CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2014
| Author | Pierce, Jennifer Rae |
|---|---|
| Title | The Bioshed of Jerusalem: a model for urban biodiversity planning, visioning, and communicating |
| Summary | This thesis presents a new concept for biodiversity planning: the bioshed. The bioshed is herein defined as the system of relationships between biodiversity and humanity. It is organized into dependencies and impacts categorized into social, political and economic categories. I ask whether this concept can be helpful for urban biodiversity planners in the field. To answer this question, I chose a mixed-methods exploration of biodiversity planning today in Jerusalem. I used systems network theory and root cause analysis as my theoretical basis to understand biodiversity planning in Jerusalem and then to propose a transformation that takes into account the bioshed concept. My first objective is to understand the recent success in Jerusalem of biodiversity planning, including potential barriers. Then I investigate how the concept of the bioshed is understood by urban biodiversity planners in publications, in discussions, and on the ground. My findings indicate that by emphasizing the connections between biodiversity and social, political, and economic aspects of the city, the use of the bioshed term in urban biodiversity planning may expand discussion of biodiversity. I found that biodiversity planning in Jerusalem tends to underemphasize political issues and to focus entirely on local impacts. It is also plagued by a lack of confidence by many of the biodiversity planners themselves. The bioshed concept provides a framework that can help build a systems-level understanding of what is happening. My vision for a biodiverse Jerusalem builds on the bioshed to suggest a Jerusalem that is intensive, clean, aware, healthy, just, and connected. |
| Supervisor | Corliss, Jack |
| Department | Environment Sciences and Policy MSc |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2014/pierce_jennifer.pdf |
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