Assessment of Ecosystems Services for Sustainable Development and Land Use Management

Abstract

A very important factor for sustainable development is a balance between the exploitation of natural resources for socio-economic development, and conserving ecosystem services that are critical to everyone’s wellbeing and livelihoods. The strategical importance of ecosystem services is set by the UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment in 2005, which put ecosystem services firmly on the policy agenda and the EU Biodiversity Strategy, which states that “Member States must map and assess the state of ecosystems and their services in their national territory by 2014, assess the economic value of such services, and promote the integration of these values into accounting and reporting systems at EU and national level by 2020”. The aim of the paper is to present and discuss the approach of ecosystem services assessment for sustainable land use and strategical development scenarios. The paper will focus on the role of ecosystem services in development and spatial planning, and this approach can be integrated in planning processes and decision making. There will be presented a case study for two coastal territories in Latvia, where an ecosystem services assessment was implemented and sequentially different development scenarios considered and analysed.

Spatiotemporal Variation and Driving Forces Analysis of Eco-System Service Values: A Case Study of Sichuan Province, China

“…The calculation results of grid data in the study area were counted and shown in Tables 3 and 4. The ESVs and dynamic degree of all cities (autonomous prefectures) were calculated by Formulas (1)- (7), and the results were shown in Figure 3.…”

“…Ecosystem service values (ESVs) are a monetary quantification of ecosystem services. In general, scientific evaluation of ESVs is conducive to improve people’s awareness of biodiversity conservation, optimize land use structure, and provide a reference for regional ecological security management and sustainable development [ 6 , 7 ].…”

Ekosistem Hizmetleri ve Mekânsal Planlama İlişkisinin Peyzaj Planlama Çerçevesinde Değerlendirilmesi

“…Konstantinova vd. (2017) yaptıkları çalışmada mekansal planlamaya dahil etme sürecini Şekil 4'te vermiştir [79].…”

“…Şekil 4. Sektörel, stratejik ve mekansal planlama için ekosistem hizmetleri yaklaşımları [79] Mekânsal olarak ekosistem hizmetlerinin haritalanması arazi örtüsü değişimlerini gösterebilmektedir [80]. Konuyla ilgili çalışmalar, ekosistem hizmeti yaklaşımının plan kararlarında uygulanması, kabul edilmesi ve geliştirilmesinde önemli bir adımdır [70,[81][82][83][84].…”

Analysis of the Coupling Coordination and Obstacle Factors between Sustainable Development and Ecosystem Service Value in Yunnan Province, China: A Perspective Based on the Production-Living-Ecological Functions

“…Studies have shown that good ecosystem services (ESs) provide an important basis for the realization of SD and contribute to the accomplishment of multiple SDGs [12][13][14]. However, the development of human society has led to a series of problems in the ecosystem which limit the achievement process of SDGs [15,16]. This requires us to pay attention to the ESs closely related to the protection of human welfare while also considering strategies for the SD of human society [17][18][19].…”