Does the Ecosystem Service Concept Reach its Limits in Urban Environments?

Abstract: There is a rapidly growing body of literature on the theory about the ecosystem service concept and the practical assessment of ecosystem services in different contexts ranging from natural to urban environments. Yet, where does the concept reach its limits? This paper critically reflects the application of the ecosystem service concept in urban environments illustrating the handling of urban structures (incl. built-up areas) and the risk that the normative principle of the concept could be missed. It is shown that in theory urban structures refer to a variety of ecosystem concepts. As a starting point for ecosystem service assessments, these could be classified into natural, managed, constructed and overbuilt systems. Since ecosystem service concepts do not directly refer to a specific ecosystem definition, but to biophysical structures and processes, all of these classes could be included. However, the dependency on context and scale makes a differentiation in  practical ecosyst.... https://www.landscape-online.org/index.php/lo/article/view/29

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Does the Ecosystem Service Concept Reach its Limits in Urban Environments? ; volume:51 ; day:04 ; month:06 ; year:2017 ; Landscape online ; 51 (04.06.2017)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Beichler, Simone A. ; Bastian, Olaf ; Haase, Dagmar ; Heiland, Stefan ; Kabisch, Nadja ; Müller, Felix

Further information

• DOI: 10.3097/LO.201751
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020060816181136101566
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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