Supporting wild bees on green roofs and green walls
The importance of pollinators in urban areas have become a topic of current interest with increasing urbanisation. The current trend of urbanisation, e.g., tall buildings, concrete and densification, has forced green structures to adapt to the changes, resulting in biodiversity loss. As urbanisati...
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| Formato: | First cycle, G2E |
| Lenguaje: | sueco Inglés |
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2022
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| Acceso en línea: | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17778/ |
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| author | Ritthichot, Kittima |
| author_browse | Ritthichot, Kittima |
| author_facet | Ritthichot, Kittima |
| author_sort | Ritthichot, Kittima |
| collection | Epsilon Archive for Student Projects |
| description | The importance of pollinators in urban areas have become a topic of current interest with increasing
urbanisation. The current trend of urbanisation, e.g., tall buildings, concrete and densification, has
forced green structures to adapt to the changes, resulting in biodiversity loss. As urbanisation
continues, cities will continue to expand and thereby, it is crucial to halt the loss of biodiversity. A
solution to tackle the limited space has been the implementation of green roofs and green walls.
With the promising opportunities that emerged with the development of green roofs and living walls,
this study aimed to investigate how the habitat requirements of wild bees could improve on these
constructions. The study conducted a literature review about wild bees and projects focusing on wild
bees from municipalities in Sweden. Additionally, lists (Tab. 1-6) of attractive plants to wild bees
were created to improve habitat requirements.
The study results indicate that preserving wild bees requires an interdisciplinary approach as
multiple factors should be considered. Although the literature review results have shown that green
roofs can effectively support biodiversity, uncertainties of the effectiveness of supporting
biodiversity remain on green walls. The compiled lists of plants suitable for semi-extensive green
roofs and wild bees is based on literature and all plants have not been tested in practice; therefore,
it should be used as a guideline to reference/experiment. The study results also showed successful
biodiversity preservation projects from municipalities, indicating that the cooperation and incentives
from planners, the public and municipalities are valuable to halt the loss.
Green roofs and green living walls are merely a complement to further enhance the existing green
structures for wild bees. Urban areas are merely one of the habitats for wild bees and cannot replace
their natural habitats. |
| format | First cycle, G2E |
| id | RepoSLU17778 |
| institution | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
| language | Swedish Inglés |
| publishDate | 2022 |
| publishDateSort | 2022 |
| record_format | eprints |
| spelling | RepoSLU177782022-06-01T01:01:06Z https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17778/ Supporting wild bees on green roofs and green walls Ritthichot, Kittima Landscape architecture The importance of pollinators in urban areas have become a topic of current interest with increasing urbanisation. The current trend of urbanisation, e.g., tall buildings, concrete and densification, has forced green structures to adapt to the changes, resulting in biodiversity loss. As urbanisation continues, cities will continue to expand and thereby, it is crucial to halt the loss of biodiversity. A solution to tackle the limited space has been the implementation of green roofs and green walls. With the promising opportunities that emerged with the development of green roofs and living walls, this study aimed to investigate how the habitat requirements of wild bees could improve on these constructions. The study conducted a literature review about wild bees and projects focusing on wild bees from municipalities in Sweden. Additionally, lists (Tab. 1-6) of attractive plants to wild bees were created to improve habitat requirements. The study results indicate that preserving wild bees requires an interdisciplinary approach as multiple factors should be considered. Although the literature review results have shown that green roofs can effectively support biodiversity, uncertainties of the effectiveness of supporting biodiversity remain on green walls. The compiled lists of plants suitable for semi-extensive green roofs and wild bees is based on literature and all plants have not been tested in practice; therefore, it should be used as a guideline to reference/experiment. The study results also showed successful biodiversity preservation projects from municipalities, indicating that the cooperation and incentives from planners, the public and municipalities are valuable to halt the loss. Green roofs and green living walls are merely a complement to further enhance the existing green structures for wild bees. Urban areas are merely one of the habitats for wild bees and cannot replace their natural habitats. 2022-05-25 First cycle, G2E NonPeerReviewed application/pdf sv https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17778/3/ritthichot-k-20220408.pdf Ritthichot, Kittima, 2022. Supporting wild bees on green roofs and green walls : the importance of incentives from Swedish municipalities. First cycle, G2E. Alnarp: (LTJ, LTV) > Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101) <https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/view/divisions/OID-644.html> urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-17778 eng |
| spellingShingle | Landscape architecture Ritthichot, Kittima Supporting wild bees on green roofs and green walls |
| title | Supporting wild bees on green roofs and green walls |
| title_full | Supporting wild bees on green roofs and green walls |
| title_fullStr | Supporting wild bees on green roofs and green walls |
| title_full_unstemmed | Supporting wild bees on green roofs and green walls |
| title_short | Supporting wild bees on green roofs and green walls |
| title_sort | supporting wild bees on green roofs and green walls |
| topic | Landscape architecture |
| url | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17778/ https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17778/ |