The utilization of ecosystem services mapping in land use planning: the experience of LIFE SAM4CP project

Salata, Stefano; Giaimo, Carolina; Barbieri, C.; Garnero, Gabriele

doi:10.1080/09640568.2019.1598341

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“…Often obtaining ES modeling results is not enough to pose effective support while designing landscape plans and UGI at the local level [7,45,51].…”

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“…Results sum up the relevant information derived from this empirical test, displaying that the NDVI is a quite useful input for ES modeling, especially in urban areas where the vegetation canopy influences the environmental performance of the dense built-up system, revealing that traditional modeling analysis that associates site-specific indexes to land uses fails to address the diversity of specific sites. In the conclusions, this method is used to extract the high HQ areas that support the land-use regulation at the local scale, providing an example of UGI structure in the city of Turin [45].…”

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The Utilization of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index to Map Habitat Quality in Turin (Italy)

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The integration of ecosystem service mapping in decision-making is crucial to place effective urban design and sustainable planning solutions. Nonetheless, often ecosystem service maps are the product of different data inputs that influences the final modeling output thus affecting final decisions, especially when a finer and site-specific assessment is required to design practical and effective solutions. In this work, the city of Turin (Northwest Italy) was selected as a test site for an empirical experiment of ecosystem service mapping using the software Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST): two habitat quality models of the city were compared in a Geographic Information System environment, the first using the “traditional” sensitivity employed during the LIFE SAM4CP European research while the second using the natural difference vegetation index to re-assign the sensitivity scores. Results demonstrate that the integration of site-specific information in the habitat quality input model generates a different result, which is capable of differentiating all those dense built-up areas of the dense settlement system that provide ecosystem supporting functions at the city-level. These differences were analyzed to define new green hotspots in the compact city while furnishing a new perspective for sustainable city planning.

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“…Often obtaining ES modeling results is not enough to pose effective support while designing landscape plans and UGI at the local level [7,45,51].…”

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“…Nagy et al [ 54 ] combine the analysis of quantitative data with a computer mapping technique. More recently, several works have been published that relate GIS technology with environmental indicators [ 2 , 52 , 71 ].…”

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Mapping green infrastructure and socioeconomic indicators as a public management tool: the case of the municipalities of Andalusia (Spain)

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Background Green Infrastructure (GI) is defined as a strategically planned network of natural and semi-natural spaces that provide society, in both rural and urban areas, with a large number of goods and services of great value and economic importance such as clean air and water, carbon storage, pollination or protection against the effects of climate change. Traditionally, municipalities, like other territorial units, are characterized by a series of social and economic indicators that determine their degree of local development. The objective of this article is to identify and assess, through a system of indicators, what role urban and rural municipalities in Andalusia (Spain) play in the provision and reception of ecosystem services. To this end, Geographical Information System (GIS) techniques are used and a cluster analysis is carried out to contrast the results. Results Rural municipalities show the largest portion of GI area in the whole region. However, they show a low socioeconomic level, with high unemployment rates. Conclusions It can be said that the municipalities in rural areas are "ecologically" financing the entire Andalusian population. Faced with this situation, the decisions, and actions of policymakers in this region should aim at promoting measures that can restore and conserve GIs, addressing the demographic and/or socioeconomic imbalances of the region.

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“…Green engineering facility systems include sustainable stormwater management techniques, river ecological restoration and ecological flood control projects, and road ecological engineering [40]. Therefore, green infrastructure construction and ecosystem services should be integrated into land use planning [41,42].…”

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A Scientometrics Review on Land Ecosystem Service Research

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Humans can derive the benefits from the ecosystem to satisfy human needs as well-being. Therefore, good ecosystem management is the intermediary between ecosystems and human well-being. The ecosystem services depend on the supply of nature, and also reflect the value orientation of human beings, as the basis for the realization of human survival and cultural development. Land ecosystem services are the core and hot topic of ecological research. Under the current severe depletion of land use, this research evaluates the sustainable governance on the natural resource shortage, serious environmental pollution and ecosystem degradation. Based on the Web of Science database, this paper analyzes the development characteristics and trends of global land ecosystem services research using the Bibliometrix software package. The results show that (1) the amount of literature on land ecosystem services research between 2000 and 2019 has generally increased significantly, and entered a stage of rapid development from 2015. (2) Developed countries are the main research force in the field of land ecosystem services, and the United States has the absolute leading position. Developing countries are dominated by China, Argentina, and Brazil. (3)The high-frequency keywords for land ecosystem services are land use change, land use, climate change, urbanization, carbon and water quality. This can be regarded as a research hotspot in the field of land ecosystem services to a certain extent. (4) Through cluster analysis on the big data, the research found the direction for the future land ecosystem services, mainly: (I) the restoration of degraded land and its impact on ecosystem services; (II) the environmental impact assessment of land use planning based on the ecosystem services value; (III) the tradeoff analysis of ecosystem services in sustainable land management; (IV) the impact of land cover change on ecosystem services; (V) through the historical analysis of citied papers, the research history and evolution path of land ecosystem services are explored. Based on all these arguments, a comprehensive study on the diverse facets of land ecosystem services and the practical application of land ecosystem services areas is proposed.

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The utilization of ecosystem services mapping in land use planning: the experience of LIFE SAM4CP project

Cited by 16 publications

References 65 publications

The Utilization of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index to Map Habitat Quality in Turin (Italy)

The Utilization of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index to Map Habitat Quality in Turin (Italy)

Mapping green infrastructure and socioeconomic indicators as a public management tool: the case of the municipalities of Andalusia (Spain)

A Scientometrics Review on Land Ecosystem Service Research

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