A arborização urbana oferece diversos benefícios para a população, e sua necessidade vem aumentando com o crescimento das cidades. Mas como qualquer outro equipamento urbano, existe custo de implantação, manutenção e, também, prejuízos. Dentre os potenciais prejuízos da arborização urbana, estão os danos em calçamentos e estruturas de construção civil. Este trabalho objetivou identificar quais os parâmetros que influenciam esses danos e, auxiliar na definição de políticas públicas para a arborização urbana. O estudo baseou-se no Inventário da Arborização Urbana do Município de Piracicaba, em 15 bairros. Para todo o inventário, foram identificadas as unidades e profundidades do solo baseado no Levantamento Pedológico Semidetalhado do Município de Piracicaba. Optou-se por utilizar, para análise das trincas na calçada, uma espécie arbórea, a sibipiruna (Caesalpinia pluviosa Dc.) e, uma arbustiva, a falsa-murta (Murraya paniculata (L.) Jacq.), pois existe um conceito amplamente difundido, de que, as espécies arbustivas, não causam danos ao calçamento; já, as arbóreas, são conhecidas por danificar as calçadas. Na coleta de campo, avaliou-se os seguintes itens: endereço, espécie, árvore suprimida ou substituída, CAP, tamanho do canteiro, colo pavimentado, poda da parte aérea, estrutura urbana danificada, condições da calçada e material do piso. O índice de supressão da falsa-murta foi igual ao da sibipiruna (1,7%), sendo que 89,2% das falsamurtas e 92,6% das sibipirunas não foram substituídas por outra espécie. Para a falsamurta, a concentração de indivíduos, se deu na faixa de CAP de 21 a 80 cm (82,9%); 70,2% apresentaram trincas na calçada e 29,8% ausência de trincas; 44,6% dos indivíduos tinham canteiro de até 0,20 m2; 92,3% dos indivíduos sofreram poda considerada ruim e 75,1% dos indivíduos estavam em calçada de cimento. Para a sibipiruna, a concentração de indivíduos se deu na faixa de CAP de 101 a 160 cm (57,0%); 99,4% apresentaram trincas na calçada e 0,6% ausência de trincas; 44,6% dos indivíduos estavam plantados em locais classificados como canteiros indefinidos; 94,6% dos indivíduos sofreram poda considerada ruim e a calçada mais comum foi a de cimento com 63,1% de indivíduos. A profundidade do solo não teve influência em causar ou não trincas nas duas espécies. Com a análise estatística (teste Quiquadrado) pôde-se contrapor alguns conceitos difundidos na arborização urbana, concluindo-se que os arbustos também causam danos e as podas influenciam nos danos em calçadas, entre outras. Não existe solução simples para eliminação do conflito entre as árvores viárias e os equipamentos e estruturas urbanas. A população precisa e deve ser informada sobre todos os parâmetros, opções, benefícios e prejuízos de cada ação que estimule ou iniba o plantio de uma árvore em calçada. / The urban forestry offers several benefits for the population and their need is increasing with the growth of cities. But like other urban equipment, there is cost of implementation, maintenance, and also losses. Among the potential damage of urban forestry, are paving the damage to structures and construction. This study aimed to identify the parameters that influence the damage and assist in the definition of public policies for urban forestry. The study was based on an inventory of urban forestry of the city of Piracicaba, in 15 districts. For the entire inventory, the units were identified and depths based on soil survey Pedológica semidetailed the city of Piracicaba. Was used for analysis of cracks in the sidewalk, a tree species, the sibipiruna (Caesalpinia rainy Dc.), And a bush, the falsa-murta (Murraya paniculata (L.) Jacq.), There is a concept widely widespread, that the shrub species, do not cause damage to the paving, while the trees are known to damage the sidewalks. In collecting field and focuses on the following: address, sort, tree removed or replaced, CAP, bed size, lap paved, pruning of shoots, damaged urban structure, and material conditions of the pavement of the floor. The rate of elimination of falsa-murta was equal to the sibipiruna (1.7%), whereas 89.2% of falsa-murta and 92.6% of sibipiruna were not replaced by other species. For the falsemyrtle, the concentration of individuals, was in the range of CAP 21 to 80 cm (82.9%), 70.2% had cracks in the sidewalk and 29.8% no broken; 44.6% of individuals had bed tree to 0.20 m2, 92.3% of individuals have suffered as bad pruning and 75.1% of individuals were in sidewalk cement. For sibipiruna, the concentration of individuals was in the range of 101 to 160 CAP cm (57.0%), 99.4% had cracks in the sidewalk and 0.6% absence of cracks, 44.6% of individuals were planted in locations classified as uncertain beds trees, 94.6% of individuals have suffered as bad pruning and sidewalk was the most common cement with 63.1% of individuals. The depth of soil had no influence on whether or not cause cracks in the two species. With the statistical analysis (Chi-square) could be countered some concepts available in urban forestry, concluding that the damage also shrubs and pruning influence the damage to sidewalks, among others. There is no simple solution to eliminate the conflict between the trees and road equipment and urban structures. The people need and should be informed about all parameters, options, benefits and harm of each action that stimulate or inhibit the planting of a tree in the sidewalk.

