A backcasting approach for matching regional ecosystem services supply and demand

Brunner, Sibyl Hanna; Huber, Robert; Grêt‐Regamey, Adrienne

doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2015.10.018

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“…The regions (hereafter cantons) also have some leeway in the interpretation of national policies, which may lead to different levels of integration of ES. Research on the current and future state of ES has been conducted at the field scale [36] and regional scale [37,38]. Grêt-Regamey et al [16] developed a DSS [15], to integrate ES in future urban development zones, which can be used over the entire country but did not include an analysis of cantonal spatial plans (hereafter structural plans).…”

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Integration of Ecosystem Services in Regional Spatial Plans in Western Switzerland

Jaligot

Chenal

2019

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The concept of ecosystem services (ES) is regarded as an increasingly important framework and tool to support spatial planning. A limited understanding of how ES knowledge is used in spatial plans constrains our ability to learn from, replicate, and convey an ES approach. This study examined how ES were integrated into spatial planning at the regional scale in Western Switzerland. A directed content analysis of cantonal structural plans was used to assess how ES were covered in various sections of the plans and to explore the differences in the level of ES integration across cantons. First, the results showed that ES were found in each section of the plans but were not equally distributed. Provisioning ES were always the most mentioned while regulating ES were the least considered. Second, strong discrepancies existed between cantons may demonstrate the lack of cantonal coordination to integrate ES. Finally, the concept of ES was more embedded in nonbinding than in binding parts. Promoting the concept at the national level may facilitate the integration of ES at lower planning scales. Further work could focus on other cantons to ensure that the results are fully representative of the current situation in Switzerland.

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Integration of Ecosystem Services in Regional Spatial Plans in Western Switzerland

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Chenal

2019

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“…Demand for protection by society occurs when the gravitational natural hazards considered in this framework threaten goods, people, or infrastructure [36,37]. Hence, the first step to be accomplished is to analyse these risks by means of a data collection phase.…”

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A Framework for the Integration of Nature-Based Solutions into Environmental Risk Management Strategies

2019

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Mountainous areas are expected to face increasing societal pressure due to mass tourism and the rising intensity and frequency of natural hazards triggered by climate change. Therefore, the development of proper strategies for the management of environmental risks will be crucial to ensure their liveability. Against this backdrop, concepts such as territorial resilience and Social–Ecological Systems (SES) can support the prioritisation of protective efforts. This paper presents a conceptual framework to be applied to areas subject to natural hazards. Its aim is to support the integration of different measures, with a special focus on protection forests and other Nature-based Solutions, into current risk management strategies. The framework considers (i) the definition of SES boundaries; (ii) the identification of the main goals to be achieved; (iii) the quantification of the supply and demand of the ecosystem protection service; and (iv) the development of risk management strategies able to include the management of protection forests among the adopted solutions. This framework is intended as a tool to be adopted by local and regional decision-makers as a tool to identify the areas at risk, to recognise the potential role of protection forests, and to operationalise the concept of resilience through the deployment of “grey-green” strategies.

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“…Supply and demand trade-offs in Barcelona, the Swiss Alps and the Lower Danube explored the societal demand for ES and the ecosystem capacity to supply this demand (e.g. Brunner et al 2015). Understanding trade-offs among beneficiaries is critical when changing boundary conditions or planning decisions affect the ES objectives of different groups of stakeholders (Rosário et al 2019;Walz et al 2019).…”

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Operationalising ecosystem services in Europe

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A backcasting approach for matching regional ecosystem services supply and demand

Cited by 44 publications

References 109 publications

Integration of Ecosystem Services in Regional Spatial Plans in Western Switzerland

Integration of Ecosystem Services in Regional Spatial Plans in Western Switzerland

A Framework for the Integration of Nature-Based Solutions into Environmental Risk Management Strategies

Operationalising ecosystem services in Europe

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