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
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
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
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
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
University of Antwerp
Groenenborgerlaan 171
2020 Antwerp
Belgium
Tel. +3232653437
Fax +3232653225
roeland.samson@ua.ac.be
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
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
Faculty of Forestry
Stepe Stepanovica 75a
78000 Banja Luka
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tel. +38751460550
marijana.kapovic@sfbl.org
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
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
Croatian Forest Research Institute
Trnjanska cesta 35
10000 Zagreb
Croatia
Tel. +385 1 63 11 580
silvijak@sumins.hr
Ms Lukrecija BUTORAC
Croatia
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
Global Change Research Centre
Belidla 986/4a
603 00 Brno
Czech Republic
Tel. +420511192250
urban.o@czechglobe.cz
Dr Teis Nørgaard Mikkelsen
DTU
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
4000 Roskilde
Denmark
Tel. +4521331394
temi@kt.dtu.dk
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
DTU
Estonian University of Life Sciences
Kreutzwaldi 1
51014 Tartu
Estonia
Tel. +3725056106
simon.bell@emu.ee
Dr Matti ROUSI
Finland
Tel. +350503914230
matti.rousi@metla.fi
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
AgroParisTech
14 rue Girardet
54042 NANCY
France
Tel. +383396818
Fax +383302254
marie-reine.fleisch@agroparistech.fr
Professor Makedonka Stojanovska
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
fYR Macedonia
Tel. 389 23 135033
makedonka@sf.ukim.edu.mk
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
RWTH Aachen
Lehrstuhl für Landschaftsarchitektur
52056 Aachen
Germany
Tel. +0241-8095050
lohrberg@la.rwth-aachen.de
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
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
University of the Aegean
University Hill
81100 Mitiline
Greece
Tel. 00-30-210-6197846
t.terkenli@aegean.gr
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
Forest Research Institute
Budapest
1023 Budapest
Hungary Tel. +36 30 2114216
redei.karoly@t-online.hu
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
Association of municipalities in the Capital area
Hamraborg 9
200 Kópavogur
Iceland Tel. +354 8922698
hrafnkell@ssh.is
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
University College Dublin
Newstead,
Belfield Dublin
Ireland Tel. +35317163246
karen.foley@ucd.ie
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
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
Agricultural Research Council
Via della Navicella 2-4
00189 Rome
Italy Tel. +39 3395364280
silvano.fares@entecra.it
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
Latvia
Dr Joseph BUHAGIAR
Malta
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
The Norwegian University College for Agriculture and Rural Development
Postvegen 213
4353 Klepp stasjon
Norway Tel. +47 92037327
johan@hlb.no
Dr Arne SABO
Norway
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
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
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
University of Algarve
Campus de Gambelas
8005 Faro
PortugalTel. +351289873099
tpanago@ualg.pt
Dr Lucian DINCA
Forest Research Institute
13 Closca street
Brasov
Romania
Tel. +040268419936
dinka.lucian@gmail.com
Dr Stelian Alexandru Borz
Transilvania University of Brasov
Sirul Beethoven no. 1
500123 Brasov
Romania
Tel. +0040742042455
borzalexandru@yahoo.com
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
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
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
FA STU in Bratislava
Namestie slobody 19
81245 Bratislava
Slovakia
Tel. +421257276266
kristianova@fa.stuba.sk
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
Gozdarski institut Slovenije
Vecna pot 2
Ljubljana
Slovenia Tel. +386 41 631 323
andrej.verlic@gozdis.si
Dr Rocío Alonso del Amo
CIEMAT
Avda. Complutense 40
28040 Madrid
Spain Tel. 34913460868
Fax 34913466121
rocio.alonso@ciemat.es
Dr Paloma Cariñanos Gonzalez
University of GranadaFaculty of Pharmacy
18071 Granada
Spain Tel. +34 958241977
palomacg@ugr.es
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
Sweden
Dr Ralph Hansmann
Institut für Umweltentscheidungen
ETH Zürich, Institut für Umweltentscheidungen
8092 Zürich
Switzerland Tel. 0041446326316
hansmann@env.ethz.ch
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
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
Turkey
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
Forest Research
Alice Holt Lodge
GU10 4LH Farnham
United Kingdom Tel. +4401420526155
liz.obrien@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
MC Substitute
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
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
University of Salzburg
Hellbrunnerstraße 34
5020 Salzburg
Austria
Tel. 0043 662 8044 5216
daniel.wurster@sbg.ac.at
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
Faculty of Forestry
Zagrebačka 20, Sarajevo
71000 Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tel. +38733812490
Fax +38733812488
senka.mutabdzija@gmail.com
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
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
Croatia
Mr Goran JELIC
Croatia
Mr Stefan Darlan Boris
Aarhus School of Architecture
Nørreport 20
8000 Aarhus C
Denmark Tel. 89360269
StefanDarlan.Boris@aarch.dk
Ms Natalie Gulsrud
University of Copenhagen
Rolighedsvej 23
1958 Frederiksberg
Denmark
Tel. +4521865524
Nagu@life.ku.dk
Ms Gloria Niin
Environmental and Agricultural institute
Kreutzwaldi 58a
51084 Tartu
Estonia Tel. +3725258172
gloria.niin@emu.ee
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
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
France
Mr Ian Whitehead
Institute of Landscape Architecture
Jakobstraße 2
52056 Aachen
Germany Tel. 0049(0)241 1804 446
ianwcanoe@aol.com
Professor Claudia Hornberg
University of Bielefeld
Universitätsstraße 25
D- 33501 Bielefeld
Germany Tel. +495211064365
claudia.hornberg@uni-bielefeld.de
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
University of the Aegean
Univ. Hill
81100 Mytilene
Greece Tel. 00302106136246
Fax 00302106136246
agkolj@otenet.gr
Mr István Juhász
Forest Research Institute
Papret 17
9400 Sopron
Hungary Tel. +3699510666
juhaszi@erti.hu
Dr Nina Ros ISBERG
Menntaskolinn vid Hamrahlid College
Hamrahlid
107 Reykjavik
Iceland
Tel. +3545671814
NRI@mh.is
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
Italy
Dr Lina STRAIGYTE
Lithuania
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
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
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
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
CSIC-CREAF
CREAF, Edifici C,
08193 Bellaterra
Spain Tel. 34935811312
Fax 34935814151
josep.penuelas@uab.cat
Dr Mercedes SANCHEZ
Spain
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
Turkey
Dr Tzoulas KOSTANTINOS
United Kingdom
Mr Alan SIMSON
United Kingdom
