Partner 1	UFZ Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Interdisciplinary Department of Urban Landscapes (UFZ)
http://www.ufz.de	The Interdisciplinary Department of Urban Landscapes is responsible for drawing up and organising interdisciplinary research in the field of urban ecology and development. This partner is perfectly suited to take over the role as project co-ordinator, since the department owns competence in conception, co-ordination and guidance of large applied interdisciplinary research projects on sustainable urban development as well as it owns competence and experience in co-operating with cities in research tasks as e. g. sustainable urban development. In addition, this partner leads the processing of work package (WP) 11 (Comparison).
Permoserstrasse 15 04318 Leipzig Germany	Prof. Dr. Jürgen Breuste Hans Kasperidus Kathleen Voigt Sandra Wohlleber	juergen.breuste@sbg.ac.at hans.kasperidus@ufz.de kathleen.voigt@ufz.de sandra.wohlleber@ufz.de	++43 662 8044 5241 ++49 341 235 2601 ++49 341 235 2784 ++49 341 235 2181

Subcontract UFZ-SRC	SRC
http://www.infosociety.de	The SRC Hamburg Scientific Research & Consulting GbR provides IT-services for science and research projects mainly in the field of Internet Portals and Virtual Communities. SRC will support the consortium in the design and technical implementation of the Internet/Intranet structure for the project's communication platform to optimise the communication between the consortium, reference cities and the public. They will directly contribute to work package Network (WP 10).
Berliner Ufer 14 20457 Hamburg Germany	Mathias Lintl Philipp Riefke	lintl@infosociety.de	++49 40 317 618 19 ++49 171 1958949 ++49 170 7729379

Partner 2	Institute of Ecological and Regional Development, Dresden (IOER)
http://www.ioer.de	The Dresden-based Institut für ökologische Raumentwicklung e. V. (IOER - Institute of Ecological and Regional Development) has the task of scientifically addressing basic issues relating to the ecological regeneration of formerly industrialised regions, to national and regional development, and to urban ecology in heavily polluted and densely populated regions as well as of investigating fundamental questions concerning housing. Particular attention is paid in the process to the source conditions, development perspectives, instruments to be deployed and transboundary specifications for an ecologically and economically viable process of renewal. The IOER supports partner 3 in WP 1 (Ecological Criteria), organises the network (WP 10) and is responsible for the conduction of WP 12 (Manual).
Weberplatz 1 01217 Dresden Germany	Prof. Dr. Bernhard Müller Dr. Juliane Mathey Dr. Carlos Smaniotto Costa Daniel Eichhorn Katrin Kettner Birgit Kochan Daniela Morgenstern Stefanie Rößler Berit Edlich	B.Mueller@ioer.de J.Mathey@ioer.de C.Smaniotto-Costa@ioer.de D.Eichhorn@ioer.de K.Kettner@ioer.de B.Kochan@ioer.de D.Morgenstern@ioer.de S.Roessler@ioer.de beritedlich@gmx.net	++49 351 46 79 211 ++49 351 46 79 231 ++49 351 46 79 221 ++49 351 46 79 249 ++49 351 46 79 208 ++49 351 46 79 232 ++49 351 46 79 215 ++49 351 46 79 215

Partner 3	University of Helsinki, Department of Ecology and Systematics, Division of Population Biology (UH)
http://www.helsinki.fi/english/	The main areas of this partner include ecology, evolution, urban ecology, conservation biology and bio-diversity. The partner is the leader of WP 1 (Ecological Criteria). In this work package, it obtains support from partner 2 due to the extensive dimension of the ecological tasks in the project.
Arkadiankatu 7 (PO Box 17) 00014 University of Helsinki Finland	Prof. Dr. Jari Niemelä Stephen Venn	jari.niemela@helsinki.fi stephen.venn@helsinki.fi	++358 9 19157849 ++358 9 19157712

Partner 4	Department of Spatial Economics of the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam (ESI)
http://www.econ.vu.nl	This partner carries out fundamental and applied research in the following fields: urban and regional economics; transport economics; environmental economics; and geographical information systems (GIS). The department is involved in a large number of externally funded contract research projects and has the disposal of two specialised research centres: a GIS-laboratory and MASTER-point, the latter specialised in Meta-analytical research. Furthermore, the department operates in close co-operation with the Economic and Social Institute of the Vrije Universiteit. Among the contractors are various governmental institutions (European Commission, Dutch Ministries, and regional and local authorities), financial institutes (World Bank, ING-bank) and transport organisations (Dutch National Railway Company). The department is well established and recognised in the scientific community; the quality of the methodological approaches is proven by the numerous publications in high quality international scientific journals and presentation at well-established international congresses by members of the department. The Deparment is responsible for WP 2 (Economic Criteria), thus investigates benefit-cost aspects, fiscal framework and financing issues of urban green projects.
De Boelelaan 1105 1081 HV Amsterdam The Netherlands	Prof. Dr. Peter Nijkamp Caroline Rodenburg Eveline van Leeuwen Tüzin Baycan Levent	pnijkamp@econ.vu.nl crodenburg@feweb.vu.nl eleeuwen@feweb.vu.nl tbaycanlevent@feweb.vu.nl	++31 20 444 6090 ++31 20 444 6088 ++31 20 444 6090 ++31 20 444 6106

