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Paul C Sutton - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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scenario planning including Ecosystem Services for a coastal region in south australia
Ecosystem services, 2018Co-Authors: Harpinder Sandhu, Beverley Clarke, Ryan Baring, Sharolyn Anderson, Claire Fisk, Sabine Dittmann, Stewart Walker, Paul C SuttonAbstract:Abstract Coastal regions provide vital Ecosystem Services for the human well-being. Rapid economic growth and increasing population in coastal regions is exerting more pressure on coastal environments. Here we develop four plausible scenarios to the year 2050 that address above issues in the northern Adelaide coastline, South Australia. Four scenarios were named after their characteristics, Lacuna, Gold Coast SA, Down to Earth, and Green & Gold. Lacuna and Gold Coast SA. Economy declined significantly in Lacuna, whereas, there is highest annual GDP growth (3.5%) in Gold Coast SA, which was closely followed by Green & Gold scenario (3%), GDP under Down to Earth grows at moderate 1.5%. There is highest population growth in Gold Coast SA followed by Green & Gold, Down to Earth and Lacuna. Gold Coast SA scenario led to high inequality as estimated by the Gini co-efficient of 0.45 compared to the current value of 0.33. Ecosystem Services declined rapidly under Green & Gold and Lacuna as compared to the other two scenarios. The combination of scenario planning and Ecosystem Services Valuation provides the capacity to guide coastal planning by illustrating enhanced social, environmental and economic benefits.
Rudolf De Groot - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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assessing the importance of cultural Ecosystem Services in urban areas of beijing municipality
Ecosystem services, 2017Co-Authors: Lin Zhen, Yuehan Dou, Rudolf De GrootAbstract:The world is rapidly urbanising, with both positive and negative consequences. One major challenge is how to secure the long-term quality of life for urban residents. Many studies on quality of life are based on ‘material’ Ecosystem Services (i.e., provisioning and regulating Services), with less attention paid to the non-material benefits gained from nature (e.g., green and blue spaces), which have been called cultural Ecosystem Services (CES). However, these non-material Services are often most important to urban residents. Understanding perceptions and awareness of CES provided by urban blue space (i.e., water and wetlands) and green space (i.e., urban forest and grassland) are therefore important to support planning, creation, and protection of these spaces. To tackle these problems, we assessed and quantified the CES provided by urban green and blue space in six metropolitan areas of Beijing. By combining Ecosystem Services Valuation with surveys (466 questionnaires and 16 expert interviews), we gained insights into residents’ perceptions of CES. Surprisingly, blue areas in metropolitan Beijing were valued at least 4.3 times higher than the value of green areas. More than 80% of the residents were willing to pay for maintenance of urban blue and green areas (an average of almost 64 RMB/year). The contributions of cultural Services are likely to increase if stakeholders value natural Ecosystems more in urban areas than in rural or mountainous areas because of the additional value of these rare resources in densely populated areas.
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designing an integrated knowledge base to support Ecosystem Services Valuation
Ecological Economics, 2002Co-Authors: Ferdinando Villa, Matthew A Wilson, Rudolf De Groot, Steven Farber, Robert Costanza, Roelof BoumansAbstract:Abstract Quantifying the value of Ecosystem Services is important for the social recognition and acceptance of Ecosystem management across multiple geographic scales. Yet, the data required to perform such quantifications and the dynamic models that allow the projection of policy changes into the future are currently scattered, incomplete, and difficult to use. We describe the design of the Ecosystem Services Database (ESD), an integrated, web-accessible knowledge base that links a relational database for temporally and spatially explicit data to dynamic simulation models. The ESD architecture supports unit standardization, scale translation in space and time, and statistical analysis. Process-based dynamic models and Valuation methods can be run by end users either through a web-based simulation engine or on their own computers by means of open-source software. The knowledge base will serve as: (1) a communication tool for use by researchers in several fields; (2) an analytical tool for meta-analysis, synthesis, and prediction; (3) an educational tool to disseminate knowledge on Ecosystem Services and their Valuation; (4) a collaborative tool for institutions involved in different aspects of Ecosystem service Valuation; and (5) a prototype for linking databases and dynamic models.
