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SUBMITTER: Chang J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5593898 | biostudies-other | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Chang Jie J Qu Zelong Z Xu Ronghua R Pan Kaixuan K Xu Bin B Min Yong Y Ren Yuan Y Yang Guofu G Ge Ying Y
Scientific reports 20170911 1
Urban green spaces provide various ecosystem services, especially cultural services. Previous assessment methods depend either on hypothetic payments for ecosystems or real payments not directly related to ecosystems. In this paper, we established a method for assessing the cultural ecosystem services in any location in urban area using only two variables, green space (ecosystem) and land rent (real payment). We integrated the cultural and the regulating services into the total ecosystem service ...[more]