Partner 5	University of Central England in Birmingham, School of Landscape (UCE)
http://www.uce.ac.uk	This partner is broadly experienced in landscape planning matters, especially in the field of urban landscapes and their social aspects. The partner is responsible for WP 3 (Sociological Criteria), dealing with the identification of claims to urban green spaces, raised by various stakeholder groups.
Franchise Street Perry Barr B42 2SU Birmingham U.K.	Dr. Richard Coles Maria Caserio	richard.coles@uce.ac.uk maria.caserio@uce.ac.uk	++44 121 331 5155 ++44 121 331 6504

Partner 6	Comett Li.Sa., Genoa (COMETTLI.SA.)
http://www.comett.unige.it	The main objectives of this partner are urban planning and the development of co-operation between universities and enterprises. Comett Li.Sa. has developed experience and competence in drafting and managing projects and measures with various EU programmes. This partner is leader of WP 4 (Planning Criteria), concentrating on Western Europe tasks of urban planning (Eastern European tasks are dealt with by partners 7 and 9). In addition, Comett Li.Sa. conducts WP 13 (Obligations).
Via P. E. Bensa 1 16124 Genoa Italy	Dr. Giovanni Varese Stefano Gamboni	leonardo@unige.it	++39 010 2471473 mobile ++39 0328 29330327 ++39 010 2471473

Partner 7	Geographical Research Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest (GRI HAS)
http://www.miwo.hu/partner/ mtafki/ indexa.html	The main task of the institute is to organise basic and applied research, both related to the human and physical environment. One of the main research topics of the institute is sustainable urban development of agglomerations. This partner is the main supporter of partner 6 in elaborating planning criteria (WP 4) by integrating its competence regarding East European planning issues. In addition, the institute is the leader of WP 5 (Interdisciplinary Criteria).
Budaorsi ut 45 1112 Budapest Hungary	Dr. Zoltan Kovacs Kinga Mikle	Zkovacs@heka.iif.hu ugergely@sparc.core.hu	++36 1 309 1467 ++36 1 309 1458

Partner 9	Budapest Urban Planning Ltd. (BFVT)
	This partner is specialised in urban and environmental planning in Eastern Europe. Due to extremely complicated conditions of planning in this region, it seemed necessary to involve a second partner that owns practical experience in this field. The enterprise contributes to WP 4 (Planning Criteria) and supports the City of Budapest in conducting WP 6 (Case Study Budapest).
Varoshaz u. 9-11 1052 Budapest Hungary	Dr. Katalin Nagy Andrea Niedetzky	nagykat@bfvt.hu niedetzky@bfvt.hu	++36 1 3173296 ++36 1 3173296

Partner 10	Municipality of the City of Birmingham (BCC)
http://www.birmingham.gov.uk	The City of Birmingham represents urban areas of Western Europe in the research project. It is responsible for WP 7 (Case Study Birmingham). The municipality contributes its experience in green space management which always has played an important role in Birmingham, and contributes also its openness towards potential innovations.
Baskerville House Broad Street B1 2NE Birmingham U.K.	Geoff Cole Nick Grayson Peter Moinyhan	Geoff_cole@birmingham.gov.uk nick_grayson@birmingham.gov.uk peter_moinyhan@birmingham.gov.uk	++44 121 303 4477 ++44 121 464 1045 ++44 121 303 4240

Partner 11	Administration of the Region of Liguria (RL)
http://www.regione.liguria.it	The Region of Liguria acts as representative for the City of Genoa, covering the Mediterranean aspects of the research project. Due to its geographical location (between mountain ranges and the shore), Genoa traditionally has been limited in its growth and therefore has to meet special demands in relation with green space policies. This partner leads the WP 8 (Case Study Genoa).
Via D'Annunzio 113 8e 16121 Genoa Italy	Dr. Giovanni Gaggero Dr. Giuseppe Ruzzeddu	gaggerog@regione.liguria.it giuseppe.ruzzeddu@regione. liguria.it	++39 0105484060 ++39 010 5484225

Partner 12	Municipality of the City of Leipzig (LCC)
http://www.leipzig.de	The Central European City of Leipzig, located in the former GDR, contributes particular aspects of urban green politics to the research project. The city is still in a transformation process, due to the on-going adaptation to the Western states of Germany, that also influences local green space policies. This partner is responsible for WP 9 (Case Study Leipzig). Subcontract LCC-Akzente: The city of Leipzig has selected the planning company "Akzente" (Architecture and Landscape Planning GdR) for the support in the vegetation analysis in the two study areas. This sub-contractor contributes to WP 9.
Nonnenstrasse 5c 04229 Leipzig Germany	Susanne Scharpen Karmen Seidel Anett Weiße	susannescharpen@t-online.de kseidel@leipzig.de aweisse@leipzig.de	++49 3379 207813 ++49 341 123 6147 ++49 341 123 6179