Das System der einkeimblättrigen Pflanzen im Botanischen Garten der Universität Wien

In dieser Arbeit wurden Konzepte zur fachlichen, didaktischen und ästhetischen Neugestaltung des Monocotylenbereichs des Botanischen Gartens der Universität Wien entwickelt. Nach einem Überblick über die Geschichte der Systematik der einkeimblättrigen Pflanzen wurde die Geschichte des Botanischen Gartens der Universität Wien, besonders die des Monocotylenparterres, beleuchtet. Das Konzept beinhaltet Vorschläge für ein Überblicksbeet der Systematik der Einkeimblättrigen mit ihren 10 Ordnungen, nach APGII 2003. Weiters wurden bestimmte Pflanzenfamilien nach Besonderheiten ausgewählt, zu denen didaktische Materialien in Form von Schautafeln erstellt wurden. Die Schautafeln sollen die Besucher dazu anregen sich mit Systematik und den einkeimblättrigen Pflanzen genauer auseinander zu setzen. Grundlage des Konzepts bilden meine Überlegungen, die durch qualitative Experteninterviews gestützt und weiterentwickelt wurden. Durchgeführt wurden die Interviews mit Professoren der Botanik, Mitarbeitern des Gartens und Mitgliedern des Vereins der Freunde des HBV.In this thesis new concepts to rearrange the monocots´ display of the Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna have been developed, taking theoretical, didactic and aesthetic aspects into consideration. After a survey of the history of systematics of monocots, the history of the Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna, especially the monocots´ area is described. The concepts contain suggestions for a special bed that gives an overview of the systematic of monocots with their ten orders, according to APGII 2003. Furthermore several plant families were selected for illustrative presentation boards. They should encourage visitors to look into the subject of monocots more closely. The basics for the concepts are my considerations which are further developed based on interviews with experts and friends of the Botanical Garden

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The 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offer a blueprint for global peace and prosperity, while conserving natural ecosystems and resources for the planet. However, factors such as climate-induced weather extremes and other High-Impact Low-Probability (HILP) events on their own can devastate lives and livelihoods. When a pandemic affects us, as COVID-19 has, any concurrent hazards interacting with it highlight additional challenges to disaster and emergency management worldwide. Such amplified effects contribute to greater societal and environmental risks, with cross-cutting impacts and exposing inequities. Hence, understanding how a pandemic affects the management of concurrent hazards and HILP is vital in disaster risk reduction practice. This study reviews the contemporary literature and utilizes data from the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) to unpack how multiple extreme events have interacted with the coronavirus pandemic and affected the progress in achieving the SDGs. This study is especially urgent, given the multidimensional societal impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic amidst climate change. Results indicate that mainstreaming risk management into development planning can mitigate the adverse effects of disasters. Successes in addressing compound risks have helped us understand the value of new technologies, such as the use of drones and robots to limit human exposure. Enhancing data collection efforts to enable inclusive sentinel systems can improve surveillance and effective response to future risk challenges. Stay-at-home policies put in place during the pandemic for virus containment have highlighted the need to holistically consider the built environment and socio-economic exigencies when addressing the pandemic’s physical and mental health impacts, and could also aid in the context of increasing climate-induced extreme events. As we have seen, such policies, services, and technologies, along with good nutrition, can significantly help safeguard health and well-being in pandemic times, especially when simultaneously faced with ubiquitous climate-induced extreme events. In the final decade of SDG actions, these measures may help in efforts to “Leave No One Behind”, enhance human–environment relations, and propel society to embrace sustainable policies and lifestyles that facilitate building back better in a post-pandemic world. Concerted actions that directly target the compounding effects of different interacting hazards should be a critical priority of the Sendai Framework by 2030

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