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Referenztyp Zeitschriften
DOI 10.1016/j.ufug.2021.127440
Titel (primär) Geospatial assessment of urban ecosystem disservices: An example of poisonous urban trees in Berlin, Germany
Autor von Döhren, P.; Haase, D.
Quelle Urban Forestry & Urban Greening
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
Department CLE
Band/Volume 67
Seite von art. 127440
Sprache englisch
Topic T5 Future Landscapes
Keywords Berlin; Ecosystem disservices; Overlay analysis; Poisonous urban trees; Spatial assessment
Abstract Urban trees play an important role in green infrastructure planning for the ecosystem services they provide. These services include carbon sequestration, the provision of clean air through oxygen production and filtering of airborne pollutants, and the offsetting of the urban heat island effect by providing shade and cooling. In addition to the well-studied positive effects of urban trees, under specific conditions, there are some unwanted side effects that need to be considered. Such negative side effects, such as allergies caused by tree pollen, traffic hazards from falling trees or tree parts or damage from roots or branches in resource supply or waste disposal infrastructures, are termed ecosystem disservices. An ecosystem disservice that is not very often illuminated in the urban context is the presence of poisonous urban trees. This paper provides a spatially explicit view of the distribution of poisonous urban trees in the city of Berlin, relating the spatial distribution of the hazard from this urban ecosystem disservice with the conditions under which it can have the most damaging effect by considering nearby playgrounds and areas with a high population density of children under 5 years old, the most vulnerable group within the urban population.
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von Döhren, P., Haase, D. (2022):
Geospatial assessment of urban ecosystem disservices: An example of poisonous urban trees in Berlin, Germany
Urban For. Urban Green. 67 , art. 127440 10.1016/j.ufug.2021.127440