The concept of ecosystem services is widely used in the scientific literature and increasingly
also in policy and practice. Nevertheless, operationalising the concept, ie putting it into …

Green infrastructure (GI), as a concept and as a tool for environmental land-use planning at
various scales, has burst onto the academic, political, and policy-making scenes in the last …

The promise that ecosystem service assessments will contribute to better decision-making is
not yet proven. We analyse how knowledge on ecosystem services is actually used to inform …

The unprecedented growth of prosperity in developed countries, including the countries of
Central and Eastern Europe, interrupted by the economic crisis in 2008–2009, came to a …

Abstract Scientific advancements on Green Infrastructure (GI) and Ecosystem Services (ES)
have been conducted by experts from several disciplines such as landscape ecology …

The ecosystem service (ES) concept is becoming mainstream in policy and planning, but
operational influence on practice is seldom reported. Here, we report the practitioners' …

Context A landscape is defined as a “system of ecosystems” and this is a model in which
karst areas can easily be integrated. In karst areas, much of the connectivity between the …

With the deep expansion of urbanization, contradictions between human beings and the
natural environment in hilly areas have shown the characteristics of multi-scale and …

Being open to multiple interpretations allows the ecosystem services concept to operate as a
boundary object, facilitating communication and cooperation between different user groups …

Cities provide a locus for sustainability: they will soon accommodate most of the world's
population, just as increasing environmental and climate emergencies and socio-economic …