Managing Multiple Ecosystem Services for Landscape Conservation: A Green Infrastructure in Lombardy Region

Arcidiacono, Andrea; Ronchi, Silvia; Salata, Stefano

doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2016.08.831

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“…Such an assessment was necessary since the project was aimed at defining spatial planning rules to limit, mitigate, or compensate for soil sealing [17,41], acting with prescriptive land use regulation [42]. For example, one of the targets was to decide whether or not confirming a potential land use transformation considered the soil ES: if a potential alteration was affecting soils with a high ES provision, then the option of limiting the transformation should be considered, whereas when transformation affects areas of medium ES quality, then different measures of restoration (mitigation or compensation) were promoted [43][44][45].…”

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The Integration of Ecosystem Services in Planning: An Evaluation of the Nutrient Retention Model Using InVEST Software

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Barbieri

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Abstract:Mapping ecosystem services (ES) increases the awareness of natural capital value, leading to building sustainability into decision-making processes. Recently, many techniques to assess the value of ES delivered by different scenarios of land use/land cover (LULC) are available, thus becoming important practices in mapping to support the land use planning process. The spatial analysis of the biophysical ES distribution allows a better comprehension of the environmental and social implications of planning, especially when ES concerns the management of risk (e.g., erosion, pollution). This paper investigates the nutrient retention model of InVEST software through its spatial distribution and its quantitative value. The model was analyzed by testing its response to changes in input parameters: (1) the digital terrain elevation model (DEM); and (2) different LULC attribute configurations. The paper increases the level of attention to specific ES models that use water runoff as a proxy of nutrient delivery. It shows that the spatial distribution of biophysical values is highly influenced by many factors, among which the characteristics of the DEM and its interaction with LULC are included. The results seem to confirm that the biophysical value of ES is still affected by a high degree of uncertainty and encourage an expert field campaign as the only solution to use ES mapping for a regulative land use framework.

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The Integration of Ecosystem Services in Planning: An Evaluation of the Nutrient Retention Model Using InVEST Software

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“…The methodology developed by Lai and Leone [20] which was applied here should be conceived as a tool to assist policy makers and planners to identify potential areas that can be included in a regional GI. In fact, GI should be included within spatial and landscape planning, such as in the case of the Lombardy region, where the implementation of a regional GI represents a key component of the regional landscape plan [19]. Moreover, although the proposed methodology builds upon Arcidiacono et al's previous work [19], it has some innovative aspects, such as including the conservation value and, by doing so, implementing the concept of biodiversity conservation into the definition of a GI, as suggested by the European Commission in the Biodiversity Strategy.…”

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“…2004/42). Various authors have highlighted the importance of landscape value within spatial planning [37,38] and also in relation to the definition of GI [19]. Once a regional GI is identified, the eligibility of areas located inside and outside protected areas (national and regional parks, sites protected under the provisions of the Ramsar Convention and sites belonging to the Natura 2000 Network, identified with reference to the Habitats Directive and to the Birds Directive (no.…”

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Implementing Green Infrastructures beyond Protected Areas

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2018

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According to the European Commission, green infrastructure (GI) is conceived as a strategically planned network of natural and semi-natural areas. This definition highlights three important issues: environment protection, ecosystems multifunctionality and ecological connectivity. Building upon a methodology that identifies a Sardinian regional GI in relation to four values (conservation value, natural value, recreational value and landscape value), this study aims at assessing the suitability of areas situated within and outside protected areas' boundaries to be included in the above-mentioned Sardinian regional GI. In relation to conservation value, outcomes reveal a higher suitability of patches situated within protected areas to be included in the regional GI, whereas in relation to the other three values, the behavioral patterns are less evident. These results suggest specific policy recommendations such as mitigation of land-taking processes, increase of Natura 2000 Network's size, accurate identification of landscape goods, and improved accessibility to sites characterized by outstanding natural beauty.

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“…Building upon Arcidiacono et al [21], we identify a multifunctional GI in relation to four elements: conservation value, natural value, recreational value and anthropic heritage. Each of the four values is calculated through a specific procedure and all values are mapped through the software ArcGIS ® ESRI.…”

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Green Infrastructure and Ecological Corridors: A Regional Study Concerning Sardinia

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Abstract:We propose a methodological approach to identify a multifunctional green infrastructure (GI) on the basis of four values (conservation value, natural value, recreation value and anthropic heritage) that represent many functions (biodiversity conservation, supply of ecosystem services, recreation, identity building) performed by the landscape. By taking the Italian region of Sardinia as a case study, we argue that the methodology can support the making of landscape plans as understood in the European Landscape Convention. Moreover, we propose and implement a methodology to identify ecological corridors (ECs) connecting Natura 2000 sites (N2Ss), based on the prioritization of functional land patches related to their suitability to ecosystem services delivery, paying particular attention to biodiversity maintenance and enhancement, and taking Sardinia as spatial regional context. The methodology consists of two steps: (i) identifying the most suitable patches to be included in ECs on the basis of their connectivity, that is, on their negative attitude towards contributing to landscape fragmentation; (ii) assessing, through a discrete-choice-model, the suitability of these ECs to be included in a regional GI, starting from the territorial taxonomy based on biodiversity characteristics related to N2Ss, habitat suitability, and recreational and landscape potentials.

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Managing Multiple Ecosystem Services for Landscape Conservation: A Green Infrastructure in Lombardy Region

Cited by 51 publications

References 20 publications

The Integration of Ecosystem Services in Planning: An Evaluation of the Nutrient Retention Model Using InVEST Software

The Integration of Ecosystem Services in Planning: An Evaluation of the Nutrient Retention Model Using InVEST Software

Implementing Green Infrastructures beyond Protected Areas

Green Infrastructure and Ecological Corridors: A Regional Study Concerning Sardinia

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