Development of Urban Forest in urban and suburban areas of Switzerland –SUBURBFOR
COST Action FP 1024 2015 - 2017
Institute of Open Space PlanningInstitute for Landscape and Open Space ILFBrussels, 11. June 2015
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Settlement development in Switzerland Great losses of
landscape in the last decades
Settlements andinfrastructure arespreading
The remaining spacesare used intensively
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Green and open areas in urban areas Historical grown Compact and
multifunctional in use Protection and
development Models for their
calculation
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Green and open areas in suburban areas Scattered formation Single use Rest areas Agricultural land Forest
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New questions andchallenges
Forest is oftenconsidered limiting tosettlement development
Increasing pressure on the public green andopen areas
Forests and forest-like structures providepotential for recreationuse
New situation for forestowners, managers, usersand planners
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Current research The leisure and
recreation use of forestgrows (A. Bernasconi and U. Schroff 2008)
Recreation areas arecrucial for the choice ofresidential location (ETH Wohnforum 2010)
Recreation areas are the"big plus" of thesuburban areas (T. Rauch-Schwegler and D. Blumer 2010)
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Goals of the research Types of recreation forest
in Switzerland Conditions for transfer of
forest types in the urban and suburban areas
Problems in planning andpractice
Investigation of theexisting planninginstruments
Suggestions for theplanning of recreationforests
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Approach Collection of good
examples withinSwitzerland andinternationally
Selection of forest typeswith the requirementsfrom the perspective ofrecreation
Development of qualitycriteria for concepts anddesign for recreationforests
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Possible scenarios Scenario 1: forest as an
"island" within thesettlement
Scenario 2: separatedforest from settlementthrough traffic andinfrastructure corridors
Scenario 3: newsettlement close to non used forest
Scenario 4: newsettlement as a ForestCity within an existingforest
Picture: Adrian Moser/ zvg
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Recommendations for action
Generation through practical experience, discussions and expert interviews
Conclusions about design and management for creating innovative recreation forests
Necessary conditions for the development of innovative recreation forests in Switzerland
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Contact
HSR Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil
Dipl. Ing. Landscape architectMichael Schulze Project team member
0041 55 222 45 29 [email protected]
Thank you for yourattention.
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