- Urban ecosystem services: Ways of consideration in planning decisions
- Urban climatology: adaptation strategies, measures and their local implementation
- Measurement and evaluation of urban heat effects
Dr. rer. nat. Denise Heike Böhnke
- KIT Scientific Coordinator of Urban Research
CN 141- denise boehnke ∂ kit edu
- www.urban.kit.edu/english/158.php
- Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1
76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen
Research focus
Topics of interest
- Urban Ecosystem Services
- Urban ecology and urban greenery
- Climate adaptation in urban development and planning
- Heat stress and biometeorology
- Microclimate near the ground
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NaMaRes – Ressourcenmanagement im Quartier im Kontext nachhaltiger Stadtentwicklung |
Closed research projects
Technical, economical, social and political consequences of decommissioning of nuclear facilities at regional and local level (FoRK) (2016) IfGG
Analysis of the ecology of disease-transmitting ticks with regard to habitat, landscape, host animals and weather / climate (2012 – 2016) ZUP Baden-Württemberg
Career
Since 2017 | Post Doc, Research assistant at the Institute of Regional Science, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) | |
2012 – 2016 | Research assistant at the Institute of Geography and Geoecology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) | |
2011 – 2012 | Project work in environmental and landscape planning |
Academic career, research grants and qualifications
Juli 2016 | Doctorate in natural sciences (Dr.rer.nat.), topic of the dissertation: „Habitat ecology and microclimatic influences on the distribution of Ixodes ricinus ticks in Baden-Württemberg” , published in the KIT library | |
2014 – 2015 | Full scholarship at the Helmholtz Graduate School for Climate and Environment (GRACE) | |
2012 – 2013 | Mentoring program of KIT (X-Ment ) | |
2012 – 2016 | Training in the field of project management and scientific writing (amongst others), financed by Karlsruhe House of Young Scientists (KHYS) | |
2012 – 2016 | Certified training programme at the Helmholtz Graduate School for Climate and Environment (GRACE) | |
2003 – 2011 | Studies in Geoecology at the KIT (until 2009: University of Karlsruhe), graduated with a diploma in Geoecology |
Research visits abroad
2014 – 2015 | Visiting scientist at the Institute of Veterinary Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Austria. | |
Nov. 2013 | Visiting scientist at the Animal Pathology, University of Zaragoza, Spain. |
Teaching / supervised theses (from 2019)
- Lecture, internship and seminar: Urban Ecology (at ifgg)
- Supervision of students degree theses
- Structural and functional diversity of city squares - an assessment concept (2020). Bachelor thesis
- Development of an urban climatological model for the analyses of cold air flows and the urban heat island using the Innenstadt-Ost in Karlsruhe as an example (2020). Master Thesis (in German).
- Modeling of urban climate effects of building measures on the southern campus of the KIT on adjacent urban areas (2019). Master's Thesis (in German).
- The heat stress and effects of the environmental parameters of the Lidellplatz in downtown Karlsruhe on the human bioclimate (2019). Master thesis (in German).
- Inventory of ecosystem services in the eastern city centre of Karlsruhe (2020). Bachelor thesis (in German).
Publications
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Boehnke, Denise; Gebhardt, Reiner; Petney, Trevor; Norra, Stefan (2017) On the complexity of measuring forests microclimate and interpreting its relevance in habitat ecology: the example of Ixodes ricinus ticks In: Parasites and Vectors, in press. DOI 10.1186/s13071-017-2498-5 Open access |
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2016 |
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Böhnke, Denise (2016) Habitat ecology and microclimatic influences on the distribution of Ixodes ricinus ticks in Baden-Württemberg Dissertation, Karlsruhe DOI(KIT): 10.5445/IR/1000061789 Open access |
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Brugger, Katharina; Boehnke, Denise; Petney, Trevor; Dobler, Gerhard; Pfeffer, Martin; Silaghi, Cornelia; Schaub, Günter; Pinior, Beate; Dautel, Hans; Kahl, Olaf; Pfister, Kurt, Süss, Jochen; Rubel, Franz (2016) A Density Map of the Tick-Borne Encephalitis and Lyme Borreliosis Vector Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) for Germany In: Journal of Medical Entomology, vol.53, n°6, 2016, p. 1292-1302. DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjw116 Access |
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Boehnke D; Brugger K; Pfäffle M; Sebastian P; Norra S; Petney T; Oehme R; Littwin N; Lebl K; Raith J; Walter M; Gebhardt R; Rubel F (2015) Estimating Ixodes ricinus densities on the landscape scale International Journal of Health Geographics. DOI: 10.1186/s12942-015-0015-7 Open access |
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Petney T; Pfäffle M.; Littwin N.; Norra S.; Böhnke D.; Hogewind F.; Gebhardt R.; Oehme R; Steidle J.; Kahl O.; Dautel H. (2015) Untersuchung der Ökologie von Zecken als Überträger von Krankheitserregern in Baden - Württemberg in Bezug auf Habitat, Landnutzung, Wirtstiere und Klima In: Fachdokumente zur Umweltforschung der LUBW. Gefördert durch Programm „Lebensgrundlage Umwelt und ihre Sicherung“ (LUBW), Land Baden-Württemberg. Zwischenbericht 2015 |
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Presentations and posters
Volk, Rebekka; Lützkendorf, Thomas; Schambelon, Sophia; Naber, Elias; Mörmann, Kai; Böhnke, Denise; Norra, Stefan; Schuhmann, Rainer; Ehrbecht, Anke; Baloutski, Maria, Schultmann, Frank (2020) NaMaRes: Stakeholder-specific assessment of resource-efficiency measures in urban districts - first results Poster at Beyond 2020 – World Sustainable Built Environment Conference. 9. – 11. Juni 2020 |
Boehnke, Denise (2020) Implementation of climate adaptation in urban land use planning - Findings of a pilot study Lecture at 5th Dortmund Conference „Rethinking spaces - Planning in a changing world“. Dortmund. 17. - 18. Februar 2020 |
Boehnke, Denise (2019) ): Possibilities and barriers of municipal climate change adaptation in RLP. Experts Café and panel discussion Experts Café and panel discussion. Foundation for Ecology and Democracy e. V., Annweiler. 29.10.2019 (in German) |
Boehnke, Denise (2019) Environmental and Health Impacts in Cities Lecture at GRACE Summer School, Clean Energy and Sustainability, Possidi, Greece. 2.-6. September 2019 |