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GIS-based Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA) generally require the processing of a variety of environmental and planning data. Therefore, it is necessary to combine thematic datasets in different spatial resolutions. This chapter presents a method for the generalization of a city-wide biotope-type assessment and an urban structure and inventory of open and green spaces map for the city of Berlin. The method includes the aggregation of an ecological assessment of a biotope-type map to a more generalized block-based inventory of open and green spaces map by areal weighting. The results show that the combination of the two datasets can be very sufficiently utilized to detect areas of high ecological significance in early stages of environmental planning. The application of a 1 ha minimum mapping unit leads to a better integration of biotope-type information into the block structure than the utilization of a 3 ha-size criterion.
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This research project has been funded by the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU). The authors thank Mr. H. Brandl and Mr. D. Bangert from the Senate Department for Urban Development Berlin for their committed technical support.
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Förster, M., Köppen, A., Ferretti, J., Köppel, J., Kleinschmit, B. (2013). Generalisation of Planning Data as a Contribution to Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA): The Example of a City-Wide Biotope-Type Assessment for Berlin. In: Geertman, S., Toppen, F., Stillwell, J. (eds) Planning Support Systems for Sustainable Urban Development. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography, vol 195. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37533-0_9
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