Prof. Dr. Rieke Hansen

Function: Head of Institute
Organizational Unit(s):Department of Open Space Development Professor for Open Space and Ecological Urban Design

Contact:
Phone: +49 6722 502 843
eMail: Rieke.Hansen(at)hs-gm.de

Postal Address:Von-Lade-Straße 1
D-65366 Geisenheim

Address: Building 6701
Room 111
Rüdesheimerstraße 5
65366 Geisenheim

Rieke Hansen is Professor for Open Space and Ecological Urban Design at the Institute of Open Space Development at Geisenheim University since November 2019. She studied Landscape and Open Space Planning at Leibniz University of Hannover and completed a technical clerkship in Landscape Stewardship in North Rhine-Westphalia. Between 2010 and 2018 she worked in research and teaching at the Technical University of Munich at the Chair for Strategy and Management of Landscape Development and completed her doctoral thesis there in 2018. In 2018 and 2019, she worked at the Chair of Landscape Architecture at the RWTH Aachen University.

Her research focuses on the innovative potential of concepts such as green infrastructure, ecosystem services and nature-based solutions for sustainable urban development. In this context, she has worked on landscape and open space planning in metropolitan regions and cities in Germany, Europe, and the USA. Her international research projects included the BiodivERsA project URBES, the FP7 project GREEN SURGE, and the Horizon 2020 project proGIreg. Current projects focussing on knowledge transfer include the development of the "Urban Nature Toolbox" for the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation and a guide for the implementation of "Urban Greening Plans" from the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030 for German cities.

Rieke Hansen is a registered landscape architect with the Hessen Chamber of Architects and Urban Planners and Assessor of Landscape Stewardship. She is a member of the „Wissenschaftlichen Beirat für Natürlichen Klimaschutz“.

Hansen R., Enderich L., Davis M. (2024): Stadtnatur-Plan: Lebensqualität, Klima und biologische Vielfalt zusammendenken!.

Hansen R., Kurths A., Meier M., Mattes A., Pütz G., (2024): Urbane grüne Infrastruktur in Kommunen stärken.

Hansen, R., Bush, J., Okta Pribadi, D., Giannotti, E. (2023): Planning and maintaining nature-based solutions. 978 1 80037 675 5

Hansen R., Pauleit S. (2023): Planning multifunctional urban green infrastructure for compact cities in Europe. 978-3-030-73089-5

Hansen R., Mattes A., Meier M., Kurths A. (2023): Reorienting urban green infrastructure planning towards biodiversity. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 90 DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2023.128155

Hansen R., Buizer M., Buijs A., Pauleit S., Mattijssen T., Fors H., van der Jagt A., Kabisch N., Cook M., Delshammar T., Randrup T.B., Erlwein S., Vierikko K., Nieminen H., Langemeyer J., Soson Texereau C., Luz A.C., Nastran M., Olafsson A.S., Steen Møller M., Haase D., Rolf W., Ambrose-Oji B., Branquinho C., Havik G., Kronenberg J., Konijnendijk C. (2023): Transformative or piecemeal? Changes in green space planning and governance in eleven European cities. European Planning Studies 31 (12) S. 2401 - 2424. DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2022.2139594

Albert C., Hansen R., Dehnhardt A., Deppisch S., Fürst C., Geißler G., Gerner N., Marzelli S., Poßer C., Rathmann J., Schrapp L., Schröter-Schlaack C., Warner B. (2022): Das Ökosystemleistungskonzept in der räumlichen Planung - zehn Thesen. Raumforschung und Raumordnung 80 (1) S. 7 - 21. DOI: 10.14512/rur.76

Albert C., Hansen R., Warner B. (2022): Ökosystemleistungen in der räumlichen Planung. Raumforschung und Raumordnung 80 (1) S. 1 - 6. DOI: 10.14512/rur.204

Deppisch S., Pyka A., Hansen R., Warner B., Albert C., Dehnhardt A., Fürst C., Geißler G., Gerner N., Marzelli S., Poßer C., Rathmann J., Schrapp L., Schröter-Schlaack C. (2022): Ökosystemleistungen in der räumlichen Planung einsetzen.

