Publisher : Elsevier B. V.
Place of publication :
Publication year : 2015
Thematic : Urban Biodiversity
Language : English
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Global urbanization creates opportunities and challenges for human well-being and transition towards
sustainability. Urban areas are human-environment systems that depend fundamentally on ecosystems,
and thus require an understanding of the management of urban ecosystem services to ensure sustainable
urban planning. The purpose of this study is to provide a systematic review of urban ecosystems services
research, which addresses the combined domain of ecosystem services and urban development. We
examined emerging trends and gaps in how urban ecosystem services are conceptualized in peer-reviewed
case study literature, including the geographical distribution of research, the development and
use of the urban ecosystem services concept, and the involvement of stakeholders. We highlight six
challenges aimed at strengthening the concept's potential to facilitate meaningful inter- and transdisciplinary
work for ecosystem services research and planning. Achieving a cohesive conceptual approach
in the research field will address (i) the need for more extensive spatial and contextual coverage, (ii)
continual clarification of definitions, (iii) recognition of limited data transferability, (iv) more comprehensive
stakeholder involvement, (v) more integrated research efforts, and (vi) translation of scientific
findings into actionable knowledge, feeding information back into planning and management. We
conclude with recommendations for conducting further research while incorporating these challenges.
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