As árvores, como um dos elementos de conexão mais significativos das pessoas com a natureza, e a sua frequente exclusão destas devido à disputa com outros equipamentos urbanos, pode ser interpretado como um dos sintomas do afastamento e alienação de seus moradores do ambiente natural. Diante deste cenário, compreender como as pessoas se relacionam com o ambiente e as árvores à sua volta, de maneira a conhecer as causas e formas de se trabalhar para diferentes setores da população, é tão relevante quanto o conhecimento sobre a estrutura e distribuição da arborização para o aprimoramento da sua gestão. Este estudo buscou contribuir na ampliação do conhecimento sobre a quantificação, análise e aplicação de índices para avaliação da cobertura arbórea tomando como modelo o município de São Carlos (SP) e a relação desta com a percepção de seus moradores sobre o tema. Para a quantificação, análise da distribuição da cobertura arbórea (CA) e aplicação do Índice de Floresta Urbana (IFU), foram utilizadas imagens do satélite Worldview 2, enquanto a percepção da população foi levantada em áreas com diferentes porcentagens de CA, com aplicação de questionários estruturados e observação direta. Os resultados indicaram que embora o IFU seja considerado razoável (1,26) e a proporção da CA seja significativa para a totalidade da área urbana (26,27%), nota-se que estes valores são mal distribuídos entre as regiões da cidade. Os maiores valores tanto de CA como do IFU concentraram-se nas regiões norte e noroeste da cidade, enquanto os menores localizaram-se na região central e ao sul. Excetuando-se os campi universitários (UFSCar e USP 2) e distritos industriais, a maior porcentagem de CA, ocorreu na região do condomínio fechado Samambaia (29,6%), enquanto a menor foi na região dos bairros Antenor Garcia, Cidade Aracy e Presidente Collor (4,88%) A análise da cobertura dentro de cada região indicou também o predomínio de árvores isoladas ou em pequenos grupos, com baixa conectividade entre estes. No geral a população reconhece os benefícios proporcionados pelas árvores. Porém aspectos como a sujeira, atribuída a queda das folhas, problemas com as calçadas e a segurança, relacionada tanto a violência, como ao risco de queda, foram atribuídos pelos entrevistados como os maiores aspectos negativos em relação as árvores na cidade. / The trees, as one of the most meaningful elements connecting people with the nature, and the usual exclusion of this element due the competition with other urban infrastructures, may be interpreted as a symptom of inhabitants alienation from natural environment.. By considering this scenario, is important for the management improvement know the structure and distribution of the urban forests as well as comprehend how people are related with the environment and the trees, in order to know the causes and how to work for different sectors of the population. The study aimed at contributing to the knowledge expansion on indexes to quantify and analyze the Tree Canopy Cover (TCC), using as model of the city of São Carlos (SP, Brazil), as well as assess the relationship between the residents perception and the amount of TCC. Images of satellite Worldview 2 were used for quantify and analyze the distribution of TCC and the UFI. Moreover the perception of the population was surveyed by using structured questionnaires and direct observation in areas of different percentage of TCC. According to the results, even though the UFI (1,26) and the proportion of TCC (26,27%) are significant for the entire urban area, the values are not quite well distributed amongst the regions of the city. The highest values of TCC and UFI were concentrated in the north and northwest regions, while the lowest values were located in central and south areas. Excepting the universities campi (UFSCar and USP 2) and the industrial districts, the highest TCC percentage occurred in the Samambaia\'s gated community (29,6%) and the lowest in the Antenor Garcia, Cidade Aracy and President Collor neighborhoods (4,88%). Furthermore, the analysis of coverage within each region indicated the predominance of single trees or small groups, with low connectivity amongst them. The overall population recognizes benefits provided by the trees. However, attributed features such as \'dirt\', caused by fallen leaves, damaged sidewalks, safety problems related to violence and risk of tree falling, were associated by respondents as the biggest negatives points about the trees in the city.

