Nathalie Baumann

Personal profile

Position at the ZHAW

Lecturer, Researcher & Consultant, Research Group Green Space Development, Institute of Natural Resource Sciences

www.zhaw.ch/iunr/gruenraum

Professional development teaching

CAS Stadtraum Landschaft

Expertise and research interests

Applied Research, Urban Ecosystem, Biodiversity, Urban Ecology, Green Infrastructures, River Ecology, Ornithology, Biogeographical Issues, Conservation Biology, Consultancy, Continuing Education and Training for professionals, E-Learning, Migration and Integration (Ethnology), Online Communication (Website, Webtools), Performance and Landscape, Mediation

Educational background

Biogeograph, Urban Ecologist University of Basel
Master of Sciences at EAWAG: "Effect of river revitalisation on ground nesting birds".
Further educations: Project management, Performance and Landscape, Ecology, Environment, CAS University didactics

Professional milestones

2001 - 2004 Research associate in an extracurricular project: www.mal.ch
Marketplace for extracurricular learning (BBT funding)
2005 - 2016 Research associate at today's ZHAW in Wädenswil, Deputy project manager of the FOEN project (2006-2009): Ecological compensation on the roof: vegetation and ground-nesting birds
CAS Nature en ville - offered since 2012 at the Hepia in Geneva (structure and organization, coordination)
CAS Natur im Siedlungsraum (Study Administration) - available from autumn 2014 in Wädenswil.
Teaching at the ZHAW IUNR, BA course and advanced training for experts (Project Week Moscia, Basic Modules UÖ1-3, Plant Planning, Building Greening, Environmental Ecology I, Project Week Environmental Analysis on Green Roofing / Rainwater Management etc.) and also supervise Semster and Bachelor Theses.
Lecturer and head of the Modul „Biodiversity in Settlement Area“ (since 2018)
ZHAW Lehrpreis 2018 Winner (1st Prize, Transformation in Teaching) and CS Award for best teaching 2018

Membership of networks

• FachFrauen Umwelt FFU
• Society for Urban Ecology SURE
• Ala, Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Vogelkunde und Vogelschutz

Projects

• Entwicklung Praxishandbuch «Klimaangepasste Pflanz- und Grünflächen» / Team member / Project ongoing
• Reference values and quality criteria for biodiversity in settlement areas / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Fokus Biodiversität 2.0 / Team member / Project ongoing
• Digitales Lehrangebot - Naturnahe Gestaltung und Pflege von Grünräumen / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Pilotphase Evaluation Grünstadt Schweiz / Deputy project leader / Project ongoing
• Familiengärten Schaffhausen / Team member / Project completed
• Potential of buildings for biodiversity and landscape quality in agglomerations / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• Entwicklung einer Dokumentation und Visualisierung für Pflegeprofile im Grünraum / Team member / Project completed
• DeMo. Urban Ecosystems Design and Modelling: A spatial based approach to integrate habitats in constructed ecosystems / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• Mission B - Development of Research Lab on Roof / Project leader / Project completed
• Fokus Biodiversität / Team member / Project completed
• More than hay / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• SMART?Roofs / Team member / Project completed
• Up on the roof! / Project leader / Project completed
• "Pulse" / Team member / Project completed

Publications

• Catalano, Chiara; Meslec, Mihaela; Boileau, Jules; Guarino, Riccardo; Aurich, Isabella; Baumann, Nathalie; Chartier, Frédéric; Dalix, Pascale; Deramond, Sophie; Laube, Patrick; Lee, Angela Ka Ki; Ochsner, Pascal; Pasturel, Marine; Soret, Marie; Moulherat, Sylvain,

  2021.

  Smart sustainable cities of the new millennium : towards design for nature.

  Circular Economy and Sustainability.

  1(3), pp. 1053-1086.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s43615-021-00100-6

• Baumann, Nathalie,

  2006.

  Ground-nesting birds on green roofs in Switzerland : preliminary observations.

  Urban Habitats.

  4(1), pp. 37-50.

  Available from: http://www.urbanhabitats.org/v04n01/birds_full.html

• Baumann, Nathalie; Catalano, Chiara; Pasta, Salvatore,

  2021.

  Improving extensive green roofs for endangered ground-nesting birds

  .

  In:

  Catalano, Chiara; Andreucci, Maria Beatrice; Guarino, Riccardo; Bretzel, Francesca; Leone, Manfredi; Pasta, Salvatore, eds.,

  Urban Services to Ecosystems.

  Cham:

  Springer.

  pp. 13-29.

  Future City.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75929-2_2

• Baumann, Nathalie; Kasten, Friederike,

  2010.

  Green roofs : urban habitats for ground-nesting birds and plants

  .

  In:

  Müller, Norbert; Werner, Peter; Kelcey, John G., eds.,

  Urban biodiversity and design.

  Wiley.

  pp. 348-362.

  Conservation science and practice series ; 7.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444318654.ch18

• Baumann, Nathalie,

  2010.

  Ecological compensation on the roof : ground-nesting birds and vegetation [paper].

  In:

  World Green Roof Congress 2010, London, United Kingdom, 15-16 September 2010.

• Baumann, Nathalie,

  2010.

  Green roofs in Switzerland : urban habitats for ground-nesting birds, insects and plants [paper].

