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Editorial for special issue “Integrating Biodiversity in the Urban Planning and Design Processes”

Year: 2025

Type: editorial

Abstract: This special issue features selected papers by presenters of the URBIO 2022 conference “Integrating Biodiversity in Urban Planning and Design Processes” held on the 28th- 30th November 2022. The conference was hosted by the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ in Leipzig, Germany, in close cooperation with the Humboldt University of Berlin, the University of Western Australia, and the University of Missouri (USA). The conference brought together and facilitated discussions among scientists and academics, landscape architecture and planning practitioners, and community groups, in order to co-produce the knowledge that people need for biodiversity conservation, planning and designing multifunctional biodiversity-friendly solutions in urban areas. In total, 122 participants from 24 countries attended the conference. This issue compiled research undertaken in different countries (e.g. Australia, Germany, Finland, Sweden, South Africa, USA) and continents (Europe, North America, Africa, Australia). The authors shared a full range of new theoretical concepts and methodologies on urban biodiversity as well as practical applications – solutions for integrating biodiversity in urban landscapes.

Source: Urban Ecosystems

DOI: 10.1007/s11252-025-01697-4

Authors: Diana Dushkova, Maria Ignatieva, Norbert Müller, Charles Nilon

Institutions: Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, The University of Western Australia, University of Applied Sciences Erfurt, University of Missouri

Language: English

Topic: Urban Planning and Landscape Design

Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Sustainable cities and communities, Life on land

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,990