Globally, more than half of the world's population is living in urban areas and it is well accepted that human activities (e.g. climate warming, pollution, landscape homogenization) pose a multitude of threats to ecosystems. Largely, human-related impacts on biodiversity will hold consequences for larger ecological processes and research looking into human impacts on sensitive epiphytic lichen and moss communities is an emerging area of research. While seemingly small, lichen and moss communities exist on nearly every terrestrial ecosystem on Earth and contribute to whole-system processes (e.g. hydrology, mineral cycling, food web energetics) worldwide. To further examine human impacts on epiphytic communities, I conducted three studies examining urbanization and climate warming effects on epiphytic lichen and moss biodiversity and ecology. In the first study I revisited a historic urban lichen community study to assess how urban lichen communities have responded to regional air quality changes occurring over the last nearly two decades. I further investigated, for the first time, the biodiversity of urban tree canopy-dwelling lichen communities in a native coniferous tree species, Pseudotsuga menziesii. I found that urban parks and forested areas harbor a species rich community of lichens epiphytes. Further, I found evidence for the distinct homogenization of urban epiphytic lichen communities, suggesting that expanding beyond simplistic measures of biodiversity to consider community composition and functional biodiversity may be necessary when assessing the ecology and potential ecosystem services of epiphyte communites within urbanizing landscapes. Next, I present the first tall tree canopy study across a regional gradient of urbanization near Portland, Oregon, USA. I found that tall tree canopy epiphyte communities change dramatically along gradients of increasing urbanization, most notably by the transitioning of species functional groups from sensitive, oligotrophic species to a dominance of urban-tolerant, eutrophic species. The implications these dramatic shifts in species composition have on essential PNW ecosystem processes, like N-fixation and canopy microclimate regulation, is still not well understood and is difficult to formally evaluate. However, I find strong evidence that native conifer trees in urban areas may provide a diversity of essential ecosystem services, including providing stratified habitat for epiphyte communities and their associated micro arthropod communities and the scavenging of atmospherically deposited nutrients. Future work is needed to understand how losses in canopy N fixation and species with large biomass (both lichens and bryophytes) will affect nutrient and hydrologic cycling in the PNW region, which continue to undergo rapid growth and urbanization. The final chapter investigates the impacts of passive warming by Open Top Chambers (OTCs) in moss-dominated ecosystems located on the Western Antarctic Peninsula, an area of increasing climate warming. I compared species-specific temperature effects, moss canopy morphology, sexual reproductive effort and invertebrate communities between OTC and control moss communities for two moss species, Polytrichastrum alpinum and Sanionia uncinata, that make up over 65% of the terrestrial vegetative cover in the area. I found distinct reproductive shifts in P. alpinum under passive warming compared to controls. Moss communities under warming also had substantially larger total invertebrate communities than those in control moss communities, and invertebrate communities were significantly affected by moss species and moss reproductive effort. Further, substantial species-specific thermal differences among contiguous patches of these dominant moss species were revealed. These results suggest that continued warming will differentially impact the reproductive output of Antarctic moss species and is likely to dramatically alter terrestrial ecosystems dynamics from the bottom up. This combined work provides a diverse contribution to the field of epiphyte ecology and biology by providing new insights on how human impacts will affect epiphyte lichen and moss communities across diverse ecosystems, in light of a rapidly changing planet.