Joern Fischer - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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cultural Ecosystem Services a literature review and prospects for future research
Ecology and Society, 2013Co-Authors: Andra Ioana Milcu, Jan Hanspach, David J Abson, Joern FischerAbstract:Cultural Ecosystem Services constitute a growing field of research that is characterized by an increasing number of publications from various academic disciplines. We conducted a semiquantitative review of publications explicitly dealing with cultural Ecosystem Services. Our aims were: (1) to provide an overview of the current state of research, (2) to classify the diversity of research approaches by identifying clusters of publications that address cultural Ecosystem Services in similar ways, and (3) to highlight some important challenges for the future of cultural Ecosystem Services research. We reviewed 107 publications and extracted 20 attributes describing their type and content, including methods, scales, drivers of change, and trade-offs between Services. Using a cluster analysis on a subset of attributes we identified five groups of publications: Group 1, conceptual focus, deals with theoretical issues; Group 2, descriptive reviews, consists mostly of desktop studies; Group 3, localized outcomes, deals with case studies coming from different disciplines; Group 4, social and participatory, deals mainly with assessing preferences and perceptions; and Group 5, economic assessments, provides economic Valuations. Emerging themes in cultural Ecosystem Services research relate to improving methods for cultural Ecosystem Services Valuation, studying cultural Ecosystem Services in the context of Ecosystem service bundles, and more clearly articulating policy implications. Based on our findings, we conclude that: (1) cultural Ecosystem Services are well placed as a tool to bridge gaps between different academic disciplines and research communities, (2) capitalizing on the societal relevance of cultural Ecosystem Services could help address real-world problems, and (3) cultural Ecosystem Services have the potential to foster new conceptual links between alternative logics relating to a variety of social and ecological issues.
Robert G Paterson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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integrating Ecosystem Services analysis into scenario planning practice accounting for street tree benefits with i tree Valuation in central texas
Journal of Environmental Management, 2014Co-Authors: Thomas Hilde, Robert G PatersonAbstract:Abstract Scenario planning continues to gain momentum in the United States as an effective process for building consensus on long-range community plans and creating regional visions for the future. However, efforts to integrate more sophisticated information into the analytical framework to help identify important Ecosystem Services have lagged in practice. This is problematic because understanding the tradeoffs of land consumption patterns on ecological integrity is central to mitigating the environmental degradation caused by land use change and new development. In this paper we describe how an Ecosystem Services Valuation model, i-Tree , was integrated into a mainstream scenario planning software tool, Envision Tomorrow , to assess the benefits of public street trees for alternative future development scenarios. The tool is then applied to development scenarios from the City of Hutto, TX, a Central Texas Sustainable Places Project demonstration community. The integrated tool represents a methodological improvement for scenario planning practice, offers a way to incorporate Ecosystem Services analysis into mainstream planning processes, and serves as an example of how open source software tools can expand the range of issues available for community and regional planning consideration, even in cases where community resources are limited. The tool also offers room for future improvements; feasible options include canopy analysis of various future land use typologies, as well as a generalized street tree model for broader U.S. application.
Harpinder Sandhu - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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scenario planning including Ecosystem Services for a coastal region in south australia
Ecosystem services, 2018Co-Authors: Harpinder Sandhu, Beverley Clarke, Ryan Baring, Sharolyn Anderson, Claire Fisk, Sabine Dittmann, Stewart Walker, Paul C SuttonAbstract:Abstract Coastal regions provide vital Ecosystem Services for the human well-being. Rapid economic growth and increasing population in coastal regions is exerting more pressure on coastal environments. Here we develop four plausible scenarios to the year 2050 that address above issues in the northern Adelaide coastline, South Australia. Four scenarios were named after their characteristics, Lacuna, Gold Coast SA, Down to Earth, and Green & Gold. Lacuna and Gold Coast SA. Economy declined significantly in Lacuna, whereas, there is highest annual GDP growth (3.5%) in Gold Coast SA, which was closely followed by Green & Gold scenario (3%), GDP under Down to Earth grows at moderate 1.5%. There is highest population growth in Gold Coast SA followed by Green & Gold, Down to Earth and Lacuna. Gold Coast SA scenario led to high inequality as estimated by the Gini co-efficient of 0.45 compared to the current value of 0.33. Ecosystem Services declined rapidly under Green & Gold and Lacuna as compared to the other two scenarios. The combination of scenario planning and Ecosystem Services Valuation provides the capacity to guide coastal planning by illustrating enhanced social, environmental and economic benefits.
