Public Investment Policy as a Driver of Changes in the Ecosystem Services Delivery by an Urban Green Infrastructure

Dawid Abramowicz; Małgorzata Stępniewska

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Public Investment Policy as a Driver of Changes in the Ecosystem Services Delivery by an Urban Green Infrastructure

Dawid Abramowicz

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Małgorzata Stępniewska

| Mar 31, 2020

Quaestiones Geographicae

Volume 39 (2020): Issue 1 (March 2020)

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Received: Sep 16, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2020-0001

© 2020 Dawid Abramowicz et al., published by Sciendo

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Study area (according to Urban Atlas 2012).

The examples of the investments made in the Szachty area.(A) Pedestrian and bicycle paths with small architecture; (B) viewing terrace; (C) lake jetty; (D) barbecue area; (E) educational path; (F) vehicle barrier; (G) observational tower; (H) renovated culvert between ponds.

Affected ecosystem services by sections (A) and classes (B) of the Common International Classification of Ecosystem Services (Haines-Young, Potschin 2018).

Public expenditure on the arrangement and maintenance of the Szachty area by years and institutions.

Financing institutions	Costs (PLN)
Financing institutions	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	Σ 2013–2017	Σ%
City of Poznań – Rada Osiedla Świerczewo	21,997	378,141	396,988	84,528	17,000	898,655	22.8
City of Poznań – Rada Osiedla Fabianowo-Kotowo	0	21,999	316,000	431,384	34,250	803,633	20.3
City of Poznań – Zarząd Zieleni Miejskiej	320	69,514	342,291	310,076	1,394,476	2,116,677	53.6
Town of Luboń	0	1,300	8,503	119,110	0	128,913	3.3
Total	22,317	470,954	1,063,782	945,098	1,445,726	3,947,878	100

Impact of public expenditure on the potential of the Szachty area for the provision of key ecosystem services.

Ecosystem services (CICES v. 5.1)	CICES Code	Pedestrian and Bicycle Paths With Small Architecture	Renovation of Culverts	Remediation of Ponds	Observation Tower, Lake Jetties, Viewing Terraces	Educational Boards	Barbecue Area With Small Architecture	Vehicle Barriers	Tree Branch Trimming and Tree Cutting	Cleanliness and Order	Symphoricarpos Duhamel Plantation	Removal of storm damage
Provisioning
Wild animals used for nutritional purposes (non-commercial fishing)	1.1.6.1	→	↑	↑	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
Regulation and maintenance
Filtration/sequestration/storage/accumulation by microorganisms, algae, plants, and animals	2.1.1.2	→	↑	↑	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
Hydrological cycle and water flow regulation	2.2.1.3	→	↑	↑	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
Maintaining nursery populations and habitats	2.2.2.3	↓	↑	↑	↓	→	↓	↑	→	→	→	→
Regulation of the chemical condition of freshwaters by living processes	2.2.5.1	→	↑	↑	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
Regulation of temperature and humidity, including ventilation and transpiration	2.2.6.2	→	↑	↑	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
Cultural
Characteristics of living systems that that enable activities promoting health, recuperation or enjoyment through active or immersive interactions	3.1.1.1	↑	↑	↑	↑	→	↑	→	↑	↑	→	↑
Characteristics of living systems that enable activities promoting health, recuperation or enjoyment through passive or observational interactions	3.1.1.2	↑	↑	↑	↑	→	→	→	→	→	→	→
Characteristics of living systems that enable education and training	3.1.2.2	→	↑	↑	↑	↑	→	→	→	→	→	→
Characteristics of living systems that enable aesthetic experiences	3.1.2.4	→	↑	↑	→	→	→	→	→	↑	↑	↑

Public expenditure in 2013–2017 by type and costs.

Type of expenditures	Costs
Type of expenditures	PLN	%	Σ%
Permanent infrastructure
Pedestrian and bicycle paths with small architecture	1,627,776	41.2	95.5
Observation tower	1,375,100	34.8
Renovation of culverts between ponds	314,022	8.0
Remediation of ponds	291,534	7.4
Lake jetties	69,350	1.8
Viewing terraces	40,000	1.0
Educational boards	21,448	0.5
Barbecue area with small architecture	18,696	0.5
Vehicle barriers	8,950	0.2
Ongoing maintenance
Tree branch trimming	72,141	1.8	4.6
Cleanliness and order	57,002	1.4
Tree cutting	31,280	0.8
Symphoricarpos Duhamel plantation	15,000	0.4
Removal of storm damage	5,578	0.1
Total	3,947,878	100	100

The underpinnings of individual ecosystem services taken into account and source of data