Die vorliegende Arbeit „Partizipative Prozesse in stadtnahen Waldlandschaften am Beispiel von Kommunalwäldern in Deutschland“ setzt sich mit der Anwendung partizipativer Verfahren bei der Entscheidungsvorbereitung, -findung und -umsetzung in kommunalen Forstbetrieben in Deutschland auseinander. Die Partizipation von externen Gruppen oder Individuen an Entscheidungen wird als mehrstufiger Prozess hinsichtlich ihrer Anwendung in ausgewählten Kommunalwäldern analysiert. Auf kommunaler Ebene stellen politische Wahlen das klassische Beteiligungsangebot an die Gemeindebürger dar und bilden die Grundlage für die Entscheidungsfindung. Neben dieser Art der gesetzlich verankerten Beteiligungsverfahren rücken in der gesellschaftlichen und wissenschaftlichen Diskussion nicht-institutionalisierte Beteiligungsverfahren der kooperativen Demokratie mehr und mehr in den Fokus. Es ergeben sich die grundlegenden Fragen: (1) Wo, wann, wie und in welchem Umfang werden in Deutschland im Kommunalwald partizipative Prozesse durchgeführt? (2) Wie können Partizipationsprozesse im Kommunalwald charakterisiert werden? (3) Welche Intention wird mit dem Einsatz partizipativer Prozesse im Kommunalwald verfolgt? (4) Welche Rahmenbedingungen sind für die Durchführung partizipativer Prozesse im Kommunalwald notwendig? (5) In welchen Situationen sind partizipative Prozesse alternative Methoden zur klassischen Entscheidungsfindung im stadtnahen Wald? (6) Auf welche Art, mit welchem Organisationsgrad und welcher Intensität lassen sich partizipative Ansätze in bestehende Kommunalverwaltungsstrukturen integrieren? Die Untersuchung erfolgt anhand einer qualitativen, explorativen Studie von 13 deutschen Gemeinden in Sachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Berlin-Brandenburg, Schleswig-Holstein und Baden-Württemberg unterschiedlicher Einwohnerzahlen, Waldbesitzgrößen und Organisationsformen. / Political elections represent the conventional form of public participation at the municipal level and create the foundations for decision making. In addition to these legally anchored forms of public participation, non-institutionalised forms of participation stemming from cooperative democracy are increasingly becoming the focus of scientific and social discourse. The research presented herein focused on community forestry in Germany and represented an attempt to find answers to six questions. (1) How are citizen participation methods currently used? (2) How can participation processes be characterised? (3) What is the intention behind Tit? (4) What framework is required for utilisation? (5) In which situations is participation an alternative method to top-down decision making? (6) In which mode and at what level of organisation and intensity can participatory approaches be integrated in communal administration structures? A qualitative, explorative study of participative processes employed in developing urban and peri-urban forest landscapes was designed

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No. of bitstreams: 2 Tese - Patrícia Layne Alves - 2015.pdf: 6139087 bytes, checksum: 2d26cabd2939ffa1c0a67132b80a0490 (MD5) license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-04-16 / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Goiás - FAPEG / Problems related to water, in the urban environment, have drawn attention in the face of the problem caused by its lack and/or excess. Among this backdrop there is the tumultuous occupation of urban space that combined with the suppression of soil coverage and vegetation leads to the urban runoff higher volume, pollution and shorter time to peak discharge. In this context, the benefits of urban afforestation are present, which besides the aesthetic value added to space, set up physical barriers to stormwater, favoring its retention, storage and infiltration into the soil. This study aims to evaluate the capacity of rainfall interception treetops the some species, reduce the volume of urban runoff, slow the flow peaks, as well as to expand the attention span of an urban watershed. The research was field experiments with recurrent arboreal species in the urban afforestation of Uruaçu, Goiás, using pluviographs, trunk collectors and water level sensor. From the use of interception parameters determined in this study, computer simulations using the Storm Water Management Model Model (SWMM) were performed, starting from the proposition of scenarios with different types of territorial installment associated with the Low Impact Development practices (LID) and urban forestry. During the data collection period 2012/2013, the rainfall events had a median of accumulated rainfall of 16.7mm. During this period, the median values of interception were Mangifera indica - 8.0mm; Pachira aquatica - 7.4mm; Licania tomentosa - 7.2mm; and Caesalpinia peltophoroides - 4.8mm. The period of data collection relating to 2013/2014, the median precipitation of rainfall events were 20.7mm, and the median values for interception and stemflow were respectively: 5.7mm and 0.1mm for Mangifera indica; 4.5mm and 0.2mm for Licania tomentosa; and 3.8mm and 0.3mm for Tabebuia ochracea. The delay at the start of average