Beyond Green Facades: Measuring the Ecology of Vertical Gardens in Quito, Ecuador

Michael Maks Davis; Francisco Ramírez Cevallos; Leslie Galvez; Sebastián Tobar; Aimée Thomas; Gabriela Toscano

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-47794-2_24

Beyond Green Facades: Measuring the Ecology of Vertical Gardens in Quito, Ecuador

Michael Maks Davis^*
, Francisco Ramírez Cevallos
, Leslie Galvez
, Sebastián Tobar
, Aimée Thomas
, Gabriela Toscano

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Whilst the cities of the world seem to have an insatiable appetite for expansion, development and growth, the natural habitat within them is in constant decline and fragmentation. Space has become valuable, and as such green areas come under threat. In the face of this, vertical gardens become attractive, offering biophilia, energy reduction and ecology services in a vertical area. Whilst the gardens often consider the aesthetic design, there is little research on the empirical, measured ecological services they give in maintaining biodiversity. This paper aims to fill some of that gap, researching into the diversity of birds and invertebrates found at three vertical gardens in Quito, the capital of Ecuador. It was found that they do indeed play an important role, and so should be taken into account for design, planning and policy as part of sustainable city development of the present and for the future.

Translated title of the contribution	Mas allá que una fachada verde: midiendo la ecología del jardin vertical en Quito, Ecuador
Original language	English
Title of host publication	Resilient Planning and Design for Sustainable Cities
Editors	Eric J. Strauss, Francesco Alberti, Paola Gallo, Abraham R. Matamanda
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	319-325
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-47794-2
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-47793-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47794-2_24 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47794-2_24
State	Published - 19 Apr 2024
Event	7th International Conference on Urban Planning and Architectural Design for Sustainable Development, UPADSD 2022 - Florence, Italy Duration: 13 Sep 2022 → 15 Sep 2022

Publication series

Name	Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation
Publisher	SPRINGER
ISSN (Print)	978303147

Conference

Conference	7th International Conference on Urban Planning and Architectural Design for Sustainable Development, UPADSD 2022
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Florence
Period	13/09/22 → 15/09/22

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© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 15 Life on Land

Keywords

Birds
Ecology
Invertebrates
Vertical gardens

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Davis, M. M., Cevallos, F. R., Galvez, L., Tobar, S., Thomas, A., & Toscano, G. (2024). Beyond Green Facades: Measuring the Ecology of Vertical Gardens in Quito, Ecuador. In E. J. Strauss, F. Alberti, P. Gallo, & A. R. Matamanda (Eds.), Resilient Planning and Design for Sustainable Cities (pp. 319-325). (Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47794-2_24, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47794-2_24

Davis, Michael Maks ; Cevallos, Francisco Ramírez ; Galvez, Leslie et al. / Beyond Green Facades : Measuring the Ecology of Vertical Gardens in Quito, Ecuador. Resilient Planning and Design for Sustainable Cities. editor / Eric J. Strauss ; Francesco Alberti ; Paola Gallo ; Abraham R. Matamanda. Springer Nature, 2024. pp. 319-325 (Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation).

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Beyond Green Facades: Measuring the Ecology of Vertical Gardens in Quito, Ecuador. / Davis, Michael Maks ; Cevallos, Francisco Ramírez; Galvez, Leslie et al.
Resilient Planning and Design for Sustainable Cities. ed. / Eric J. Strauss; Francesco Alberti; Paola Gallo; Abraham R. Matamanda. Springer Nature, 2024. p. 319-325 (Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation).

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Beyond Green Facades: Measuring the Ecology of Vertical Gardens in Quito, Ecuador

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