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Cultural Ecosystem Services in Land Use/Land Cover Change: A Literature Review and Prospects for Future Research

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The land use system, which is endowed with the most crucial and fundamental natural resources for human survival and development, plays a pivotal role within the entire ecosystem.
Yu Pan, Yanbo Qu
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Bewertung kultureller Ökosystemleistungen von Berliner Stadtgrün entlang eines urbanen-periurbanen Gradienten [PDF]

, 2015
Stadtgrün steht unter hohem Nutzungsdruck. Gerade Erholungsfunktionen werden von An-wohner unterschiedlich wahrgenommen. Eine Möglichkeit, Bewertungen für Grünflächen zu erheben, sind kulturelle Ökosystemleistungen.
Barkmann, Jan, Riechers, Maraja, Tscharntke, Teja   +2 more
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Valuing Ecosystem Services in Semi-arid Rangelands through Stochastic Simulation [PDF]

, 2017
Ecosystem services and economic returns from semi-arid rangelands are threatened by land degradation. Policies to improve ecosystem service delivery often fail to consider uncertainty in economic returns gained through different land uses and management ...
Arntzen J, Core Team R, Fenton N, Fish R, GoB, Groot RS, Hubbard D, Klein G, Kollmuss A, Lichtenstein S, Madzwamuse M, Mogotsi K, Scherf B, TEEB, UNCCD   +14 more
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The Role of Social Food Infrastructure in Addressing SNAP Participation Gaps: Evidence From Linked Administrative and Ground‐Sourced Data

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We link American Community Survey and SNAP records for 185,000 units with ground‐sourced social food infrastructure data from FindFoodIL (Illinois Extension SNAP‐Ed) to examine SNAP participation determinants among eligible units. Bivariate probit models reveal, beyond SNAP offices, quantity of social infrastructure is associated with ...
Michael Lotspeich‐Yadao, Caitlin Kownacki, Jennifer McCaffrey, Craig Wesley Carpenter   +3 more
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Sustainable drainage system site assessment method using urban ecosystem services [PDF]

, 2016
The United Kingdom's recently updated approach to sustainable drainage enhanced biodiversity and amenity objectives by incorporating the ecosystem approach and the ecosystem services concept.
A Gardiner, A Heim, A Semadeni-Davies, A Townsend-Small, A Voigt, AJ Bates, B Dvorak, B Fisher, B Pittman, B Woods-Ballard, C Beumer, C Hanson, C Hurford, C Milesi, C Van Mechelen, CE Boyd, CH Young, Chunglim Mak, CJ Garroway, CTN Cao, D Moseley, DA Perry, DB Rowe, Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, DS Feinberg, E Fernández-Juricic, E Gómez-Baggethun, E Maltby, E Oberndorfer, F Kazemi, Fields in Trust/National Playing Fields Association, FJ Escobedo, GC Daily, H Dianyuan, I Douglas, IL Viol, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, J Biggs, J Boyd, J Cornelis, J Lyytimaki, J Lyytimaki, J Podani, J Shapiro, J-PL Savard, JA Downing, JA Downing, JB Ellis, JG Carter, K Ksiazek, K Tzoulas, K-G Kim, KE Limburg, KJ Wallace, KSH Peh, L Polley, M Astaraie-Imani, M Hermy, M Livingston, M Pitt, M Scholz, M Scholz, M Scholz, M Scholz, ME Krasny, MED Poore, Miklas Scholz, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, MJ Hercock, Natural England, Natural England, O Bastian, O Honnay, P Döhren von, Philip James, PJ Raven, R Ashton, R Costanza, R Hansen, R Tonietto, RA Briers, RC Rooney, RR Dunn, RS Groot de, S Adhikari, S Dickie, S Godefroid, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, SP Church, TD Fletcher, The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity, TL Moore, TLC Moore, TLC Moore, V Uzomah   +94 more
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Wine Tourism as a Catalyst for Sustainable Performance: The Mediating Role of Corporate Legitimacy and Green Innovation

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study aims to explore the influence of Wine Tourism (WT) on the Sustainable Performance (SP) of wineries in Spain. It particularly investigates how Corporate Social Legitimacy (CSL) and Green Innovation (GI) may act as intermediary factors in this relationship.
Javier Martínez‐Falcó, Eduardo Sánchez‐García, Bartolomé Marco‐Lajara, Luis A. Millán‐Tudela   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban ecosystem services on the local level: urban green spaces as providers [PDF]

, 2013
Ecosystem services are provided at different spatial and service/functional scales. The local level is the basic unit for ecosystem services, especially when it comes to the human dimension of urban landscapes.
Breuste, Jürgen, Faggi, Ana Maria, Qureshi, Salman, Schnellinger, Johanna   +3 more
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Managing Cultural Ecosystem Services for Sustainability [PDF]

, 2016
It is widely recognized that ecosystems provide people with important non-material benefits “through spiritual enrichment, cognitive development, reflection, recreation and aesthetic experiences” (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005). These ecological contributions to non-material or ‘extramaterial’ benefits, including both experiences and ...
Chan, Kai M.A., Satterfield, Terre
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Circularity, Sustainability, and the Quality of Coffee Sold via Vending Machines: What Do Italian Consumers Prefer?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vending is an important sector in the daily lives of many people, and coffee is the most frequently consumed product in the European market. Like many other sectors, vending is responding to the challenge of sustainable development by taking various actions, such as offering increasingly ecologically sound coffee while maintaining/improving ...
Alberto Bertossi, Stefania Troiano, Francesco Marangon   +2 more
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Technological features of cultural ecosystem services assessment

Вісник Харківського національного університету імені В.Н. Каразіна. Серія Геологія. Географія. Екологія
The benefits that city residents receive from green spaces related to maintaining their health are a group of cultural ecosystem services (CES). To avoid subjectivity in the assessment of CES, there is a methodology based on determining the effectiveness
Nataliia Korohoda, Tetiana Kupach
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