rains caused by tree species was 3min. The presence of individual trees afforded a median delay in the peak time of 3 min, a reduction of the peak flow of 0.8 mm/min and runoff of 4.7mm/min. Through simulations with the scenario where the wooded urban planning aggregated all LID techniques employed in this study, it was possible to achieve a reduction in peak flows in 3.42m³ / s, compared to conventional design; allowing storage of a volume of water in 4470.59m³ local infiltration proposed structures; and delay the peak flows of up to 6 min. This thesis confirms the interference of the individual characteristics of the species in the rain interception capability by their canopies and reducing runoff, highlighting the need for careful definition of the species that make up the urban forestry; testifies the existence of variations in interceptions in relation to rainfall events and during their occurrence; as well as quantitative data points precipitate volume reduction and drained by the tree individual presence in urban areas. Their research shows that, alone, afforestation and LID techniques cause little reduction in volume and flow and little delay in time to peak flow, while combined contribute significantly to drainage. This study differs from the use of recording rain gauges and linígrados for the measurement of precipitation and runoff directly under the canopy of individual trees in an urban environment; and adds to SWMM the insertion of arboreal benefits in hydrological simulation. / Os transtornos relacionados à água, no ambiente urbano, têm merecido destaque diante da problemática causada pela sua falta e/ou excesso. Dentre este cenário, tem-se a ocupação desordenada do espaço urbano, que aliada à supressão da cobertura natural do solo e da vegetação acarretam ao escoamento urbano maior volume, poluição e menor tempo ao pico de vazão. Neste contexto, insere-se os benefícios da arborização urbana, que além do valor estético que agrega ao espaço, oferece barreiras físicas às águas pluviais, favorecendo a sua retenção, armazenamento e infiltração no solo. Este estudo se propõe a avaliar a capacidade de algumas espécies arbóreas em interceptar as águas de chuva pelas suas copas, reduzir o volume de escoamento superficial urbano, retardar os picos de vazão, bem como de ampliar o tempo de concentração de uma bacia hidrográfica urbana. A pesquisa teve experimentos de campo com espécies arbóreas recorrentes à arborização urbana de Uruaçu, Goiás, utilizando pluviógrafos, coletores de tronco e linígrafos. A partir do emprego dos parâmetros de interceptação determinados neste estudo, foram realizadas simulações computacionais com o uso do modelo Storm Water Management Model (SWMM), partindo da proposição de cenários com diferentes tipologias de parcelamento territorial associados às práticas de Low Impact Development (LID) e à arborização urbana. Durante o período de coleta de dados de 2012/2013, os eventos chuvosos tiveram mediana de 16.7mm de precipitação acumulada. Neste período, os valores medianos de interceptação foram: Mangifera indica – 8.0mm; Pachira aquatica - 7.4mm; Licania tomentosa – 7.2mm; e, Caesalpinia peltophoroides - 4.8mm. No período de coleta dados referente a 2013/2014, as precipitações medianas dos eventos chuvosos foram de 20.7mm, e os valores medianos para interceptação e escoamento pelo tronco, foram respectivamente: 5.7mm e 0.1mm para a Mangifera indica; 4.5mm e 0.2mm para a Licania tomentosa; e, 3.8mm e 0.3mm para a Tabebuia ochracea. O retardo mediano no início das chuvas ocasionado pelas espécies arbóreas foi de 3min. A presença dos indivíduos arbóreos propiciou, um atraso mediano no tempo ao pico de 3 minutos, uma redução do pico de vazão de 0.8 mm/min e do escoamento superficial de 4.7mm/min. Através de simulações, com o cenário em que o planejamento urbano arborizado agregava todas as técnicas de LID neste estudo empregadas, conseguiu-se atingir a redução das vazões de pico em 3.42m³/s, em relação ao projeto convencional; permitindo o armazenamento de um volume de água de 4470.59m³ nas estruturas de infiltração locais propostas; e, retardar os picos de vazão em até 6 min. Esta tese, confirma a interferência das características individuais das espécies na capacidade de interceptação de chuva por suas copas e na redução do escoamento superficial, ressaltando a necessidade de definição criteriosa das espécies que comporão a arborização urbana; atesta a existência de variações nas interceptações em relação aos eventos chuvosos e durante suas ocorrências; bem como, aponta dados quantitativos de redução de volume precipitado e escoado pela presença do indivíduo arbóreo no meio urbano. A pesquisa comprovou que, isoladamente, a arborização e as técnicas de LID causam pouca redução no volume e vazão e, pouco retardo no tempo ao pico do escoamento, enquanto que somadas contribuem de forma significativa à drenagem. O presente estudo se difere pela utilização de pluviógrafos e linígrados para a aferição de precipitações e escoamento superficial diretamente sob as copas de indivíduos arbóreos em ambiente urbano; e, agrega ao SWMM a inserção dos benefícios arbóreos na simulação hidrológica.

