The promise of the ecosystem services concept for planning and decision-making

verfasst von

Jennifer Hauck, Burkhard Schweppe-Kraft, Christian Albert, Christoph Görg, Kurt Jax, Rita Jensen, Christine Fürst, Joachim Maes, Irene Ring, Iva Hönigová, Benjamin Burkhard, Marion Mehring, Maria Tiefenbach, Karsten Grunewald, Markus Schwarzer, Julian Meurer, Mario Sommerhäuser, Jörg A. Priess, Jenny Schmidt, Adrienne Grêt-Regamey

Abstract

Spatial planning is often affected by conflicting sectoral interests. Frequently, this results in unsustainable management practices. Integrating the concept of ecosystem services into planning and decision-making can facilitate communica tion among decision-makers from sectors like landscape and urban planning, agriculture or water management. The concept accounts for a broad spectrum of quantitative and qualitative data from local to international level, thus revealing the benefits humans derive from ecosystem goods and functions.We propose that the concept of ecosystem services can complement existing policy instruments that focus solely on a specific task or sectoral interest.

Externe Organisation(en)

Helmholtz Zentrum München - Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt
Internationale Naturschutzakademie Insel Vilm
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung (UFZ)

Typ

Übersichtsarbeit

Journal

GAIA: Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society

Band

22

Seiten

232-236

Anzahl der Seiten

5

ISSN

0940-5550

Publikationsdatum

12.2013

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Umweltwissenschaften (sonstige), Volkswirtschaftslehre, Ökonometrie und Finanzen (sonstige)

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.22.4.6 (Zugang: Unbekannt)