Kabisch N., Frantzeskaki N., Hansen R. (2022): Principles for urban nature-based solutions. Ambio 51 S. 1388 - 1401. DOI: 10.1007/s13280-021-01685-w

Hansen R., Dehnhardt A., Marzelli S. (2022): Transformation der räumlichen Planung durch Ökosystemleistungen?. Raumforschung und Raumordnung 80 (1) S. 112 - 127. DOI: 10.14512/rur.58

Pauleit S., Hansen R., Pribadi D.O. (2021): Editorial: Transformative Urban Greening: Advancing Green Space Governance. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities 3 DOI: 10.3389/frsc.2021.735918

Hansen R., van Lierop M., Rolf W., Gantar D., Šuklje Erjavec I. Rall E.L., Pauleit S. (2021): Using green infrastructure to stimulate discourse with and for planning practice: experiences with fuzzy concepts from a pan-European, a national and a local perspective. Socio-Ecological Practice Research 3 S. 257 - 280. DOI: 10.1007/s42532-021-00087-2

Pauleit S., Hansen R., RallE.L., Rolf W. (2020): Urban green infrastructure. Strategic planning of urban green and blue for multiple benefits. 9781138581357

Pauleit S., Ambrose-Oji B., Andersson E., Anton B., Buijs A., Haase D., Elands B., Hansen R., Kowarik I., Kronenberg J., Mattijssen T., Stahl Olafsson A., Rall E., van der Jagt A.P.N., van den Konijnendijk Bosch C. (2019): Advancing urban green infrastructure in Europe. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 40 S. 4 - 16. DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2018.10.006

Pauleit S., Ambrose-Oji B., Andersson E., Anton B., Buijs A., Haase D., Elands B., Hansen R., Kowarik I., Kronenberg J., Mattijssen T., Olafsson A.S., Rall E., van der Jagt A.P.N., van den Bosch C.K. (2019): Advancing urban green infrastructure in Europe: Outcomes and reflections from the GREEN SURGE project. Elsevier S. 4 - 16. DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2018.10.006

Buijs A., Hansen R., van der Jagt S., Ambrose-Oji B., Elands B., Rall E.L., Mattijssen T., Pauleit S., Runhaar H., Olafsson A.S., Moller M.S. (2019): Mosaic governance for urban green infrastructure: Upscaling active citizenship from a local government perspective. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 40 S. 53 - 62. DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2018.06.011

Hansen R., Olafsson A.S., van der Jagt A.P.N., Rall E., Pauleit S. (2019): Planning multifunctional green infrastructure for compact cities: What is the state of practice?. Ecological Indicators 96 S. 99 - 110. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.09.042

Rall E., Hansen R., Pauleit S. (2019): The added value of public participation GIS (PPGIS) for urban green infrastructure planning. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 40 S. 264 - 274. DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2018.06.016

Pauleit S., Andersson E., Anton B., Buijs A., Haase D., Hansen R., Kowarik I., Olafsson A.S., Van der Jagt S. (2019): Urban green infrastructure - connecting people and nature for sustainable cities. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 40 S. 1 - 3. DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2019.04.007

Hansen R., Born D., Lindschulte K., Rolf W., Bartz R., Schröder A., Becker C.W., Kowarik I., Pauleit S. (2018): Grüne Infrastruktur im urbanen Raum: Grundlagen, Planung und Umsetzung in der integrierten Stadtentwicklung : Abschlussbericht zum F+E-Vorhaben "Grüne Infrastruktur im urbanen Raum: Grundlagen, Planung und Umsetzung in der integrierten Stadtentwicklung" (FKZ 3515 82 0800). Bonn BfN, Bundesamt für Naturschutz DOI: 10.19217/skr503
978-3-89624-240-2

Davies C., Lafortezza R., Hansen R., Rall E., Pauleit S. (2018): Urban green infrastructure in europe: Is greenspace planning and policy compliant?. Land Use Policy 69 S. 93 - 101. DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.08.018

Kremer P., Hamstead Z., Haase D., McPhearson T., Frantzeskaki N., Andersson E., Kabisch N., Larondelle N., Rall E.L., Voigt A., Baro F., Bertram C., Gomez-Baggethun E., Hansen R., Kaczorowska A., Kain J.H., Kronenberg J., Langemeyer J., Pauleit S., Rehdanz K., Schewenius M., van Ham C., Wurster D., Elmqvist T. (2016): Key insights for the future of urban ecosystem services research. Ecology and Society 21 (2) DOI: 10.5751/ES-08445-210229

Rall E.L., Kabisch N., Hansen R. (2015): A comparative exploration of uptake and potential application of ecosystem services in urban planning. Ecosystem Services 16 S. 230 - 242. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2015.10.005

Hansen R., Frantzeskaki N., McPhearson T., Rall E., Kabisch N., Kaczorowska A., Kain J.H., Artmann M., Pauleit S. (2015): The uptake of the ecosystem services concept in planning discourses of European and American cities. Ecosystem Services 12 S. 228 - 246. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2014.11.013