A urbanização, quando não é devidamente planejada, potencializa impactos ambientais negativos ao ambiente e danos à saúde da população, pois traz consigo mudanças no meio físico e biológico, devido à descaracterização dos cursos dágua, mudança na geomorfologia dos terrenos, impermeabilização dos solos, corte de vegetação, verticalização das construções, entre outros. O conhecimento sobre a qualidade ambiental urbana em cidades já estabelecidas permite identificar os aspectos e impactos ambientais negativos decorrentes das ações humanas, planejar e propor ações de melhoria que favoreçam o bem estar da população e diminuam problemas de saúde causados pela urbanização. Este trabalho objetivou determinar o nível de qualidade ambiental urbana, considerando variáveis que causam impactos ambientais urbanos negativos e positivos, no distrito Liberdade, município de São Paulo, SP. Para a determinação do nível de qualidade ambiental, foram avaliados os seguintes atributos ambientais, adaptados e ampliados a partir de Nucci (1996): usos potencialmente poluidores, tráfego de veículos de passeio e de ônibus, poluição sonora, pontos de alagamentos e enchentes, densidade demográfica, verticalização das edificações, abastecimento de água e coleta de esgotos, coleta de resíduos sólidos, estado das calçadas e presença de espaços livres públicos, áreas verdes, cobertura vegetal e arborização urbana. Para cada um desses atributos, foram determinados índices que permitiram quantificar e indicar o nível de qualidade ambiental dos trechos estudados. Como a presença de um uso potencialmente poluidor interfere no ambiente com diversos impactos ambientais, os usos potencialmente poluidores tiveram maior influência na classificação da qualidade ambiental do distrito. O distrito da Liberdade apresenta, no geral, trânsito moderado em todas as suas ruas e avenidas, na grande maioria das vias do distrito trafegam ônibus e o índice de poluição sonora ultrapassa os níveis de critério de avaliação para ambientes externos determinados pela norma vigente. Os pontos de enchente registrados localizam-se predominantemente ao norte do distrito, próximo ao córrego Moringuinho. O distrito da Liberdade é bastante verticalizado e a tendência é de continuidade deste processo, pois há áreas que estão em processo de regularização para construção de novos edifícios. Em relação ao saneamento básico, 100% da população é atendida por abastecimento de água, 98,5% por coleta e tratamento de esgoto e 100%, por coleta domiciliar de resíduos. A potencialidade média das calçadas é maioria no distrito, as áreas com cobertura vegetal correspondem a 8,3% da área do distrito e o índice de espaços livres públicos é de 2,12 m² por habitante. / Urbanization, when not properly planned, potentiates adverse environmental impacts and damage to the health of the population because it brings with it changes in the biological and physical environment, due to the plugging of watercourses, changes in the geomorphology of the land, soil sealing, vegetation depletion, building verticalization, among other factors. By knowing the urban environmental quality in already established cities, one can identify negative environmental aspects and impacts resulting from human actions, as well as plan and propose improvements that enhance the well-being of the population and reduce health problems caused by urbanization. This work aims to determine the level of urban environmental quality, considering variables that cause negative and positive urban environmental impact, in the district of Liberdade, in the city of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil. For determining the level of environmental quality, the following environmental attributes were evaluated, adapted and expanded from Nucci (1996): potentially polluting usages; car and bus traffic; noise pollution; inundation and floods; population density; verticalization of buildings and constructions; water supply and sewage collection; solid waste collection; condition of sidewalks; and presence of free public spaces, green areas, vegetation cover and urban forestry. For each of these attributes, indices were determined to quantify and indicate the level of environmental quality of the areas studied. Since the occurrence of a potentially polluting usage interferes with the environment with various environmental impacts, potentially polluting usages have had a major influence on the classification of environmental quality in the district. The District of Liberdade features, overall, moderate traffic in all its streets and avenues, buses travel in most of the district\'s roads, and the pollution index exceeds the levels of assessment criteria for external environments determined by current regulations. Areas in which floods have been recorded are located predominantly in the North of the district, near the Moringuinho stream. The District of Liberdade is predominantly vertical, and this process tends to continue since there are several areas in the process of being regularized for the construction of new buildings. As for sanitation, 100% of the population are served by water supply, 98.5% for sewage collection and treatment, and 100% for household waste collection. The sidewalks in the district are predominantly of medium capability, areas with vegetation cover correspond to 8.3% of the district area, and the index of free public spaces is 2.12 m² per inhabitant.

