2015
MESEU Final Synthesis Report
The aim of the MESEU project (Mapping of Ecosystems and their Services in the EU and its Member States) was to provide assistance on the mapping and assessment of the state of ecosystems and their services in the national territories of the EU Member States in the context of the EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy.
Lecture in the MOOC Livable Future Cities
The Massive Open Online Course MOOC 2 LIVABLE FUTURE CITIES started on Wednesday 23 September 2015.
New CHECNET project
Recently the Swiss National Science Foundation financed the CHECNET project. Human networks, consisting of settlements and roads, are often a threat to the integrity of ecological networks, in which natural habitats are connected with one another.
Future Cities Lab Singapore to continue
ETH Zurich established the Future Cities Laboratory (FCL) at the Singapore-ETH Centre (SEC) in 2010 which will continue in a second phase starting September 2015.
Dissertation Madeleine Manyoky
Madeleine Manyoky successfully finished her PhD dissertation on „Visual-Acoustic Simulation for Landscape Impact Assessment of Wind Parks“.
EU Horizon 2020 project ESMERALDA
To support the efforts in mapping and assessments of ecosystem services under the EU Biodiversity Strategy, the H2020 project ESMERALDA aims to deliver a flexible methodology for pan-European and regional assessments.
Dissertation Derek Vollmer
Derek Vollmer successfully defended his PhD dissertation "Tradeoffs and institutional arrangements for enhancing the societal value of ecosystem services within an urbanized river catchment".