Ina Säumel
Biographic Data
| ID | 190802 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ina Säumel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ina |
| FAMILY NAME | Säumel |
| SIGNATURE | SÄUMEL I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9099-8182 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Beyond the lawn: Everyday landscapes, perception, and participation in semi-public residential green spaces
Semi-public residential green spaces are key components of urban everyday landscapes, shaping daily practices, social interaction, wellbeing, and access to nature, yet their social functions remain poorly understood compared to urban parks and community gardens. This study investigates how residents use and perceive residential green spaces in four neighbourhoods in Saarbrücken, Germany, comparing areas with and without community gardens. Using a…
Rising Strong: Cultivating Resilience in Edible City Entrepreneurship. Insights Into the Landscape of Urban Food Initiatives
In response to growing global challenges, this study explores how social entrepreneurship within the Edible City movement contributes to building resilient, sustainable, and equitable urban food systems. Drawing on semistructured interviews with over 70 stakeholders across five cities—Berlin, Andernach, Oslo, Rotterdam, and Havana—we investigate the motivations, business models, challenges, and scaling strategies of diverse urban food initiatives…
Balancing growth and conservation: Land-use policy scenarios for Uruguay’s grasslands
Land-use scenario simulations support policy decisions that seek to balance economic development with environmental conservation. In Uruguay’s Río de la Plata temperate grasslands, agribusiness expansion has driven land-use intensification, threatening biodiversity, ecosystem services, and rural livelihoods. This study integrates land-use data from 2000 to 2015 with explanatory variables in a multi-layer perceptron Markov model to predict vulnera…
Voices Around the South Tyrolean Herbal Pharmacy—Exploring the Stakeholder Landscape and Perspectives on Medicinal Plants as Culturally Salient Species
Traditional medicine, including the use of medicinal plants, is integral to healthcare and empowerment of individuals and communities worldwide. Preserving traditional knowledge of medicinal plants requires an understanding of social dynamics and knowledge transfer mechanisms that sustain these practices. This study aimed to explore stakeholder perspectives on the use of medicinal plants in South Tyrol (Italy) through a mixed-methods approach, co…
Awakening the sleeping giant of urban green in times of crisis—coverage, co-creation and practical guidelines for optimizing biodiversity-friendly and health-promoting residential greenery
As multiple crises deepen existing inequalities in urban societies within and between neighborhoods, strategically integrating nature-based solutions into the living environment can help reduce negative impacts and improve public health, social cohesion, and well-being. Compared to public green such as parks, semi-public residential greenery is rarely studied, is regularly overlooked by planners, and often receives step-motherly treatment from ar…
Moderation and mediation of land use change! Interplay between β‐diversity and landscape structures in agri‐ and silvicultural modified grasslands of South America
Although land use change is the main driver of biodiversity decline in the South American temperate grasslands, its impacts on β‐diversity have not yet been evaluated. We investigated relationships between β‐diversity, landscape features, and geographical variables by surveying vegetation from 163 plots distributed in eight different land use types in Uruguay. We created land use maps using Landsat images and calculated landscape metrics, determi…
Conservation with local people: Medicinal plants as cultural keystone species in the Southern Alps
The concept of “cultural keystone species” (CKS) combines ecological and socioeconomic aspects and has a great potential for improving the overall success of conservation and restoration of ecosystems. In our study, we combined an ecological analysis of traditional medicinal plant species with an explorative analysis of the stakeholder landscape to understand the importance of plants for local communities. We investigate the feasibility of the CK…
The water-sensitive city meets biodiversity: Habitat Services of Rain Water Management Measures in Highly Urbanized Landscapes
Pille, L., and I. Säumel. 2021. The water-sensitive city meets biodiversity: habitat services of rain water management measures in highly urbanized landscapes. Ecology and Society 26(2):23. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12386-260223
Traditional medicinal plants in South Tyrol (northern Italy, southern Alps): Biodiversity and Use
Background Worldwide mountain regions are recognized as hotspots of ethnopharmacologically relevant species diversity. In South Tyrol (Southern Alps, Italy), and due to the region's high plant diversity and isolated population, a unique traditional botanical knowledge of medicinal plants has flourished, which traces its history back to prehistoric times. However, changes in rural life and culture may threaten this unique biodiversity and cultural…
Toward livable and healthy urban streets: Roadside vegetation provides ecosystem services where people live and move
Toward livable and healthy urban streets: Roadside vegetation provides ecosystem services where people live and move
Conservation with local people: Medicinal plants as cultural keystone species in the Southern Alps
The concept of “cultural keystone species” (CKS) combines ecological and socioeconomic aspects and has a great potential for improving the overall success of conservation and restoration of ecosystems. In our study, we combined an ecological analysis of traditional medicinal plant species with an explorative analysis of the stakeholder landscape to understand the importance of plants for local communities. We investigate the feasibility of the CK…