Underpinnings of ES potential	Source of data
Wild animals used for nutritional purposes (non-commercial fishing)
Water qualityWater flow conditionsInfrastructure for fishing	Gogołek et al. 1995, Kaniecki et al. 1995, Borysiak, Markiewicz 2005, Biegała 2014, Zarząd Zieleni Miejskiej 2014b
Filtration/sequestration/storage/accumulation by microorganisms, algae, plants, and animals
Ecosystems quality (biotic and abiotic components)	Burchardt, Szeląg-Wasielewska 1995, Gogołek et al. 1995, Kaniecki et al. 1995, Borysiak, Markiewicz 2005, Biegała 2014, Zarząd Zieleni Miejskiej 2014b, Wrońska-Pilarek 2016
Hydrological cycle and water flow regulation
Water flow conditions	Gogołek et al. 1995, Kaniecki et al. 1995, Biegała 2014, Zarząd Zieleni Miejskiej 2014b
Maintaining nursery populations and habitats
Ecosystems quality (biotic and abiotic components)Species abundance and diversity	Rudawski, Kusiak 1994, Ptaszyk 1995, Matuszyńska 2001, Ptaszyk, Dziabaszewski 2002, Borysiak, Markiewicz 2005, Michałowska 2005, Jackowiak 2011, Abramowicz 2016, Urząd Miasta Poznania 2016, Wrońska-Pilarek 2016, Rada Osiedla Fabianowo-Kotowo 2018, Rada Osiedla Świerczewo 2018, Zarząd Dróg Miejskich 2018
Regulation of the chemical condition of freshwaters by living processes
Condition of water and water-dependent ecosystems	Gogołek et al. 1995, Kaniecki et al. 1995, Borysiak, Markiewicz 2005, Biegała 2014, Zarząd Zieleni Miejskiej 2014b
Regulation of temperature and humidity, including ventilation and transpiration
Differentiation of radiation temperature according to land use and land cover	Majkowska et al. 2017, Półrolniczak et al. 2017, Zwierzchowska 2017
Characteristics of living systems that enable activities promoting health, recuperation or enjoyment through passive or observational interactions
Ecosystems quality (biotic and abiotic components)Species abundance and diversityInfrastructure for passive or observational interactions	Kaniecki et al. 1995, Ptaszyk 1995, Borysiak, Markiewicz 2005, Urząd Miasta Poznania 2013, 2014, 2015, Rada Osiedla Fabianowo-Kotowo 2014, 2015, 2016, Rada Osiedla Świerczewo 2014, 2015, 2016, Zarząd Zieleni Miejskiej 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017a, 2017b, 2017c, 2017d, Florkiewicz et al. 2015, Urząd Miasta Lubonia 2015, 2017, Stępniewska, Abramowicz 2016
Characteristics of living systems that enable activities promoting health, recuperation or enjoyment through active or immersive interactions
Infrastructure for active or immersive interactions	Kaniecki et al. 1995, Ptaszyk 1995, Borysiak, Markiewicz 2005, Urząd Miasta Poznania 2013, 2014, 2015, Rada Osiedla Fabianowo-Kotowo 2014, 2015, 2016, Rada Osiedla Świerczewo 2014, 2015, 2016, Zarząd Zieleni Miejskiej 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017a, 2017b, 2017c, 2017d, Florkiewicz et al. 2015, Urząd Miasta Lubonia 2015, 2017
Characteristics of living systems that enable education and training
Ecosystems quality (biotic and abiotic components)Species abundance and diversityInfrastructure for education and training	Kaniecki 1995, Kaniecki et al. 1995, Ptaszyk 1995, Borysiak, Markiewicz 2005, Urząd Miasta Poznania 2013, 2014, 2015, Rada Osiedla Fabianowo-Kotowo 2014, 2015, 2016, Rada Osiedla Świerczewo 2014, 2015, 2016, Zarząd Zieleni Miejskiej 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017a, 2017b, 2017c, 2017d, Florkiewicz et al. 2015, Urząd Miasta Lubonia 2015, 2017, Stępniewska, Abramowicz 2016, Abramowicz 2018
Characteristics of living systems that enable aesthetic experiences
Landscape aesthetic valuesInfrastructure for landscape admiring	Urząd Miasta Poznania 2013, 2014, 2015, Rada Osiedla Fabianowo-Kotowo 2014, 2015, 2016, Rada Osiedla Świerczewo 2014, 2015, 2016, Zarząd Zieleni Miejskiej 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017a, 2017b, 2017c, 2017d, Florkiewicz et al. 2015, Urząd Miasta Lubonia 2015, 2017, Stępniewska, Abramowicz 2016

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Public Investment Policy as a Driver of Changes in the Ecosystem Services Delivery by an Urban Green Infrastructure

Published Online: Mar 31, 2020

Page range: 5 - 18

Received: Sep 16, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2020-0001

© 2020 Dawid Abramowicz et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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Public expenditure on the arrangement and maintenance of the Szachty area by years and institutions.

Impact of public expenditure on the potential of the Szachty area for the provision of key ecosystem services.

Public expenditure in 2013–2017 by type and costs.

The underpinnings of individual ecosystem services taken into account and source of data