Haase D., Larondelle N., Andersson E., Artmann M., Borgstrom S., Breuste J., Gomez-Baggethun E., Gren A., Hamstead Z., Hansen R., Kabisch N., Kremer P., Langemeyer J., Rall E.L., McPhearson T., Pauleit S., Qureshi S., Schwarz N., Voigt A., Wurster D., Elmqvist T. (2014): A Quantitative Review of Urban Ecosystem Service Assessments: Concepts, Models, and Implementation. Ambio 43 S. 413 - 433. DOI: 10.1007/s13280-014-0504-0

Hansen R., Pauleit S. (2014): From Multifunctionality to Multiple Ecosystem Services? A Conceptual Framework for Multifunctionality in Green Infrastructure Planning for Urban Areas. Ambio 43 S. 516 - 529. DOI: 10.1007/s13280-014-0510-2

Hansen R., Heidebach M., Kuchler F., Pauleit S. (2012): Brachflächen im Spannungsfeld zwischen Naturschutz und (baulicher) Wiedernutzung. 978-3-89624-059-0

Recommendations for municipalities on the consideration of biodiversity in urban development funding areas

Project start: 01.04.2022
Project end: 30.03.2024
Sponsor: Federal Agency for Nature Conservation

Urban development funding provides important contributions to sustainable urban development. The current conditions for urban development funding also enable the implementation of biodiversity-promoting measures. In order to make these possibilities better known and applicable, there is a need for stronger technical and conceptual support of municipalities. This includes presenting the municipal scope for action and provision of practical information, but also supportive conditions by the federal and state governments. To address these challenges, the project "Recommendations for municipalities on the consideration of biodiversity in urban development funding areas" aims to evaluate the integration of measures for biodiversity in urban development funding areas. Based on this, a handbook for municipalities (i.e., for municipal planning offices and nature conservation authorities) will be created on measures for the protection of biodiversity in urban development funding areas. For this purpose, a collaborative process with various stakeholders will be initiated (learning alliance) to ensure that the handbook is practice-oriented and tailored to the needs of municipalities. Finally, recommendations for the federal and state level will be derived and options for the dissemination of the handout will be identified and used.

Urban green infrastructure concretized – sample solutions and recommendations for action

Project start: 01.11.2020
Project end: 31.01.2024
Sponsor: Federal Agency for Nature Conservation

A wealth of research, guidance documents, and best practice examples have recently emerged on "urban green infrastructure" (UGI). Nevertheless, municipalities are faced with the challenge of utilizing and implementing UGI in view of the complexity of spatial scales, planning phases, and fields of action. To support municipal planning practice, the “Masterplan Stadtnatur” (BMU 2019) envisions the provision of a "toolbox" with recommendations for action. The development of such a web-based toolbox is the goal of the project "Urban green infrastructure concretized – sample solutions and recommendations for action". The focus is on approaches and methods for mapping and evaluating existing UGI elements and ecosystem services. Furthermore, tools and measures for planning, implementation, and maintenance of UGI are provided. The tools cover a broad range of actions including qualification and connectivity, UGI in new constructions, and combined grey-green elements. In addition, advice is given on possible actor constellations, participation methods, and municipal steering and monitoring processes. The theoretical knowledge will be supplemented with the practical experience from four municipalities and regions. They will be involved to discuss the challenges of implementing urban green infrastructure and knowledge needs for the toolbox.

Klimaanpassung, Lebensqualität und biologische Vielfalt zusammen denken: Naturbasierte Lösungen als integrierter Planungsansatz

Event: Natürlich resilient: Naturbasierte Lösungen in kommunalen Klimaanpassungskonzepten verankern
Date: 07.05.2024
Location: online (Deutschland)
Speaker: Hansen, Rieke

Wer gestaltet die Stadt von Morgen? Ein Baum namens Dorka, DIY-Parks und die Frage der Mitwirkung von Bürger:innen

Event: Geisenheimer Science Tent auf dem "Besser als Nix! Festival" 2024
Date: 03.05.2024
Location: Geisenheim (Deutschland)
Speaker: Hansen, Rieke

Grüne Infrastruktur als Treiber für Lebensqualität und nachhaltige Entwicklung der Metropole Ruhr

Event: Netzwerktag Grüne Infrastruktur Metropole Ruhr
Date: 11.04.2024
Location: Essen (Deutschland)
Speaker: Hansen, Rieke

Grüne Infrastruktur in urbanen Räumen - Biologische Vielfalt in den Fokus nehmen

Event: 10. CampusKonferenz Landschaftsentwicklung
Date: 15.03.2024
Location: Osnabrück (Deutschland)
Speaker: Hansen, Rieke

Stadtnatur-Pläne – Umsetzung der EU-Biodiversitätsstrategie in Kommunen

Event: Mit Stadtnatur gestalten – Jetzt!
Date: 07.03.2024
Location: Leipzig (Deutschland)
Speaker: Hansen, Rieke

