scholarly journals Global Drivers And Tradeoffs Of Three Urban Vegetation Ecosystem Services

Urban Ecology ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 125-148
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Urban Vegetation ◽  
Global Drivers

scholarly journals Global Drivers and Tradeoffs of Three Urban Vegetation Ecosystem Services

PLoS ONE ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. e113000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynnamon Dobbs ◽  
Craig R. Nitschke ◽  
Dave Kendal
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Urban Vegetation ◽  
Global Drivers

scholarly journals Urban Vegetation Types are Not Perceived Equally in Providing Ecosystem Services and Disservices

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 2076 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zuzana Drillet ◽  
Tze Fung ◽  
Rachel Leong ◽  
Uma Sachidhanandam ◽  
Peter Edwards ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Secondary Forest ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Urban Vegetation ◽  
Vegetation Types ◽  
Regulating Services ◽  
Planning And Management

Urban vegetation is important in providing ecosystem services to people. Different urban vegetation types provide contrasting suites of ecosystem services and disservices. Understanding public perceptions of the ecosystem services and disservices can therefore play an important role in shaping the planning and management of urban areas. We conducted an online survey (n = 1000) to understand how residents in the tropical city of Singapore perceived urban vegetation and the associated ecosystem services and disservices. The questionnaire was designed to explore whether different urban vegetation types (grass, shrubs, trees, trees over shrubs, and secondary forest) were perceived as equal in providing benefits. Respondents considered ecosystem services provided by urban vegetation to be more important than disservices. Among ecosystem services, regulating services were most highly rated, with more than 80% of the respondents appreciating urban vegetation for providing shade and improving air quality. Respondents recognized that different vegetation types provided different ecosystem services. For example, secondary forest was most commonly associated with education and wildlife, while trees were strongly associated with cooling and air quality. We conclude that in developing plans and designs for urban vegetation and ecosystem services, it is important to understand the perceptions, priorities, and concerns of residents.

scholarly journals Accounting for global drivers in landscape-level assessments of biodiversity and ecosystem services

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeannette Eggers ◽  
Ljusk Ola Eriksson ◽  
Eva-Maria Nordström ◽  
Tord Snäll
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Global Drivers ◽  
Landscape Level

The economics of biodiversity: the evolving agenda

2010 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 721-746 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHARLES PERRINGS
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Science And Policy ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Biodiversity Science ◽  
Biodiversity Change ◽  
Change Climate ◽  
Harmful Species ◽  
Global Drivers ◽  
Biodiversity Decline

ABSTRACTThis paper assesses how the economics of biodiversity, as a field, has evolved in response to developments in biodiversity science and policy over the life of the journal,Environment and Development Economics. Several main trends in the economics of biodiversity are identified. First, biodiversity change has come to be analyzed largely through its impact on ecosystem services (in the sense of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment). Second, there has been a growing focus on factors that optimally lead to biodiversity decline, i.e., the benefits to be had from reducing the abundance of pests, predators, pathogens, and competitors. Third, increasing attention is being paid to two global drivers of biodiversity change, climate and global economic integration, and the effect they have on the distribution and abundance of both beneficial and harmful species. Fourth, there has been growing interest in the development of instruments to deal with the transboundary public good aspect of biodiversity, and in particular in the development of payments for ecosystem services. The paper identifies the influence of these trends on attempts to model the role of biodiversity in the production of goods and services.

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