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SUBMITTER: Haase D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3989520 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Haase Dagmar D Larondelle Neele N Andersson Erik E Artmann Martina M Borgström Sara S Breuste Jürgen J Gomez-Baggethun Erik E Gren Åsa Å Hamstead Zoé Z Hansen Rieke R Kabisch Nadja N Kremer Peleg P Langemeyer Johannes J Rall Emily Lorance EL McPhearson Timon T Pauleit Stephan S Qureshi Salman S Schwarz Nina N Voigt Annette A Wurster Daniel D Elmqvist Thomas T
Ambio 20140501 4
Although a number of comprehensive reviews have examined global ecosystem services (ES), few have focused on studies that assess urban ecosystem services (UES). Given that more than half of the world's population lives in cities, understanding the dualism of the provision of and need for UES is of critical importance. Which UES are the focus of research, and what types of urban land use are examined? Are models or decision support systems used to assess the provision of UES? Are trade-offs consi ...[more]