There is a large body of empirical evidence that nature delivers benefits to people. In the face of progressive urbanisation, urban nature and its design are becoming increasingly important. At the same time, climate change endangers biological diversity and consequently ecosystem functioning. Thus, for urban landscape planners who consider both ecosystem health and residential well-being, it is attractive to simultaneously increase plant diversity and the recreational value of urban nature. The present dissertation investigates the role of tree parameters for perception, preference, and recreation and elucidates how findings can contribute to human and ecosystem health in cities. In a first study, the following tree parameters were identified to be relevant to perception: Conifers versus deciduous trees, crown height to crown width ratio, crown size to trunk height ratio, and crown density. These results add to previous studies, as they are based on more realistic-looking images. Furthermore, the parameters are metric, were generated by study participants and represent a hierarchy. Two further studies demonstrated that the greater the crown relative to trunk height, the more pleasant and the more beautiful a tree is perceived and the denser a crown, the heavier and the more rugged a tree is perceived. Both parameters predict tree preference. This is consistent with theories and previous findings on landscape perception and adds more precise parameters for tree preference prediction to the literature. A fourth study revealed no effects of tree characteristics’ diversity in urban green spaces on how fascinating and coherent they are perceived. This suggests that species diversity in green spaces can be increased without reducing restorativeness. The identified tree parameters can be used to select various, similar-looking species to increase both human well-being and ecosystem health. Furthermore, the knowledge on the tree parameters’ semantic meaning can facilitate expert-lay communication. The preferred tree characteristics can be used to increase residential satisfaction. Finally, tree species diversity in urban green spaces can be increased without mitigating the recreational value. / Die positiven Wirkungen von Natur auf den Menschen sind empirisch gut belegt. Angesichts steigender Urbanisierung wird Stadtnatur und ihre Gestaltung wichtiger. Gleichzeitig stellt der Klimawandel eine Bedrohung der biologischen Vielfalt und somit der ökosystemaren Funktionalität dar. Für urbane Landschaftsplanung, welche sowohl die ökosystemare Gesundheit als auch das Wohlbefinden der Stadtbewohner berücksichtigt, ist es daher attraktiv, zugleich die Pflanzenvielfalt und den Erholungswert von Stadtnatur zu erhöhen. Die vorliegende Dissertation untersucht die Rolle von Baumparametern bei der Wahrnehmung, Präferenz und Erholungswirksamkeit und erläutert, wie die Ergebnisse zur Gesundheit von Mensch und Natur in Städten beitragen können. In einer ersten Studie wurden die folgenden Baumparameter als wahrnehmungsrelevant identifiziert: Nadelbäume versus Laubbäume, Verhältnis von Kronenhöhe zu Kronenbreite, Verhältnis von Kronengröße zu Stammlänge und Kronendichte. Diese Ergebnisse ergänzen bisherige Literatur, da sie auf realistischer aussehenden Bildern basieren. Zudem sind die Parameter metrisch, wurden von Probanden generiert und bilden eine Hierarchie ab. Zwei weitere Studien zeigten, dass je größer die Krone im Verhältnis zur Stammlänge desto angenehmer und schöner wird ein Baum wahrgenommen und je dichter die Krone desto schwerer und robuster wird ein Baum empfunden. Beide Parameter sagen die Baumpräferenz vorher. Dies stimmt mit Theorien und bisherigen Studien zur Landschaftswahrnehmung überein und ergänzt die Forschung um präzisere Parameter zur Vorhersage von Baumpräferenz. Eine vierte Studie ergab, dass sich die Vielfalt an Baumeigenschaften in städtischen Grünräumen nicht darauf auswirkt, wie faszinierend und kohärent sie wahrgenommen werden. Dies legt nahe, dass die Artenvielfalt in Grünräumen erhöht werden kann ohne die Erholungswirkung negativ zu beeinflussen. Die Baumparameter können dazu verwendet werden, verschiedene, ähnlich aussehende Arten zur Pflanzung auszuwählen, um das menschliche Wohlbefinden sowie die ökosystemare Gesundheit zu erhöhen. Des Weiteren kann das Wissen um die semantischen Bedeutungen der Baumparameter die Experten-Laien-Kommunikation erleichtern. Beliebte Baummerkmale können dazu herangezogen werden, die Zufriedenheit von Stadtbewohnern zu erhöhen. Schließlich kann die Baumartenvielfalt in städtischen Grünräumen erhöht werden ohne den Erholungswert zu mindern.

