Rejuvenating ecosystem services through reclaiming degraded land for sustainable societal development: Implications for conservation and human wellbeing

Case Study-Based Integrated Assessment of Former Waste Disposal Sites Transformed to Green Space in Terms of Ecosystem Services and Land Assets Recovery

“…However, the methodology is able to provide a holistic overview and complex analysis of the major environmental, socioeconomic losses and benefits delivered for society and nature. For instance, modeling including ESE can be applied to supply scenarios supporting decision-making for site-specific restoration of quarries and brownfields [66,67], mine reclamation impact of ecosystem services supply in the long-term period on a regional level [68], involving stakeholders in the decision-making process of rejuvenating ecosystem services by reclaiming degraded land and brownfields [69,70], and raising the supply of ecosystem services in urban areas based on sustainable degraded site redevelopment [29,71]. The criteria-based evaluation for each case study was performed entirely by the authors using available information and documented facts, providing input data for the system-dynamic flow charts designed for each case study.…”

“…Green space, especially in urban areas, has a highly appreciable value but is difficult to assess in monetary terms. Esthetic, air and water quality improvements provided by green space are highly important merits for human welfare accompanied by recreational, leisure and cultural values, mostly evaluated by indirect means of economic analysis [57,69,72]. Among feasible approaches, market analysis can be applied if exact monetary gains need to be estimated, including the real estate pricing and municipality income from taxes paid by property and business owners, as well as spending coming from tourists [73,74].…”

“…Except for the impressive dimensions, projects comparable in measures of ES talization cases and rejuvenation of ecosystem services include the Tehri Garhwal Uttarkhand (India) [69], belonging to a sensitive Himalayan ecosystem [88]. The claiming of degraded land was achieved by the complex evaluation of ecosystem se simultaneously applying a broad scale methodological approach involving multi holder consultations, and interventions were estimated to improve natural resourc agement, biodiversity recovery and carbon sequestration potential.…”

“…One must not forget that the Freshkills Park site is a special place regarding th edy of 11 September 2001 in New York due to the disposal of the Twins Towers' there after its removal from Manhattan. An international design competition was in to find the most appropriate solution for transforming the dump into a green spac Except for the impressive dimensions, projects comparable in measures of ESE revitalization cases and rejuvenation of ecosystem services include the Tehri Garhwal area in Uttarkhand (India) [69], belonging to a sensitive Himalayan ecosystem [88]. There, reclaiming of degraded land was achieved by the complex evaluation of ecosystem services, simultaneously applying a broad scale methodological approach involving multi-stakeholder consultations, and interventions were estimated to improve natural resource management, biodiversity recovery and carbon sequestration potential.…”

Quantitative Estimation of Saline-Soil Amelioration Using Remote-Sensing Indices in Arid Land for Better Management

“…Land degradation is one of the world's most severe environmental and socio-economic issues [1][2][3], occurring due to natural phenomena and anthropogenic factors that negatively impact land's ability to function effectively in an ecosystem which causes enormous challenges in achieving sustainable development goals [4][5][6][7]. Degraded lands could reach one-fifth of the total land in some countries [8,9].…”