Green and blue infrastructure, nature-based solutions, and cultural and built heritage play a
key role in enhancing ecosystem services provision and shaping urban quality and …

Urban sprawl has led to changes in landscaping. For instance, open areas and green urban
spaces (GUSs) 1 are replaced by buildings, streets, and infrastructure. Permeable and wet …

Governance of ecosystem services (ES) requires an understanding of the complex dynamics
of collaboration (and contestation) of multiple stakeholders and multiple ES. However, many …

Ecosystem degradation and services loss have multiple causes and thus must be addressed
through coordinated and diverse policies, legislation, and institutional responses. An …

Protected areas safeguard species and habitats, but also provide ecosystem services (ES)
and quite often simultaneously protect landscape character and associated cultural values …

Between natural and social systems there are two-way interactions, which determine the
path of change in the Socio-Ecological System. For example, the type of land use decisions …

Environmental governance is recognized as a key issue in many natural and social
sciences. It is highly relevant for ecosystem services and common-pool resources as well …

Effective environmental governance is deemed essential in advancing the Sustainable
Development Goals. However, environmental dimensions have no specific reference across …

Scenario analysis is a useful technique to inform landscape planning of social-ecological
systems by modelling future trends in ecosystem service supply and distribution. This is …

Nature's contributions to people (NCP) support people's quality of life and are generated by
an interplay of both natural and anthropogenic capitals, known as NCP co-production, which …