Switzerland’s diversity of landscapes offers an ideal setting to describe the various interactions between Nature’s contributions to people (NCP) and biodiversity. In this recent study, we generated spatially explicit maps of 15 NCP indicators covering all of Switzerland, as well as one biodiversity map based on the distribution of over 1400 endangered species across various taxa.
Pioneering a holistic approach in Switzerland, this study redefines renewable energy siting by integrating ecosystem services and public preferences, challenging traditional methodologies that prioritize only technical and economic factors.
Damian Jerjen (*1973), currently Director of the Swiss association for spatial planning EspaceSuisse and Lecturer at ETH Zurich and other Swiss universities, as Professor of Practice at ETH Zurich.
As mountain areas experience increasing tourism, transportation, energy and agricultural development, the need to manage landscape fragmentation and preserve aesthetic and cultural qualities becomes increasingly relevant.
The Chair of Planning Landscape and Urban Systems (PLUS) aims at advancing knowledge on how the interactions of humans with their environments shape landscapes and vice versa by
developing and applying land-use decision models in forecasting and backcasting
using cognitive psychological approaches to understand place-making
advancing 3D visualizations and auralizations of landscape changes to engage with stakeholders
developing decision support platforms to support learning
Highlights | Groupe activities
It was an amazing evening. After a long time of restrictions we are happy to celebrate a summer meeting outside.
We look forward to intensive exchanges in the upcoming fall semester.