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There is a large body of empirical evidence that nature delivers benefits to people. In the face of progressive urbanisation, urban nature and its design are becoming increasingly important. At the same time, climate change endangers biological diversity and consequently ecosystem functioning. Thus, for urban landscape planners who consider both ecosystem health and residential well-being, it is attractive to simultaneously increase plant diversity and the recreational value of urban nature. The present dissertation investigates the role of tree parameters for perception, preference, and recreation and elucidates how findings can contribute to human and ecosystem health in cities. In a first study, the following tree parameters were identified to be relevant to perception: Conifers versus deciduous trees, crown height to crown width ratio, crown size to trunk height ratio, and crown density. These results add to previous studies, as they are based on more realistic-looking images. Furthermore, the parameters are metric, were generated by study participants and represent a hierarchy. Two further studies demonstrated that the greater the crown relative to trunk height, the more pleasant and the more beautiful a tree is perceived and the denser a crown, the heavier and the more rugged a tree is perceived. Both parameters predict tree preference. This is consistent with theories and previous findings on landscape perception and adds more precise parameters for tree preference prediction to the literature. A fourth study revealed no effects of tree characteristics’ diversity in urban green spaces on how fascinating and coherent they are perceived. This suggests that species diversity in green spaces can be increased without reducing restorativeness. The identified tree parameters can be used to select various, similar-looking species to increase both human well-being and ecosystem health. Furthermore, the knowledge on the tree parameters’ semantic meaning can facilitate expert-lay communication. The preferred tree characteristics can be used to increase residential satisfaction. Finally, tree species diversity in urban green spaces can be increased without mitigating the recreational value. / Die positiven Wirkungen von Natur auf den Menschen sind empirisch gut belegt. Angesichts steigender Urbanisierung wird Stadtnatur und ihre Gestaltung wichtiger. Gleichzeitig stellt der Klimawandel eine Bedrohung der biologischen Vielfalt und somit der ökosystemaren Funktionalität dar. Für urbane Landschaftsplanung, welche sowohl die ökosystemare Gesundheit als auch das Wohlbefinden der Stadtbewohner berücksichtigt, ist es daher attraktiv, zugleich die Pflanzenvielfalt und den Erholungswert von Stadtnatur zu erhöhen. Die vorliegende Dissertation untersucht die Rolle von Baumparametern bei der Wahrnehmung, Präferenz und Erholungswirksamkeit und erläutert, wie die Ergebnisse zur Gesundheit von Mensch und Natur in Städten beitragen können. In einer ersten Studie wurden die folgenden Baumparameter als wahrnehmungsrelevant identifiziert: Nadelbäume versus Laubbäume, Verhältnis von Kronenhöhe zu Kronenbreite, Verhältnis von Kronengröße zu Stammlänge und Kronendichte. Diese Ergebnisse ergänzen bisherige Literatur, da sie auf realistischer aussehenden Bildern basieren. Zudem sind die Parameter metrisch, wurden von Probanden generiert und bilden eine Hierarchie ab. Zwei weitere Studien zeigten, dass je größer die Krone im Verhältnis zur Stammlänge desto angenehmer und schöner wird ein Baum wahrgenommen und je dichter die Krone desto schwerer und robuster wird ein Baum empfunden. Beide Parameter sagen die Baumpräferenz vorher. Dies stimmt mit Theorien und bisherigen Studien zur Landschaftswahrnehmung überein und ergänzt die Forschung um präzisere Parameter zur Vorhersage von Baumpräferenz. Eine vierte Studie ergab, dass sich die Vielfalt an Baumeigenschaften in städtischen Grünräumen nicht darauf auswirkt, wie faszinierend und kohärent sie wahrgenommen werden. Dies legt nahe, dass die Artenvielfalt in Grünräumen erhöht werden kann ohne die Erholungswirkung negativ zu beeinflussen. Die Baumparameter können dazu verwendet werden, verschiedene, ähnlich aussehende Arten zur Pflanzung auszuwählen, um das menschliche Wohlbefinden sowie die ökosystemare Gesundheit zu erhöhen. Des Weiteren kann das Wissen um die semantischen Bedeutungen der Baumparameter die Experten-Laien-Kommunikation erleichtern. Beliebte Baummerkmale können dazu herangezogen werden, die Zufriedenheit von Stadtbewohnern zu erhöhen. Schließlich kann die Baumartenvielfalt in städtischen Grünräumen erhöht werden ohne den Erholungswert zu mindern.

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