Urban green and blue infrastructure (GBI) and associated ecosystem services (ES) are
increasingly recognized for their potential to address urban sustainability challenges. This …

Greenspace research has been driven by an emerging interest in the impact that biodiversity
and ecosystem function has on life in urban areas. Studies from multiple disciplines across …

This chapter provides an overview of the latest developments in mapping ecosystem
services. It aims to provide an answer to the following two questions: What aspects of …

Recent major global environmental initiatives toward a more sustainable society are the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the New Urban Agenda (NUA) and the Paris …

The high variety of ecosystem service categorisation systems, assessment frameworks,
indicators, quantification methods and spatial localisation approaches allows scientists and …

Green infrastructure (GI) and ecosystem services (ES) are promoted as concepts that have
potential to improve environmental planning in urban areas based on a more holistic …

Among the main effects of human activities on the environment are land use and resulting
land cover changes. Such changes impact the capacity of ecosystems to provide goods and …

Ecosystem services, the benefits produced by ecosystem functions and structures for human
well-being, have received continuous international attention since the publication of the …

The inconsistency in methods to quantify and map ecosystem services challenges the
development of robust values of ecosystem services in national accounts and broader policy …

Research into the benefits that ecosystems contribute to human wellbeing has multiplied
over the last few years following from the seminal contributions of the international …