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DOI 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.04.008
Title (Primary) Mapping the diversity of regulating ecosystem services in European cities
Author Larondelle, N.; Haase, D.; Kabisch, N.
Source Titel Global Environmental Change
Year 2014
Department CLE; SUSOZ
Volume 26
Page From 119
Page To 129
Language englisch
Keywords Urban ecosystem services; European cities; Core city; Hinterland; Urban Atlas; Regulating services
UFZ wide themes RU6
Abstract This paper presents the first analysis of the diversity of regulating ecosystem services (ESS)—key variables for global environmental sustainability and change in an urban era—across a globally important part of the urban world, urban Europe. We map the first pan-European pattern of regulating ecosystem services in urban core areas and their associated hinterlands and discuss data against the background of each city's land-use development history and planning culture. Upon selecting more than 300 cities, we used the Urban Atlas database and a straightforward calculation method to map three regulating ecosystem services. The main results of this study show (a) a heterogeneous distribution of regulating ecosystem services across European cities, (b) considerable provisioning differences between core cities and the hinterland, (c) a grouping of European regions according to their potential for urban ecosystem service provisioning and (d) an ecosystem services supply ranking for European cities. Considerable differences in urban ecosystem services were found among northern countries, such as Sweden and Finland, which are rich in supplying ecosystem services compared to the UK and Belgium, which, similar to Spanish and Greek cities, are characteristically low in ecosystem services provision. Our results provide the first overall picture of regulating services in urban EU-Europe and serve to inform decisions on the key aspects of future European policy and strategies involving urban nature, green spaces and health.
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Larondelle, N., Haase, D., Kabisch, N. (2014):
Mapping the diversity of regulating ecosystem services in European cities
Glob. Environ. Change 26 , 119 - 129 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.04.008