“Maps have an air of authority”: Potential benefits and challenges of ecosystem service maps at different levels of decision making

Hauck, Jennifer; Görg, Christoph; Varjopuro, Riku; Ratamäki, Outi; Maes, Joachim; Wittmer, Heidi; Jax, Kurt

doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2012.11.003

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“…section 4). On the other hand, ecosystem service assessment are intended to serve as a tool in identifying and framing problems as well as to compare management alternatives, which involve trade-offs between ecosystem services (Granek et al, 2010;Hauck et al, 2013). In this connection, equating ecosystem service values derived in individual case studies on urban ecosystem service assessment e.g.…”

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Does the Ecosystem Service Concept Reach its Limits in Urban Environments?

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There is a rapidly growing body of literature on the theory about the ecosystem service concept and the practical assessment of ecosystem services in different contexts ranging from natural to urban environments. Yet, where does the concept reach its limits? This paper critically reflects the application of the ecosystem service concept in urban environments illustrating the handling of urban structures (incl. built-up areas) and the risk that the normative principle of the concept could be missed. It is shown that in theory urban structures refer to a variety of ecosystem concepts. As a starting point for ecosystem service assessments, these could be classified into natural, managed, constructed and overbuilt systems. Since ecosystem service concepts do not directly refer to a specific ecosystem definition, but to biophysical structures and processes, all of these classes could be included. However, the dependency on context and scale makes a differentiation in practical ecosystem services assessment challenging. We conclude that the ecosystem service concept does not reach its limits in urban environments, but urban environments represent an extreme case characterized by multifunctionality and a high degree of modification that enables to uncover research challenges applying in any environment. There is a need for a more transparent reporting of theoretical and methodological assumptions to facilitate the comparability between ecosystem service assessments. Comprehensive approaches that consider multiple ecosystem services and include human input, human modification, the ecosystem status as well as their interactions are required to understand the spatial relations between ecosystem services delivered by different ecosystems.

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“…Finally, stakeholders have different requirements in terms of spatial information (Hauck et al, 2013). Thus, research difficulties in terms of scale, data processing and availability etc.…”

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Does the Ecosystem Service Concept Reach its Limits in Urban Environments?

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“…Further, applying the ES concept on the ground comes along with very concrete and non-trivial knowledge needs on the part of different stakeholders, including methods and tools for ES assessment and valuation and for dealing with trade-offs made explicit in the process [31,45,46]. In summary, following the approach of ES as a boundary concept, it is possible to better understand the controversies and debates surrounding this concept both within science and between science and practice.…”

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Ecosystem Services as a Boundary Concept: Arguments from Social Ecology

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Ecosystem services (ES) are defined as the interdependencies between society and nature. Despite several years of conceptual discussions, some challenges of the ES concept are far from being resolved. In particular, the usefulness of the concept for nature protection is questioned, and a strong critique is expressed concerning its contribution towards the neoliberal commodification of nature. This paper argues that these challenges can be addressed by dealing more carefully with ES as a boundary concept between different disciplines and between science and society. ES are neither about nature nor about human wellbeing, but about the mutual dependencies between nature and human wellbeing. These mutual interdependencies, however, create tensions and contradictions that manifest themselves in the boundary negotiations between different scientific disciplines and between science and society. This paper shows that approaches from Social Ecology can address these boundary negotiations and the power relations involved more explicitly. Finally, this implies the urgent need for more inter-and transdisciplinary collaboration in ES research. We conclude (1) that the social-ecological nature of ES must be elaborated more carefully while explicitly focussing on the interdependencies between nature and society; (2) to better implement inter-and transdisciplinary methods into ES research; and (3) that such ES research can-and to some extent already does-substantially enhance international research programmes such as Future Earth.

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“…Specifically, bees and the nesting sites they inhabit are threatened by land--use changes, 71 affecting in turn the service they provide (Kremen et ecosystem services in general and pollination services delivery in particular (Maes et al, 2013). 74…”

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“…In recent years, Ecosystem Services (ES) broadly defined as "the 56 benefits of nature to households, communities, and economies" ( in biodiversity policies such as the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020. Thus, as the importance of ES is 59 recognized, is also appreciated that there is a need to find quick and accessible methods for 60 landowners to be able to map and value the ecosystem service provision across their landscapes 61 (Hauck et al, 2013;Maes et al, 2013). 62…”

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