Determination of “terrestrial continuity” for the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate as a component of climate resilience
In close cooperation with the LfU Rhineland-Palatinate, the Institute for Landscape Planning and Ecology at the University of Stuttgart is preparing a state-wide study for Rhineland-Palatinate. The study takes up the fact that the active movement of animals, but also the dispersal processes of plants, are linked in many ways to the coherence and continuity of the landscape and that, in the course of climate change, the structural conditions of our landscapes are of enormous importance for the conservation of biodiversity, for enabling adaptation options and for a functioning biotope network.
Duration: 01/07/2024 - 15/11/2024
Funding source: Rhineland-Palatinate Competence Center for Climate Change Impacts (KfK)
Cooperation partner: LfU Rhineland-Palatinate
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Project management ILPÖ: Dr. H.-G. Schwarz-v.Raumer
KlimaOasen: Development of a resilient campus through Nature-based Solutions
The goal of this project is to facilitate exchange among participants that would like to initiate, implement, and maintain nature-based solutions (NBS) that act as ‘Climate Oases’ on the university campus, and thereby develop recommendations for the implementation of climate adaptation measures.
Project duration: 01/12/2022 – 31/03/2024
Funding: Stuttgarter Klima-Innovationsfond, The Nature Conservancy in Europe
Partners: University of Stuttgart Green Office
Website: KlimaOasen
Project lead ILPÖ: Prof. Dr. Leonie Fischer
The wild Climate Wall
The core of the project is the development and creation of a wild climate wall. In addition to climate-regulating balancing functions, the green façade system also supports the healthy growth of heterogeneous plant populations and the increase in structural richness to create high-quality habitats for birds and bats.
Duration: 01/11/2022 - 31/10/2024
Source of funding: Stuttgarter Klima-Innovationsfond, The Nature Conservancy in Europe
Cooperation partners: IABP, HELIX Pflanzensysteme GmbH
Project management ILPÖ: Prof. Dr. Leonie Fischer
Contact person: Dipl.-Ing. Eva Bender
Spatial analysis of the Baden-Württemberg State Development Plan (LEP)
The Institute is supporting the current update of the state development plan as part of the spatial analysis with contributions on open space, nature and landscape, agriculture and forestry, raw material deposits, tourism and recreation.
Duration: 01/07/2022 - 31/03/2025
Funding source: Ministry for Regional Development and Housing
Overall project management: IREUS
Website: https://www.landesentwicklung-bw.de/de/p/raumbeobachtung/raumanalyse-80.html
Project management ILPÖ: Dr. H.-G. Schwarz-v.Raumer
BiodivFassade
In this project, a system for green façades is being developed and investigated, which is intended to promote biodiversity in urban environments by planting selected plant species and supporting a high structural diversity. For this purpose, about 20 green façades in the region of Stuttgart will be analysed over two years with regard to different factors in order to investigate the effect of these façades on their surroundings.
Project duration: 01/04/2022 - 31/03/2025
Funding: Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Federal Office for Agriculture and Food
Partners: IABP, HELIX Pflanzensysteme GmbH
Project lead ILPÖ: Prof. Dr. Leonie Fischer
Ansprechpartner/-in: Dipl.-Ing. Eva Bender
Balancing and optimization of the multifunctional management of Central Asian juniper forests »JuniperCA«
JuniperCA deals with the optimization of forest management in one of the biodiversity hotspots worldwide, the Pamiro-Alay-System. Spatially, the project focusses on juniper stands in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. We conduct a juniper yield analysis, inventor sample sites and map the local juniper distribution based on remote sensing data. Socio-ecological research leads to a comprehensive understanding of existing juniper uses in space and time. A spatially explicit simulation model of the current juniper use and of possible future uses integrates the different parts of the project and allows for optimization within the forest management system.
Project duration: 03/2019 - 08/2022
Funding: BLE Forschung für internationale, nachhaltige Waldbewirtschaftung
Partners: HNEE, MSRI
Project lead ILPÖ: Dr. H.-G. Schwarz-v. Raumer
»Rural Urban Nutrient Partnership (RUN)« Nährstoffgemeinschaften für eine zukunftsfähige Landwirtschaft
The project examines possibilities of regional closed-circuit nutrient and resource cycles (especially biological waste and domestic waste water) between urban residents and farmers, increasing the resilience and resource efficiency of agricultural systems. The project is coordinated by the Institute for Sanitary Engineering, Water Quality and Waste Management (ISWA) and carried out by an interdisciplinary consortium of agricultural and engineering scientists, sociologists, system analysts, urban and landscape planners, engineers and municipal institutions. The ILPÖ is involved with aspects of spatial relationships and planning.
Project duration: 04/2019 - 03/2022
Mittelherkunft: BMBF Landwirtschaft der Zukunft
Kooperationspartner: ISWA and others
Website: https://www.run-projekt.de/
Project lead ILPÖ: Dr. H.-G. Schwarz-v. Raumer
INTERESS - I
Integrated strategies to strengthen blue-green infrastructures.
How to maintain and expand sustainable climate-effective blue-green infrastructures in Stuttgart and Frankfurt am Main?
Project duration: 11/2018 - 12/2022
Funding: BMBF Leitinitiative Zukunftsstadt
Partners: ISWA, TUM (main coordination)
Project lead ILPÖ: Dr. H.-G. Schwarz-v. Raumer