Ecosystem services in spatial planning and strategic environmental assessment—A European and Portuguese profile

Mascarenhas, André; Ramos, Tomás B.; Haase, Dagmar; Santos, Rui

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.05.012

Cited by 80 publications

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“…In contrast to the previous works that analyse the level of integration of ES in spatial plans (Mascarenhas et al 2015;Lam and Conway 2018;Wilkinson et al 2013;Cortinovis and Geneletti 2018), we did not consider the number of mentions to the ES concept to be an indicator of the level of adoption, or integration. However, we gave each planning document derived by the search an in-depth analysis in order to better understand if the ES was an effective approach to guide the planning decisions, a general objective of urban sustainability, or merely a reference to a scientific concept.…”

Section: A Review Of Italian Urban Plansmentioning

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Why is the inclusion of the ecosystem services concept in urban planning so limited? A knowledge implementation and impact analysis of the Italian urban plans

Rosa

2019

Socio Ecol Pract Res

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This article analyses the explicit use of the ecosystem services (ES) concept in the Italian urban planning practice and evaluates whether and to what extent the concept is actually used to deliver planning choices to improve the overall urban sustainability. Based upon a systematic grey literature review of contemporary urban plans, the research reveals that out of 136 urban plans only a very limited number made an explicit reference to the ES concept, primarily in strategic environmental assessment procedures. The article explains reasons for the limited inclusion and explores the possibility to embed ES into urban planning through innovative laws and regulations at different levels of spatial governance.

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Section: A Review Of Italian Urban Plansmentioning

confidence: 99%

Why is the inclusion of the ecosystem services concept in urban planning so limited? A knowledge implementation and impact analysis of the Italian urban plans

Rosa

2019

Socio Ecol Pract Res

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“…The effective management of LCC has been considered crucial to design policies able to ensure ES supply (Portela and Rademacher 2001;Nelson et al 2009;Swetnam et al 2011;Martínez-Harms and Balvanera 2012;Mascarenhas et al 2015). It has also been demonstrated that to better understand the impact of planning policies, it is important to have decision support tools based on system diagnosis and simulation of scenarios (Costanza and Ruth 1998;Olsson et al 2004;Kareiva et al 2011;Maes et al 2012;Kubiszewski et al 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

Ecosystem services and biodiversity trends in Mozambique as a consequence of land cover change

Niquisse

Cabral

Rodrigues

et al. 2017

International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Servic

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The incorporation of ecosystem services (ES) information in planning decisions is an important factor in the sustainable use of natural resources. However, studies assessing the levels and changes of these services at national level are rare. In this paper, we estimate past and future changes in multiple ES and biodiversity, as a consequence of land cover change (LCC) in Mozambique. Water yield, water quality, erosion regulation, climate regulation, and biodiversity were modeled using a spatially explicit approach. Changes in ES and biodiversity were mapped at province level between 2005 and 2009. Through the use of a land change model, land cover was projected for 2025, and the resulting impacts on ES and biodiversity were estimated. We found a moderate increase in climate regulating service between 2005 and 2009. However, water quality (nutrient retention) and biodiversity decreased. LCC for 2025 is expected to have a similar impact on these ES. This study contributes with a methodology that can be useful for monitoring ES and assist decision policies affecting ES provision and trade-offs. ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…The content analysis is carried out through the freeware software "QDA Miner lite". Moreover, as regards the definition of the key terms, we reinterpret the classification provided by Mascarenhas et al [16], where the key terms can appear either individually or combined with other terms, as shown in Table 1. Each document is divided into single parts in order to identify the specific location within their texts of references to the classes (Table 2).…”

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“…Many authors [11][12][13][14] put in evidence the strong link that connects quality of human life and ecosystem protection. Therefore, the implementation of the ES-related issues into spatial planning may effectively support decision makers to exploit the potential of services supplied by ecological systems and to characterize land uses and site planning by taking account of ES-related features [15,16].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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“…In this context, strategic environmental assessment (SEA) represents a technical procedure very effective to support the implementation of ESs into spatial planning [11,16,17]. In fact, SEA is a procedure that improves substantially planning processes because it incorporates strategic issues and objectives from their initial phases through a continuous assessment of the potentially negative effects of plan actions [18].…”

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Conservation Measures and Loss of Ecosystem Services: A Study Concerning the Sardinian Natura 2000 Network

Leone

Zoppi

2016

Sustainability

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Abstract:The seeming dichotomy between the protection of biodiversity and the supply of ecosystem services (ESs) represents an outstanding field of research that requires a structured and detailed analysis. The paper analyzes and discusses the role of ESs within spatial planning and strategic environmental assessment (SEA) procedures through the content analysis methodology and a logical framework (LF) implemented into the SEA of municipal masterplans (MMPs). We discuss the role of ESs as factors that improve the effectiveness of SEA-based processes related to management plans (MPs) of sites that belong to the Sardinian Natura 2000 Network with reference to their positive impacts on environmental quality. The empirical outcomes put in evidence the inconsistencies between MMPs and MPs in terms of sustainability-oriented objectives and potential losses of the ESs productive output due to measures adopted by the MPs in order to protect habitats and species. The scant attention paid to ESs in the operational context of MMPs, MPs and SEA reports, particularly as regards their regulative framework, entails that the issue of the protection of ESs has to be carefully taken into account within the process of the definition and establishment of MPs through an SEA report that integrates the MPs and MMPs LFs.

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Ecosystem services in spatial planning and strategic environmental assessment—A European and Portuguese profile

Cited by 80 publications

References 52 publications

Why is the inclusion of the ecosystem services concept in urban planning so limited? A knowledge implementation and impact analysis of the Italian urban plans

Why is the inclusion of the ecosystem services concept in urban planning so limited? A knowledge implementation and impact analysis of the Italian urban plans

Ecosystem services and biodiversity trends in Mozambique as a consequence of land cover change

Conservation Measures and Loss of Ecosystem Services: A Study Concerning the Sardinian Natura 2000 Network

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