Implementation of the ecosystem services concept in the planning of green infrastructure to strengthen the resilience of the Ruhr metropolis and Chinese megacities.

How efficient are and what benefits do the various parts of a city provide for people (green spaces, greened residential and industrial areas, avenues, forests, nature reserves, meadows, agricultural areas, etc.) depending on their composition of natural or near-natural elements? Where is a need for improvements and where are possibilities for optimisation? What are the advantages and disadvantages of planning options?

The project develops an innovative package of methods to support the planning of »green infrastructure« in densely populated urban areas. Through close cooperation with developers and potential users from business and administration, IMECOGIP contributes to applied and practice-oriented implementation research in Germany and China.