Ecosystem Services – Concept, Methods and Case Studies

Karsten Grunewald, Olaf Bastian (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

XII, 312 Seiten

2016 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-662-51577-8 (ISBN)

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Nature provides us with many services seemingly for free: recharged groundwater, fertile soil and plant biomass created by photosynthesis. We human beings draw extensive benefits from these "ecosystem services," or ES - food, water supply, recreation and protection from natural hazards. Major international studies, such as the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, have addressed the enormous role of biodiversity and ecosystems to human well-being, and they draw particular attention to the consequences resulting from the reduction or loss of these services. These very topical issues are being addressed by authors/scientists in a wide variety of disciplines - and their approaches, terminologies and methodological specifics are just as diverse. What, for example, does the efficacy of nature or natural capital mean? Which values of nature are particularly important, how are they distributed in space and time and how can they be assessed and the relevant knowledge promoted? Can all ecosystem services be quantified and even monetarised? What should be done to ensure that the multiple services of nature will be available also in future? This book explains the multifaceted concept of ecosystem services, provides a methodological framework for its analysis and assessment, and discusses case examples, particularly from Germany. It is addressed to scientists and practitioners in the administrative, volunteer and professional spheres, especially those who deal with environment, landscape management and nature conservation and regional and land-use planning. The target group includes experts from the business community, politicians and decision makers, students and all those interested in fundamental ecological, economic, ethical and environmental issues.

Karsten Grunewald and Olaf Bastian have for many years been investigating the complex interactions between nature and society in central Europe, from a perspective of environmentally referenced landscape research and have developed theoretical fundamentals and practical approaches for the complex analysis and evaluation of landscape functions and ecosystem services. For this book, they have been able to recruit renowned authors from the areas of landscape ecology/landscape planning, economics and social sciences, who have provided a competent integrative and holistic perspective on the possibilities of the evaluation of nature with regard to human well-being.

Ecosystem Services (ES): More than Just a Vogue Term?.- Development and Fundamentals of the ES-Approach.- Conceptual Framework.- Ascertainment and Assessment of ES.- Governing Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Provision.- Land Use, Maintenance and Protection to Ensure ES.- Recommendations and Outlook.- References.- Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	21.10.2016
Zusatzinfo	XII, 312 p. 67 illus., 14 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	170 x 244 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Umweltrecht
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
Schlagworte	biodiversity • cost-utility-analyses • Earth and Environmental Science • economic values • ecosystem assessment • ecosystem potentials • Environmentalist thought and ideology • Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice • Environmental Management • Environmental monitoring • Environmental Policy • Environment, general • Environment law • landscape functions • Monitoring/Environmental Analysis • nature capital • nature conservation • The Environment
ISBN-10	3-662-51577-6 / 3662515776
ISBN-13	978-3-662-51577-8 / 9783662515778
Zustand	Neuware