With growing population in urban areas both globally and in Europe, importance of green infrastructure (GI) for quality of life is constantly increasing. GI provides various ecosystem services (ES) and is recognised by European Commission as a tool for achieving goals of various policies (spatial planning, nature and biodiversity conservation, climate change adaptation, etc.). According to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, cultural ES are defined as „the nonmaterial benefits people obtain from ecosystems through spiritual enrichment, cognitive development, reflection, recreation, and aesthetic experiences”. Importance of studying cultural ES is reflected in prevalence of cultural landscapes in Europe, demand for them is constantly increasing, and it will continue in future. On the other side, there is an increasing demand in democratic societies to include public in decision making with regard to planning and management of GI, while public exclusion from the process often leads to protests. Participatory mapping of cultural ES collects data on how public perceive cultural ES from urban GI, which is useful input for future planning and management of urban GI. The goal of this project is to identify, quantify and map cultural ES and disservices from urban GI based on public perception, explore what affects the perception, and to give recommendation on how to include results of participatory mapping in current spatial planning and management of urban GI. Mix of qualitative and quantitative methods and tools will be used for that purpose (focus groups, survey, webGIS). The project will enhance knowledge on cultural ES and disservices from urban GI, especially in terms of quantification of non-material benefits, as well as disservices from GI since these are often excluded from research on cultural ES.
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Kičić, M., Haase, D., Marin, A.M., Vuletić, D., Krajter Ostoić, S., 2022. Perceptions of cultural ecosystem services of tree-based green infrastructure: A focus group participatory mapping in Zagreb, Croatia. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 78, 127767. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2022.127767
Kičić, M., Krajter Ostoić, S., Seletković, A., 2022. Određivanje prostornog rasporeda percepcije i korištenja zelene infrastrukture u gradu Zagrebu. Dani doktorata biotehničkog područja 2022., Prehrambeno-biotehnološki fakultet, 28.-29.9.2022., Zagreb
Kičić, M., Marin, A.M., Vuletić, D., Krajter Ostoić, S., 2022. Focus group participatory mapping as a tool for producing new knowledge to enhance planning process – case study of the city of Zagreb, Croatia. IALE 2022 European Landscape Ecology Congress “MAKING THE FUTURE, LEARNING FROM THE PAST”. 11.-15.7.2022., Varšava
Kičić, M., Marin, A.M., Vuletić, D., Krajter Ostoić, S., 2022. Co-creation of new knowledge through exploring perception and use of cultural ecosystem services of urban green infrastructure in the city of Zagreb, Croatia. 24th European Forum on Urban Forestry, 17.-21.5.2022., Beograd
Krajter Ostoić, S., Marin, A.M., Kičić, M., Vuletić, D., 2020. Qualitative Exploration of Perception and Use of Cultural Ecosystem Services from Tree-Based Urban Green Space in the City of Zagreb (Croatia). U: The 1st International Electronic Conference on Forests — Forests for a Better Future: Sustainability, Innovation, Interdisciplinarity, 15.-30.10.2020., Online
Brošura projekta CULTUR-ES
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Rezultati fokus grupa sa građanima
“Šumari trebaju iskoristiti interes građana za šume” – Intervju s dr.sc. Silvijom Krajter Ostoić u časopisu Hrvatske šume
Sudjelovanje na Festivalu znanosti 2021. s prezentacijom Gradski parkovi, zelene oaze grada
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Research team member Martina Kičić successfully and with the highest grade defended her dissertation Quantitative Assessment and Mapping of Perception of Cultural Ecosystem Services and Disservices of Urban Green Infrastructure in the City of Zagreb on 21 October 2022 under the mentorship of Prof. Ante Seletković (Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, University of Zagreb) and Prof. Dagmar Haase (Humboldt University of Berlin). She used data collected by the PPGIS internet questionnaire MyDynamicCity Zagreb developed in cooperation with Dr. Sebastian Scheuer and Prof. Haase through the CLEARING HOUSE project and Dr. Silvyja Korpilo (University of Helsinki). In 2021, 384 adult participants took part in the research. Participants mapped their perception and use of urban green space in the context of several cultural ecosystem services and disservices in Zagreb. They created almost 6,000 spatial data points. Participants more frequently mapped place attachment, recreation, aesthetic value and cultural identity, and nature education and negative perception of urban green space less frequently. When it comes to types of urban green space, participants mapped parks most often, followed by forests, park forests, botanical/zoo gardens and greenery around water bodies. This research is the first application of the internet PPGIS questionnaire for mapping perception and use of urban green space in the city of Zagreb and Croatia. The dissertation is in English. It is publicly available in the repository of the University of Zagreb and can be retrieved here.
