Green infrastructure and their ecosystem services

Anna Wehrenberg

Bachelor's thesis

Abstract:

The aim of the thesis is to study green infrastructure (GI) usage and ways to implement it more in Prague, Czech Republic. It focuses on urban green infrastructure projects on local and regional scale. Existing projects and future projects are described and analysed. Furthermore, ecosystem services are identified. The thesis focuses on if and how ecosystem services are connected to the scale of the project. Green infrastructure projects in European countries such as Denmark and Austria are provided as examples of GI – developed countries. The approaches towards green infrastructure and its implementation are compared based on the literary research. The thesis identifies the problem of GI implementation in the Czech Republic as complex and interconnected throughout different fields, therefore needing a complex and interconnected solution. Furthermore, planning and legislation strategies need to be altered to allow easier GI implementation. Also, strategies from GI – developed countries should be adopted for the same reason. Finally, education of the general public as well as of political representatives is key in order to understand the need for GI usage. The thesis brings an overview of green infrastructure management in the Czech Republic. It provides an insight into the problematic that is very complex and interconnected throughout different fields. It is not in-depth research into one type of problematic but it dives into several different areas and shows how these overlap and affect each other. Further research could focus more deeply on one type of problematic identified in this thesis such as legislation, implementation of GI in different areas, for example public and private, or collecting data from specific GI elements.

Keywords

climate regulation, Prague, spatial planning

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 29. 3. 2022

Thesis defence

• Supervisor: prof. RNDr. Dana Komínková, Ph.D.
• Reader: Swati Surampally, externi

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Environmental Sciences

Bachelor programme:
Landscape Technical and Administration Services in Environment