

Ms Dijana VULETIC

Croatia

 Mr Goran JELIC

Mr Goran JELIC

Croatia

Mr Stefan Darlan Boris

Mr Stefan Darlan Boris

Aarhus School of Architecture
Nørreport 20
8000 Aarhus C
Denmark Tel. 89360269
StefanDarlan.Boris@aarch.dk

Ms Natalie Gulsrud

Ms Natalie Gulsrud

University of Copenhagen
Rolighedsvej 23
1958 Frederiksberg
Denmark
Tel. +4521865524
Nagu@life.ku.dk

Ms Gloria Niin

Ms Gloria Niin

Environmental and Agricultural institute
Kreutzwaldi 58a
51084 Tartu
Estonia Tel. +3725258172
gloria.niin@emu.ee

Ms Tuija Sievänen

Ms Tuija Sievänen

Finnish Forest Research Institute (Metla)
Unioninkatu 40A
00170 Helsinki
Finland Tel. +358 29 532 5269
Fax +358 10 2112104
tuija.sievanen@metla.fi

Professor Yves Jolivet

Professor Yves Jolivet

Université de Lorraine
UMR 1137 EEF Bd des Aiguillettes BP 70239
54506 Vandoeuvre les Nancy
France Tel. +33383684241
Fax +33383684240
yves.jolivet@univ-lorraine.fr

Mr Goran JELIC

Mr Goran JELIC

France

Mr Ian Whitehead

Mr Ian Whitehead

Institute of Landscape Architecture
Jakobstraße 2
52056 Aachen
Germany Tel. 0049(0)241 1804 446
ianwcanoe@aol.com

Professor Claudia Hornberg

Professor Claudia Hornberg

University of Bielefeld
Universitätsstraße 25
D- 33501 Bielefeld
Germany Tel. +495211064365
claudia.hornberg@uni-bielefeld.de

Dr Evangelos Tasoulas

Dr Evangelos Tasoulas

Technological Educational Institute of Epirus
TEI Epirus Kwstakioi Campus FLA-AAT
47100 Arta
Greece Tel. 0030 2651072373
Fax 0030 2651072373
tasoulasv@hol.gr

Ms Aikaterini Gkoltsiou

Ms Aikaterini Gkoltsiou

University of the Aegean
Univ. Hill
81100 Mytilene
Greece Tel. 00302106136246
Fax 00302106136246
agkolj@otenet.gr

Mr István Juhász

Mr István Juhász

Forest Research Institute
Papret 17
9400 Sopron
Hungary Tel. +3699510666
juhaszi@erti.hu

 

Dr Nina Ros ISBERG

Dr Nina Ros ISBERG

Menntaskolinn vid Hamrahlid College
Hamrahlid
107 Reykjavik
Iceland
Tel. +3545671814
NRI@mh.is

Dr Tine Ningal

Dr Tine Ningal

University College Dublin (UCD)
School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Policy
University College Dublin
Dublin 4
D4 Dublin
Ireland
Tel. +353870613344
tningal@gmail.com

Dr Mariagrazia AGRIMI

Dr Mariagrazia AGRIMI

Italy

Dr Lina STRAIGYTE

Dr Lina STRAIGYTE

Lithuania

Dr Arkadiusz Przybysz

Dr Arkadiusz Przybysz

Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW
Nowoursynowska 159
02-776 Warsaw
Poland Tel. +48 22 593 20 97
Fax +48 22 5932112
arkadiusz_przybysz@sggw.pl

Dr Anna Klamerus-Iwan

Dr Anna Klamerus-Iwan

University of Agriculture in Krakow
ul. 29 Listopada 46, room 310
31-425 Kraków
Poland
Tel. +48126625356
annaklamerus.iwan@gmail.com

Professor Margarida Santos-Reis

Professor Margarida Santos-Reis

Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
Centro de Biologia Ambiental
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
Campo Grande, Edificio C2-5º Piso
1749-016 Lisboa
Portugal
Tel. +351217500000
Fax +351217500028
mmreis@fc.ul.pt

Dr Jelena Tomicevic-Dubljevic

Dr Jelena Tomicevic-Dubljevic

University of Belgrade-Faculty of Forestry
Kneza Viseslava 1
11030 Belgrade
Serbia
Tel. +381112280767
Fax +381112545485
jelena.tomicevic@sfb.bg.ac.rs

Professor JOSEP PEÑUELAS

Professor JOSEP PEÑUELAS

CSIC-CREAF
CREAF, Edifici C,
08193 Bellaterra
Spain Tel. 34935811312
Fax 34935814151
josep.penuelas@uab.cat

Dr Mercedes SANCHEZ

Dr Mercedes SANCHEZ

Spain

Ms Maren Kern

Ms Maren Kern

Bern University of Applied Sciences, School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL
Länggasse 85
3052 Zollikofen
Switzerland
Tel. 0041(0)52 721 96 97
maren.kern@bfh.ch

Prof Atila GUL

Prof Atila GUL

Turkey

Dr Tzoulas KOSTANTINOS

Dr Tzoulas KOSTANTINOS

United Kingdom

Mr Alan SIMSON

Mr Alan SIMSON

United Kingdom