Urbane grüne Infrastruktur konkret – Ansätze für mehr Stadtnatur

Event: 13. Fachsymposium Stadtgrün
Date: 07.11.2023
Location: Berlin (Deutschland)
Speaker: Hansen, Rieke

Mehr Natur in der integrierten Stadtplanung: Biologische Vielfalt als Thema der Städtebauförderung

Event: 62. Deutscher Kongress für Geographie
Date: 20.09.2023
Location: Frankfurt am Main (Deutschland)
Speaker: Hansen, Rieke

Vernetzte grüne Infrastruktur entwickeln: Ansätze aus dem Werkzeugkasten Stadtnatur

Event: 62. Deutscher Kongress für Geographie
Date: 20.09.2023
Location: Frankfurt am Main (Deutschland)
Speaker: Hansen, Rieke

Grüne Infrastruktur, Klimaretter, Lebewesen – Perspektiven auf Stadtbäume

Event: Between the Trees. Urbanes Grün – Kunst – Design
Date: 14.04.2023
Location: Köln (Deutschland)
Speaker: Hansen, Rieke

Klimaangepasste Freiräume

Event: Plan N – Beispielhaftes Nachhaltiges Bauen in Deutschland
Date: 16.02.2023
Location: Hamburg (Deutschland)
Speaker: Hansen, Rieke

Urban Nature in integrated city planning - how do we support municipal practice in Germany?

Event: 7th International Conference of the Network URBIO – Urban Biodiversity & Design
Date: 29.11.2022
Location: Leipzig (Deutschland)
Speaker: Hansen, Rieke

Transformative or piecemeal? Changes in green space planning and governance in eleven European cities?

Event: 4th ESP Europe Conference
Date: 10.10.2022
Location: Heraklion (Griechenland)
Speaker: Hansen, Rieke

Between green space maintenance and care for urban nature-based solutions - Insights from Berlin

Event: 58th ISOCARP World Planning Congress
Date: 03.10.2022
Location: Brüssel (Belgien)
Speaker: Hansen, Rieke

Green space governance between participation in top-down planning and co-creation – Examples from eleven European cities

Event: IALE 2022 European Landscape Ecology Congress: Making the future, learning from the past
Date: 11.07.2022
Location: Warschau (Polen)
Speaker: Hansen, Rieke

Tools for co-governance of nature-based solutions for sustainable cities

Event: IALE 2022 European Landscape Ecology Congress: Making the future, learning from the past
Date: 11.07.2022
Location: Warschau (Polen)
Speaker: Hansen, Rieke

Die klimagerechte Stadt: Herausforderungen der urbanen Wende gemeinsam begegnen

Event: Ringvorlesung Global Challenges „Transformationsprozesse im Anthropozän“
Date: 28.06.2022
Location: Darmstadt (Deutschland)
Speaker: Hansen, Rieke

Grüne Infrastrukturen – Zwischen Allheilmittel und Green Washing

Event: Erfahrungstausch der Ingenieurökologischen Vereinigung (IÖV)
Date: 30.09.2021
Location: Darmstadt (Deutschland)
Speaker: Hansen, Rieke

Transformationspotenziale nutzen: mit dem Konzept der Ökosystemleistungen transformative Prozesse in der räumlichen Planung anstoßen

Event: IOER Annual Conference 2021 „Space & Transformation“
Date: 23.09.2021
Location: Dresden (Deutschland)
Speaker: Hansen, Rieke

On a path to urban green infrastructure? Changes in green space planning approaches in selected European Cities between 2014 and 2020.

Event: Third World Conference of the Society for Urban Ecology “CITIES AS SOCIAL ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS”
Date: 07.07.2021
Location: Poznan (Polen)
Speaker: Hansen, Rieke

Grünplanung im Wandel?

Event: Forschungswerkstatt „Grün in der Stadt“
Date: 22.06.2021
Location: Berlin (Deutschland)
Speaker: Hansen, Rieke

Grüne Infrastruktur – vom grünen Grundgerüst und grauen Potenzialflächen

Event: Online-Seminar „Baumschutz, Artenvielfalt und Nachhaltige Mobilität – Welche Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten haben die Bezirksausschüsse?“
Date: 20.05.2021
Location: München (Deutschland)
Speaker: Hansen, Rieke

Städte und Regionen von der Landschaft her entwickeln: grüne Infrastruktur, Ökosystemleistungen und naturbasierte Lösungen als neue Planungskonzepte

Event: 5. Dortmunder Konferenz „Räume neu denken - Planung in einer Welt im Wandel“
Date: 17.02.2020
Location: Dortmund (Deutschland)
Speaker: Hansen, Rieke

Prof. Dr. Rieke Hansen

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