  In:

  CITYGREEN: Stepping up with green.

  Green Urban Scape Asia, 2010.

  Centre for Urban Greenery and Ecology.

• Baumann, Nathalie,

  2008.

  Establishment of vegetation (local dry meadows) on flat roofs and creation of habitat for ground nesting Birds [paper].

  In:

  World Green Roof Congress 2008, London, United Kingdom, 16-19 September 2008.

• Bortoluzzi, Francesco; Linpinsel, Marco, eds.,

  2023.

  Erarbeitung von Massnahmen und Kennzahlen zum Ziel 8 des Green Impact Book : die ZHAW steigert die ökologisch bewirtschafteten Grün- und Dachflächen.

  Wädenswil:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27342

• Baumann, Nathalie; Domschky, Anke,

  2022.

  Greening buildings and the potential for more biodiversity and well-being in Switzerland.

  The Nature of Cities.

  Available from: https://www.thenatureofcities.com/2022/11/09/greening-buildings-and-the-potential-for-more-biodiversity-and-well-being-in-switzerland/

• Baumann, Nathalie; Domschky, Anke; Jüstrich, Sarah; Rijks, Monique; Schafroth, Andrea; Senn, Julia; Wiesinger, Stefanie,

  2022.

  Studienauftrag «Potenzial von Gebäuden für Biodiversität und Landschaftsqualität in Agglomerationen» : Projekt A2.2 Aktionsplan Strategie Biodiversität Schweiz.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-25872

• Domschky, Anke; Baumann, Nathalie,

  2021.

  Bauten, Bäume und Blaumeisen – Koexistenz von Architektur und Biodiversität.

  Werk, Bauen + Wohnen.

  2021(11), pp. 45-47.

• Baumann, Nathalie; Domschky, Anke; Züger, Roland,

  2021.

  Transdisziplinäre Lehre : gemeinsam auf der Suche nach Lösungen.

  HOTSPOT.

  2021(44), pp. 12.

• MacIvor, J. Scott; Starry, Olyssa; Brenneisen, Stephan; Baumann, Nathalie; Grant, Gary; Kadas, Gyondover; Köhler, Manfred; Lundholm, Jeremy T.,

  2018.

  Introduction: “Looking up” to green roofs to understand urban biodiversity : a decade on.

  Urban Naturalist.

  2018(1), pp. 2-8.

• Catalano, Chiara; Baumann, Nathalie,

  2017.

  Biosolar roofs : a symbiosis between biodiverse green roofs and renewable energy.

  Citygreen.

  2017(15), pp. 42-49.

• Catalano, Chiara; Brenneisen, Stephan; Baumann, Nathalie; Guarino, Riccardo,

  2016.

  I tetti verdi di tipo estensivo : biodiversità ad alta quota.

  Reticula.

  2016(12), pp. 1-10.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4701

• Vogelwarte Sempach, ed.,

  2015.

  Erfolgreiche Kiebitzbruten auf extensiv begrünten : das Beispiel der Flachdächer der Firma ALSO Schweiz AG, Emmen, mit weiterführenden Massnahmen und Tipps für die Umsetzung.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://www.vogelwarte.ch/assets/files/publications/upload2015/Horch%20et%20al%202015%20Kiebitzbruten%20auf%20Flachdaechern_Emmen.pdf

• Baumann, Nathalie,

  2014.

  Corridors biologiques : des pas japonais sur les toits des bâtiments.

  La Revue Durable.

  2014(52), pp. 46-48.

• Baumann, Nathalie,

  2014.

  Environment - les toits végétalisés : un espace de biodiversité dans nos villes.

  Terre & Nature.

  115(24), pp. 2-3.

• Baumann, Nathalie,

  2014.

  Les toitures, des paradis pour la nature.

  Idea : intérieur - design - édification - architecture.

  2014(4), pp. 40-41.

• Baumann, Nathalie,

  2012.

  Portraits des friches : des toits en verts.

  Salamandre.

  26(209), pp. 27-29.

• Baumann, Nathalie,

  2011.

  Green roofs in Switzerland : urban habitats for ground-nesting birds, insects and plants [paper].

  In:

  CITYGREEN: Stepping up with green.

  Green Urban Scape Asia, 2011.

  Centre for Urban Greenery and Ecology.

• Brenneisen, Stephan; Baumann, Nathalie; Tausendpfund, Doris,

  2010.

  Ökologischer Ausgleich auf dem Dach : Vegetation und bodenbrütende Vögel.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4824

• Baumann, Nathalie,

  2010.

  Auf dem Dach des Baumarktes nisten seltene Vögel.

  Berner Zeitung.

• Baumann, Nathalie,

  2010.

  Genève et Lausanne invitent la nature sur leur toit : urbanisme.

  Terre & Nature.

• Baumann, Nathalie,

  2008.

  Auch wir wollen leben!.

  Zuger Woche.

• Baumann, Nathalie,

  2008.

  Die tollkühnen Flugkünstler ....

  Zuger Woche.

• Baumann, Nathalie,

  2008.

  Rarer Platz für den Flugkünstler.

  Zuger Zeitung.

• Baumann, Nathalie,

  2008.

  Vegetation und bodenbrütende Vögel : Ökologischer Ausgleich auf dem Dach.

  G'plus.

  2008(11).

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