Key insights for the future of urban ecosystem services research

Peleg Kremer; Zoé Hamstead; Dagmar Haase; Timon McPhearson; Niki Frantzeskaki; Erik Andersson; Nadja Kabisch; Neele Larondelle; Emily L. Rall; Annette Voigt; Francesc Baró; Christine Bertram; Erik Gómez-Baggethun; Rieke Hansen; Anna Kaczorowska; Jaan Henrik Kain; Jakub Kronenberg; Johannes Langemeyer; Stephan Pauleit; Katrin Rehdanz; Maria Schewenius; Chantal Van Ham; Daniel Wurster; Thomas Elmqvist

doi:10.5751/ES-08445-210229

Key insights for the future of urban ecosystem services research

Peleg Kremer, Zoé Hamstead, Dagmar Haase, Timon McPhearson, Niki Frantzeskaki, Erik Andersson, Nadja Kabisch, Neele Larondelle, Emily L. Rall, Annette Voigt, Francesc Baró, Christine Bertram, Erik Gómez-Baggethun, Rieke Hansen, Anna Kaczorowska, Jaan Henrik Kain, Jakub Kronenberg, Johannes Langemeyer, Stephan Pauleit, Katrin RehdanzMaria Schewenius, Chantal Van Ham, Daniel Wurster, Thomas Elmqvist

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Abstract

Understanding the dynamics of urban ecosystem services is a necessary requirement for adequate planning, management, and governance of urban green infrastructure. Through the three-year Urban Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (URBES) research project, we conducted case study and comparative research on urban biodiversity and ecosystem services across seven cities in Europe and the United States. Reviewing > 50 peer-reviewed publications from the project, we present and discuss seven key insights that reflect cumulative findings from the project as well as the state-of-the-art knowledge in urban ecosystem services research. The insights from our review indicate that cross-sectoral, multiscale, interdisciplinary research is beginning to provide a solid scientific foundation for applying the ecosystem services framework in urban areas and land management. Our review offers a foundation for seeking novel, nature-based solutions to emerging urban challenges such as wicked environmental change issues.

Original language	English
Article number	29
Journal	Ecology and Society
Volume	21
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08445-210229
State	Published - 2016

Keywords

Biodiversity
Social-ecological systems
Urban ecology
Urban ecosystem services
Urban green infrastructure
Urban liveability
Urban planning

UN SDGs

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Kremer, P., Hamstead, Z., Haase, D., McPhearson, T., Frantzeskaki, N., Andersson, E., Kabisch, N., Larondelle, N., Rall, E. L., Voigt, A., Baró, F., Bertram, C., Gómez-Baggethun, E., Hansen, R., Kaczorowska, A., Kain, J. H., Kronenberg, J., Langemeyer, J., Pauleit, S., ... Elmqvist, T. (2016). Key insights for the future of urban ecosystem services research. Ecology and Society, 21(2), Article 29. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08445-210229

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Key insights for the future of urban ecosystem services research

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