Traditional medicinal plants in South Tyrol (northern Italy, southern Alps): Biodiversity and Use
Background Worldwide mountain regions are recognized as hotspots of ethnopharmacologically relevant species diversity. In South Tyrol (Southern Alps, Italy), and due to the region's high plant diversity and isolated population, a unique traditional botanical knowledge of medicinal plants has flourished, which traces its history back to prehistoric times. However, changes in rural life and culture may threaten this unique biodiversity and cultural…
Toward livable and healthy urban streets: Roadside vegetation provides ecosystem services where people live and move
Traditional medicinal plants in South Tyrol (northern Italy, southern Alps): Biodiversity and Use
Background Worldwide mountain regions are recognized as hotspots of ethnopharmacologically relevant species diversity. In South Tyrol (Southern Alps, Italy), and due to the region's high plant diversity and isolated population, a unique traditional botanical knowledge of medicinal plants has flourished, which traces its history back to prehistoric times. However, changes in rural life and culture may threaten this unique biodiversity and cultural…
The water-sensitive city meets biodiversity: Habitat Services of Rain Water Management Measures in Highly Urbanized Landscapes
Pille, L., and I. Säumel. 2021. The water-sensitive city meets biodiversity: habitat services of rain water management measures in highly urbanized landscapes. Ecology and Society 26(2):23. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12386-260223
Conservation with local people: Medicinal plants as cultural keystone species in the Southern Alps
The concept of “cultural keystone species” (CKS) combines ecological and socioeconomic aspects and has a great potential for improving the overall success of conservation and restoration of ecosystems. In our study, we combined an ecological analysis of traditional medicinal plant species with an explorative analysis of the stakeholder landscape to understand the importance of plants for local communities. We investigate the feasibility of the CK…
Awakening the sleeping giant of urban green in times of crisis—coverage, co-creation and practical guidelines for optimizing biodiversity-friendly and health-promoting residential greenery
As multiple crises deepen existing inequalities in urban societies within and between neighborhoods, strategically integrating nature-based solutions into the living environment can help reduce negative impacts and improve public health, social cohesion, and well-being. Compared to public green such as parks, semi-public residential greenery is rarely studied, is regularly overlooked by planners, and often receives step-motherly treatment from ar…
Moderation and mediation of land use change! Interplay between β‐diversity and landscape structures in agri‐ and silvicultural modified grasslands of South America
Although land use change is the main driver of biodiversity decline in the South American temperate grasslands, its impacts on β‐diversity have not yet been evaluated. We investigated relationships between β‐diversity, landscape features, and geographical variables by surveying vegetation from 163 plots distributed in eight different land use types in Uruguay. We created land use maps using Landsat images and calculated landscape metrics, determi…
Voices Around the South Tyrolean Herbal Pharmacy—Exploring the Stakeholder Landscape and Perspectives on Medicinal Plants as Culturally Salient Species
Traditional medicine, including the use of medicinal plants, is integral to healthcare and empowerment of individuals and communities worldwide. Preserving traditional knowledge of medicinal plants requires an understanding of social dynamics and knowledge transfer mechanisms that sustain these practices. This study aimed to explore stakeholder perspectives on the use of medicinal plants in South Tyrol (Italy) through a mixed-methods approach, co…
Beyond the lawn: Everyday landscapes, perception, and participation in semi-public residential green spaces
Semi-public residential green spaces are key components of urban everyday landscapes, shaping daily practices, social interaction, wellbeing, and access to nature, yet their social functions remain poorly understood compared to urban parks and community gardens. This study investigates how residents use and perceive residential green spaces in four neighbourhoods in Saarbrücken, Germany, comparing areas with and without community gardens. Using a…
Rising Strong: Cultivating Resilience in Edible City Entrepreneurship. Insights Into the Landscape of Urban Food Initiatives
In response to growing global challenges, this study explores how social entrepreneurship within the Edible City movement contributes to building resilient, sustainable, and equitable urban food systems. Drawing on semistructured interviews with over 70 stakeholders across five cities—Berlin, Andernach, Oslo, Rotterdam, and Havana—we investigate the motivations, business models, challenges, and scaling strategies of diverse urban food initiatives…
Balancing growth and conservation: Land-use policy scenarios for Uruguay’s grasslands
Land-use scenario simulations support policy decisions that seek to balance economic development with environmental conservation. In Uruguay’s Río de la Plata temperate grasslands, agribusiness expansion has driven land-use intensification, threatening biodiversity, ecosystem services, and rural livelihoods. This study integrates land-use data from 2000 to 2015 with explanatory variables in a multi-layer perceptron Markov model to predict vulnera…
Geography (6 works) · Ecology (5 works) · Land Use and Ecosystem Services (5 works) · Biology (4 works) · Environmental planning (4 works) · Biodiversity (3 works) · Environmental resource management (3 works) · Environmental Science (3 works) · Green infrastructure (3 works) · Urban Agriculture and Sustainability (3 works)