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(extended) urban ecology
residents’ view on urban
environment
planning process
(ordinary nature
a challenge)
’good life’ for
residents
• anthropocentric
• biocentric: intrinsic value
of biodiversity
??
experts’ view on urban
environment
• anthropocentric
• biocentric: intrinsic value
of biodiversity
??
goal: no
biodiversity
loss in
Helsinki
’good life’ for
biodiversity (ordinary
nature + protected
areas)
(extended) urban ecology: ’Urban ecology is
wise management of the way in which we
use and develop our cities and towns. Urban
ecology focuses on the current
environmental conditions....’ The Danish
Centre for Urban Ecology.
theory: ’human ecosystem models’
monitoring: adaptive management
language: communication between scientists
and other stakeholders
Adaptive management
goals & planning
stakeholders
action (implementation)
science
monitoring
Step 1: What is biological monitoring?
Biological (ecological or biodiversity)
monitoring is the repeated inventorying of
organisms over time and space to
determine environmental quality
Step 2: Before monitoring, define
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purpose and aim
methods and indicators
analyses
biological interpretation
links to decision making
Step 4: Indicators of change
Biological (ecological or biodiversity)
monitoring is the repeated inventorying of
organisms over time and space to
determine environmental quality
which variables to use as indicators?
Monitoring, ecological communication
and decision making (Norton 1998)
 ecologists are reluctant to mix values
issues with scientific study ...
 ecologists are slow to pick up on signals
flowing from policy discourse to
ecological science ...
 ecologists often fail to study nature at a
scale that would provide guidance to
decision makers ...
Good ecological communication
(Norton 1998)
 uses adaptive management approach
 has perspective and is place-based
 is multiscaled (space around the place)
 is operationalizable (measurable indic.)
 expresses normative content
 enhances communication