1. From urban sprawl to compact green cities – indicators for multi-scale and multi-dimensional analysis
2nd SURE World Congress 2016
9th July 2016
Martina Artmann
Luis Inostroza
Peilei Fan

2. The compact city paradox2
The compact city paradox
There is an urgent need for systemic approaches for green and compact cities
Compact
city
Green
city

3. green and compact cities3
Systemic approach for
green and compact cities
Multi-dimensions
Ecological
Social
Economic
Multi-scale
Regional
City
Neighborhood
Indicators
Land monitoring
Driver
Pressure
State
Impact
Responses

4. green and compact cities4
Systemic approach for
green and compact cities

5. Deadline: 30th September 20165
Open Call for Papers
Deadline: 30th September 2016
Impact Factor: 3.190

6. Measuring urban sprawl: from zonal to development based metrics?6
I) Multi-scale and multi-dimensional land monitoring of urban sprawl and compact green cities
10:35-11:00: Stefan Siedentop, Angelika Krehl, Hannes Taubenböck, Michael Wurm:
Measuring urban sprawl: from zonal to development based metrics?
11:00-11:20: Gotthard Meinel, Tobias Krüger,
Benjamin Richter:
Monitoring of settlement development
- systematic problems, solutions and
results for Germany

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11:20-11:40: Caige Sun, Tao Lin, Xinhu Li, Qianjun Zhao, Guoqin Zhang, Hong Ye, Jinchao
Song:
Dynamics of Urban Green Space’s Spatial Distribution Pattern in a Long Term Compact Urbanization Process—A Case Study of Xiamen City in China
11:40-12:00: Simona R. Gradinaru, Felix Kienast, Achilleas Psomas: Using seasonal Landsat imagery to monitor agricultural land abandonment in areas affected by urban sprawl

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II) Multi-scale and multi-dimensional DPSIR for urban sprawl and compact green cities
13:00-13:20: Cheng Li, PhD, Junxiang Li, Jianguo Wu: Urban sustainability assessment and its relationship with urban forms
13:20-13:40: Cristian Iojă, Gabriela Osaci-Costache, Jürgen Breuste, Alina Hossu: Wetlands under urban expansion: A case of Bucharest city, Romania

9. 13:40-14:00: Zhang Tong, Chen Shuang, Li Guangyu, Yan Yue: 9
13:40-14:00: Zhang Tong, Chen Shuang, Li Guangyu, Yan Yue:
The impact of urban form on vegetation biomass—A case study of Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration
14:00-14:20: Jürgen Breuste:
Urban sprawl brings cities closer to protected areas – new benefits or new
conflicts? - Investigations in the Eco-city solar city Linz Pichlin
14:20-14:40: Stephan Pauleit, Rieke Hansen, Emily Rall, Werner Rolf:
Planning a green infrastructure for
compact cities – potentials and approach

10. Dimensions? Scales? Management?10
14:40-15:00:
Wrap up and discussion
Challenges and chances for multi-scale and
multi-dimensional indicators for urban sprawl and compact cities
Dimensions?
Scales?
Management?

11. Management? Dimensions? Scales?
Wrap up and discussion 11
Management?
Dimensions?
Scales?
“If I had an hour to solve a problem I'd spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about solutions.”

12. Wrap up and discussion Dimensions? 12
What are the main problems for multi-dimensional analysis of compact green cities:
Unbalanced/fragmented consideration of dimensions (e.g., neglect of economic, institutional dimension and the social dimension)
Lack of data availability, in this regard also big data and new media should be more strongly promoted
In the session there was a lack of considering driving factors
It needs more research on how to deal with trade-offs and conflicts
Different definitions, not aligned.
Lack of multi-disciplinarity
Not explicit linkages with other dimensions – trade offs are not considered
Compact is missing. Are Chinese cities more compact?

13. Wrap up and discussion Scales?13
Scales?
What are the main problems for multi-scale analysis of compact green cities:
Clear definition of boundaries and compactness and limits of compactness in terms of living quality (e.g., Chinese cities are already very compact)
Selection of robust scale-sensitive indicators
Insufficient understanding of how to up- and downscale results
How green and grey are understood, analyzed and measured. Lack of integration of both.
How to consider the effect of small relevant elements (like trees) in larger scales
Lack of understanding of „the field”, i.e. the ground.

14. Wrap up and discussion Management? 14
What are the main problems for the planning and management of compact green cities:
Lacking understanding of behavioral patterns by residents
Need for definition of successful plans and its implementation into policy
Insufficient co-operations (transdisciplinary, horizontal, vertical), need of multi-actor consideration
Top bottom approaches not involving people
Empathize multifunctionality
Current standards might be arbitrary (m2 of green per person, etc.)
Implementation of new policies in planning, for the assessment of successful planning examples. Need of ex-post analysis. Evaluation.