Insights and opportunities from mapping ecosystem services of urban green spaces and potentials in planning

Urbanization and rapid population growth pose the cities in front of massive challenges in terms of environmental impacts. This paper explores recent progresses in mapping ecosystem services provided by urban green infrastructures (GI) and discuss how GI can contribute to promoting cohesion, resilie...

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Autores principales: Pulighe, Giuseppe, Fava, Francesco P., Lupia, Flavio
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77316
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author Pulighe, Giuseppe
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description Urbanization and rapid population growth pose the cities in front of massive challenges in terms of environmental impacts. This paper explores recent progresses in mapping ecosystem services provided by urban green infrastructures (GI) and discuss how GI can contribute to promoting cohesion, resilience and livability toward sustainable and green cities. It also investigates the interlinkages between ecosystem services paradigm, mapping approaches at urban level and benefits provided for human well-being. A literature study focusing on recent research papers is conducted, highlighting new trends on methods and data, unexplored developments and opportunities on literature regarding mapping green infrastructures with respect to planning, management and ecosystem services’ provision. Additionally, an in-depth analysis of selected case studies synthesizes and discusses key insights of quantitative results related to key ecosystem services mapping approaches. The results indicate that mapping efforts integrates multiple disciplines, combining advanced technology and sophisticated models and methods. We argue that mapping ecosystem services would allow urban designers and planning practitioners to help and inform policymakers during the decision process and management of urban landscapes.
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spelling CGSpace773162024-05-01T08:19:42Z Insights and opportunities from mapping ecosystem services of urban green spaces and potentials in planning Pulighe, Giuseppe Fava, Francesco P. Lupia, Flavio ecosystems Urbanization and rapid population growth pose the cities in front of massive challenges in terms of environmental impacts. This paper explores recent progresses in mapping ecosystem services provided by urban green infrastructures (GI) and discuss how GI can contribute to promoting cohesion, resilience and livability toward sustainable and green cities. It also investigates the interlinkages between ecosystem services paradigm, mapping approaches at urban level and benefits provided for human well-being. A literature study focusing on recent research papers is conducted, highlighting new trends on methods and data, unexplored developments and opportunities on literature regarding mapping green infrastructures with respect to planning, management and ecosystem services’ provision. Additionally, an in-depth analysis of selected case studies synthesizes and discusses key insights of quantitative results related to key ecosystem services mapping approaches. The results indicate that mapping efforts integrates multiple disciplines, combining advanced technology and sophisticated models and methods. We argue that mapping ecosystem services would allow urban designers and planning practitioners to help and inform policymakers during the decision process and management of urban landscapes. 2016-12 2016-10-14T13:01:59Z 2016-10-14T13:01:59Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77316 en Limited Access Elsevier Pulighe, G., Fava, F. and Lupia, F. 2016. Insights and opportunities from mapping ecosystem services of urban green spaces and potentials in planning. Ecosystem Services 22 (Part A):1–10.
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title Insights and opportunities from mapping ecosystem services of urban green spaces and potentials in planning
title_full Insights and opportunities from mapping ecosystem services of urban green spaces and potentials in planning
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title_full_unstemmed Insights and opportunities from mapping ecosystem services of urban green spaces and potentials in planning
title_short Insights and opportunities from mapping ecosystem services of urban green spaces and potentials in planning
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