Piloting urban ecosystem accounting for the United States
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2020.101226
Abstract: Abstract In this study, we develop urban ecosystem accounts in the U.S., using the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting Experimental Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EEA) framework. Most ecosystem accounts focus on regional and national scales, which are… read more here.
Keywords: ecosystem; ecosystem accounting; urban ecosystem; 2011 2016 ... See more keywords
Responses of urban ecosystem health to precipitation extreme: A case study in Beijing and Tianjin
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.12.125
Abstract: Abstract Our research explores the relationship between precipitation extreme and urban ecosystem health by using emergy analysis based on urban ecosystem health assessment and Difference-in-Difference approach. In the case study area of Beijing and Tianjin,… read more here.
Keywords: health; precipitation extreme; ecosystem health; urban ecosystem ... See more keywords
A conceptual framework to untangle the concept of urban ecosystem services
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DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2020.103837
Abstract: Abstract Urban ecosystem service (UES) is becoming an influential concept to guide the planning, design, and management of urban landscapes towards urban sustainability. However, its use is hindered by definitional ambiguity, and the conceptual bases… read more here.
Keywords: concept; ecosystem; ecosystem services; conceptual framework ... See more keywords
Assessing urban ecosystem services provided by green infrastructure: Golf courses in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area
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DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2020.104022
Abstract: Abstract With more than half the world’s population living in urban areas, most of people’s potential to receive ecosystem service benefits occurs in cities. However a straightforward, replicable approach to quantifying multiple urban ecosystem services… read more here.
Keywords: golf courses; land; ecosystem; ecosystem services ... See more keywords
The circularity of the urban ecosystem material productivity: The transformation of biomass into technomass in Southern Patagonia
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DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2018.03.001
Abstract: Abstract Cities are vortex of the anthropogenic accumulated matter: technomass. The urban metabolism captures ecological stocks from other ecosystems to produce technomass in a complex process involving stocks and fluxes, energy and information. As such,… read more here.
Keywords: material productivity; southern patagonia; technomass; ecosystem ... See more keywords
Assessing the contribution of urban green spaces in green infrastructure strategy planning for urban ecosystem conditions and services
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DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2021.102772
Abstract: Abstract Maintaining ecosystem services is a key adaption option towards sustainable cities and adaptive societies in securing citizens’ health and wellbeing. This research investigates the contribution of using urban green space components as the basic… read more here.
Keywords: ecosystem; infrastructure strategy; urban ecosystem; urban green ... See more keywords
Air Pollution Mitigation Potential of Dominant Landscape Plants of an Urban Ecosystem (Lahore City) of Pakistan: An Air Pollution Tolerance Index (APTI) Assessment
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DOI: 10.15244/pjoes/161980
Abstract: Lahore, the second largest city of Pakistan with higher population and large industrial zones, is under tremendous environmental stress of increasing air pollution. Roadside plants can mitigate increasing pollution rate by serving as a natural… read more here.
Keywords: city pakistan; air pollution; urban ecosystem; pollution ... See more keywords
The Contribution of Ecosystem Regulating Services Based on Their Interrelationship in the Urban Ecosystem
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DOI: 10.3390/app11209610
Abstract: The urban ecosystem provides many services that help humans lead physically and mentally healthy lives. The quality of such urban ecosystem services is closely related to various urban forms, such as land cover, land use,… read more here.
Keywords: regulating services; study; ecosystem; ecosystem regulating ... See more keywords
Urban Ecosystem Services: New Findings for Landscape Architects, Urban Planners, and Policymakers
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DOI: 10.3390/land10010088
Abstract: More than half of the world’s population lives in urban ecosystems [...] read more here.
Keywords: findings landscape; landscape architects; urban ecosystem; new findings ... See more keywords
Assessing Relativeness in the Provision of Urban Ecosystem Services: Better Comparison Methods for Improved Well-Being
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DOI: 10.3390/land12051088
Abstract: In this study, we evaluated alternative methods for comparing the provision of ecosystem services among urban areas, stressing how the choice of comparison method affects the ability to compare the ecosystem service outcomes, in order… read more here.
Keywords: provision; urban ecosystem; comparison methods; ecosystem ... See more keywords
The Impact of Decommissioning Cemeteries on the Urban Ecosystem
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DOI: 10.3390/su13169303
Abstract: The decommissioning of cemeteries noticeably transforms the urban fabric. The purpose of this article was to determine what impact the decommissioning of cemeteries has on the urban ecosystem. For this purpose, it was necessary to… read more here.
Keywords: cemeteries urban; decommissioning cemeteries; impact decommissioning; urban ecosystem ... See more keywords