Mapping Soil Erosion Prevention Using an Ecosystem Service Modeling Framework for Integrated Land Management and Policy

Guerra, Carlos A.; Pinto‐Correia, Teresa; Metzger, Marc J.

doi:10.1007/s10021-014-9766-4

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“…The higher spatial resolution of NO 2 concentration compared to carbon emissions also reveals that high capacity roads are major sources of NO 2 pollution. The spatial indicator of pressure related to air purification (annual mean NO 2 concentration) expresses the remaining air pollution after regulating ESS provision (Guerra et al 2014 refer to it as 'ESS mitigated impact'). Thus, the resulting map ( Fig.…”

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Assessing the Potential of Regulating Ecosystem Services as Nature-Based Solutions in Urban Areas

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Gómez-Baggethun

2017

Theory and Practice of Urban Sustainability Transitions

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Mounting research assesses the provision of regulating ecosystem services by green infrastructure in urban areas, but the extent to which these services can offer effective nature-based solutions for addressing urban climate changerelated challenges is rarely considered. In this chapter, we synthesize knowledge from assessments of urban green infrastructure carried out in Europe and beyond to evaluate the potential contribution of regulating ecosystem services to offset carbon emissions, reduce heat stress and abate air pollution at the metropolitan, city and site scales. Results from this review indicate that the potential of regulating ecosystem services provided by urban green infrastructure to counteract these three climate change-related pressures is often limited and/or uncertain, especially at the city and metropolitan levels. However, their contribution can have a substantially higher impact at site scales such as in street canyons and around green spaces. We note that if regulating ecosystem services are to offer effective nature-based solutions in urban areas, it is critically important that green infrastructure policies target the relevant implementation scale. This calls for a coordination between authorities dealing with urban and environmental policy and for the harmonization of planning and management instruments in a multilevel governance approach.

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Assessing the Potential of Regulating Ecosystem Services as Nature-Based Solutions in Urban Areas

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Gómez-Baggethun

2017

Theory and Practice of Urban Sustainability Transitions

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“…2), as the ecosystem service providers (in this case vegetation cover) mitigate the impact from soil erosion (Guerra et al 2014). To begin assessing SEP we need to identify the structural impact (!)…”

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“…In this paper we implement the conceptual model recently described by Guerra et al (2014), and summarised in Fig. 1, which identified a set of process based indicators to calculate, map and describe the provision of regulating services.…”

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“…flood regulation) and the benefit (e.g. reduced flood risk) highlights the need to assess regulating services (Nedkov and Burkhard 2011;Guerra et al 2014). To establish an indicator framework to support decision-making it is therefore necessary to identify ways to assess the implications of policies on the provision of regulating services, and establish possible cause-effect relations.…”

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Policy impacts on regulating ecosystem services: looking at the implications of 60 years of landscape change on soil erosion prevention in a Mediterranean silvo-pastoral system

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Abstract:Context Policy decisions form a major driver of land use change, with important implications for socially and environmentally susceptible regions. It is well known that there can be major unintended consequences, especially where policies are not tailored to regionally specific contexts. Objectives In this paper we assess the implications of 60 years of agricultural policies on soil erosion prevention (SEP) by vegetation, an essential regulating ecosystem service in Mediterranean Europe. Objectives In this paper we assess the implications of 60 years of agricultural policies on soil erosion prevention (SEP) by vegetation, an essential regulating ecosystem service in Mediterranean Europe. Methods To assess these implications we produced and analysed a time series of land cover/use and environmental conditions datasets (from 1951 to 2012) in relation to changing agricultural policies for a specific region in the southern Portugal. Set of indicators related to SEP allowed us to identify that land use intensification as increased soil erosion in the last 60 years. Results Particularly in the last 35 years, as a consequence of head age payments for cattle, the agricultural policy had a significant effect in the density and renewal of the tree cover, resulting in drastic effects for the provision of the SEP service. These are more significant after 1986, coinciding with the implementation of several Common Agricultural Policy instruments focused on increasing the modernization and productivity capacity of farm systems. Conclusions The results show some unintended effects of agricultural policy mechanisms on ecosystem service provision and highlight the need for context-based policies, tailored to the environmental constrains and potentials of each region.

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“…Therefore, a robust method should be provided to mapping ecosystem SC in order to conserving ecosystem SC and release the damage of soil erosion. At present, methods for spatially explicit mapping of the SC of terrestrial ecosystems are primarily based on empirical soil erosion models, such as the RUSLE [17,[20][21][22]. Based on the empirical models, the SC can be quantified by determining the difference between the actual soil loss of the landscape and the potential soil loss, which presumes no vegetation cover in an extremely degraded form of the landscape [21,23].…”

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Uncertainties of Two Methods in Selecting Priority Areas for Protecting Soil Conservation Service at Regional Scale

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Soil conservation (SC) is an important ecosystem regulating service. At present, methods for SC mapping to identify priority areas are primarily based on empirical soil erosion models, such as the RUSLE (Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation) based model. However, the parameters of the empirical soil conservation model are based on long-term observations of field experiments at small spatial scales, which are very difficult to obtain and must be simplified when implementing these models at large spatial scales. Such simplification of model parameters may lead to uncertainty in quantifying SC at regional scale. In this study, we have analyzed a new method to map SC in Jiangxi Province of China based on the multiplication of multiple biophysical data. After comparing the spatial-temporal changes of SC from the RUSLE based model and those from the surrogate indicator based method in the study area, the similarities and differences of these methods for identifying SC priority areas were revealed. The result showed that the two methods similarly represented the effects of vegetation coverage and land use types on SC, however, they were significantly different in representing the spatial pattern of SC priority areas and its temporal change. Based on the comparisons, the advantages and drawbacks for both methods were made clear and suggestions were made for the suitable use of the two methods, which may benefit for the research and application of concerning the planning and assessment with SC as key criteria.

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Mapping Soil Erosion Prevention Using an Ecosystem Service Modeling Framework for Integrated Land Management and Policy

Cited by 72 publications

References 55 publications

Assessing the Potential of Regulating Ecosystem Services as Nature-Based Solutions in Urban Areas

Assessing the Potential of Regulating Ecosystem Services as Nature-Based Solutions in Urban Areas

Policy impacts on regulating ecosystem services: looking at the implications of 60 years of landscape change on soil erosion prevention in a Mediterranean silvo-pastoral system

Uncertainties of Two Methods in Selecting Priority Areas for Protecting Soil Conservation Service at Regional Scale

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