The International Association of Horticultural Producers ( AIPH ) guard its International Green City Conference on 19th September 2018 in Padova , to address the challenge of greening former cities .
invite delegate include city decision makers , contriver , landscape architects , horticulturalists and others interested in retro - fitting old city with living cat valium . Topic sphere deliver and discussed included which plants to use and the benefits of living green on the health of citizens and environmental biodiversity .
enter the conference , AIPH Green City Committee Chair , Ms Karen Tambayong try that whilst talking about immature metropolis has become fashionable , hold up our eco - system , which were not designed for the strains placed upon them , remains our greatest challenge .
The first main speaker , Professor Valerio Morabito from Pennsylvania University , submit studies of how sometime city are rising to the challenge of greening . Using examples of metropolis across Italy , he presented the latest thought and innovation in designing unripened space . jump with the relationship between city and unripened , his work propose to give metropolis a Modern vision . He explained : “ In my plans I always seek to subtract weight and give urban center lightness . ”
Professor Paolo Semenzato from the University of Padova gave a review on how city greening make its citizen healthier and suggested that instead of concern to ‘ ethnical heritage ’ we should focus on ‘ cultural landscape ’ .
Stefano Carosio of Unismart , who is working on European projects with the European Commission , say that ’ innovating cities ’ is the new focus for Europe and the challenge for us is to secure that rejuvenation is a key aspect of this . He urged AIPH and its fellow member to formulate and put forward the challenge . He aver “ AIPH member , as growers , are key enablers for greening . Companies , practitioners and organisation such as AIPH must work intimately with the industry to ensure it happen . ”
Professor Bert van Duijn , from Leiden University in the Netherlands , demonstrated how greening can be created within buildings using novel solution . The benefits of ‘ inner greening ’ include physical and psychological health benefit , fair air , climate ascendancy and financial savings .
Dr Chiara Catalano of Zurich University of Applied Sciences hold the final intro on how urban biodiversity can be increase through greening , expressing that cities could be vastly dissimilar from the Zane Grey , exanimate environments we feel and instead become vibrant centres of biodiversity . Her research suggests that result such as green roofs , careful plant option and a planned habit of greening technique , can make cities better for all living organisms .
Ms Tambayong , who is passing her part as Chair of Green City to Mr. Bill Hardy ( Canada ) this month , say : “ After nine years of championing the AIPH Green City concept , we are in a stronger position to invest in the time to come and put Green City at the centre of this with AIPH as the engine . AIPH is the outside facilitator for sharing best exercise and making changes . catch as we move frontward and we go for you will be part of our design . ”
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