Green Infrastructure Planning: Frontiers and Case Studies (170146-SoSe2021)

Course content

In comparison to the GI courses in the winter semester (i.e. “GI in metropolitan regions”, which is more concepts-based and methodological-oriented lectures), this course will be case-dominant and focus on GI planning. The course content includes strategies and instruments of green infrastructure planning with a certain focus on insights and practices in Europe and Asia. We will together develop an evaluation framework for assessing existing green infrastructure plans for metropolitan regions, and apply this framework in a set of case studies in Europe and Asia. We will discuss commonalities and differences across cases and draw cross-cutting conclusions.

Structure

The seminar will be structured into three consecutive phases

-        Introduction to planning methods

-        Joint development of an evaluation framework

-        Identification and selection of suitable case studies of green infrastructure planning

-        Comparative case study analyses and comparisons

-        Presentations of case study analysis results

-        Joint development of cross-cutting conclusions