Brownfield site redevelopment presents an opportunity to create urban green spaces that
provide a wide range of ecosystem services. It is important, therefore, to understand which …

Urban environments provide opportunities for greater resource efficiency and the fostering of
urban ecosystems. Brownfield areas are a typical example of underused land resources …

This study explores the use of ecosystem service (ES) knowledge to support urban planning
in the assessment of future scenarios. The case study concerns the prioritszation of …

How green spaces in cities benefit urban residents depends critically on the interaction
between biophysical and socio-economic factors. Urban ecosystem services are affected by …

Within the ecosystem services framework, valuations of natural capital have primarily taken
a landscape-scale approach. The generation of transferable monetary values for individual …

People derive benefits from ecosystems, their components and their processes. These
benefits, called ecosystem services, are often taken for granted (ie the cool shade provided …

Abstract Central Park is iconic Green Infrastructure that provides myriad ecosystem services
to New York City that have significant economic value. We used the market value of Central …

Urban areas' population has grown during the last century and it is expected that over 60%
of the world population will live in cities by 2050. Urban parks provide several ecosystem …

The concept of ecosystem services is entering the agenda of land-use planning and
scientists optimistically expect it to inform planners and decision-makers about the benefits …

In the context of urban land-use growth and the consequent impacts on the environment,
green spaces provide ecosystem services for human health. The ecosystem services …