Urban ecosystem services

Erik Gómez-Baggethun; Åsa Gren; David N. Barton; Johannes Langemeyer; Timon McPhearson; Patrick O’farrell; Erik Andersson; Zoé Hamstead; Peleg Kremer

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-7088-1_11

Urban ecosystem services

Erik Gómez-Baggethun^*, Åsa Gren, David N. Barton, Johannes Langemeyer, Timon McPhearson, Patrick O’farrell, Erik Andersson, Zoé Hamstead, Peleg Kremer

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We explore the potential of urban ecosystem services for improving resilience and quality of life in cities. First, we classify and categorize important ecosystem services and disservices in urban areas. Second, we describe a range of valuation approaches (cultural values, health benefi ts, economic costs, and resilience) for capturing the importance of urban ecosystem service multiple values. Finally, we analyze how ecosystem service assessment may inform urban planning and governance and provide practical examples from cities in Africa, Europe, and America. From our review, we fi nd that many urban ecosystem services have already been identifi ed, characterized and valued, and have been found to be of great value and importance for human well-being and urban resilience. We conclude that the use of the concept of urban ecosystem services can play a critical role in reconnecting cities to the biosphere, and reducing the ecological footprint and ecological debt of cities while enhancing resilience, health, and quality of life of their inhabitants.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities: A Global Assessment
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Pages	175-251
Number of pages	77
ISBN (Electronic)	9789400770881
ISBN (Print)	9789400770874
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7088-1_11 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7088-1_11
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2013

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Gómez-Baggethun, E., Gren, Å., Barton, D. N., Langemeyer, J., McPhearson, T., O’farrell, P., Andersson, E., Hamstead, Z., & Kremer, P. (2013). Urban ecosystem services. In Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities: A Global Assessment (pp. 175-251). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7088-1_11, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7088-1_11

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