Despite widespread recognition that social-value information is needed to inform
stakeholders and decision makers regarding trade-offs in environmental management, it too …

The geographic information system (GIS) tool, S ocial V alues for E cosystem S ervices
(SolVES), was developed to incorporate quantified and spatially explicit measures of social …

As human pressures on ecosystems continue to increase, research involving the effective
incorporation of social values information into the context of comprehensive ecosystem …

In spatial planning and management of protected areas, increased priority is being given to
research that integrates social and ecological data. However, public viewpoints of the …

The existing market-oriented valuation techniques for forest states (values), having public
good features, are subject to some conceptual limitations. Multiple forest values are closer to …

Despite rapid advancements in the development of non-monetary techniques for the
assessment of social values for ecosystem services, little research attention has been …

Abstract Social Values for Ecosystem Services (SolVES) version 4.0 is a fully open-source,
GIS-based tool designed to aid in the creation of quantitative, spatially explicit models of the …

There is a growing movement in government, environmental non-governmental
organizations and the private sector to include ecosystem services in decision making …

Social valuation of ecosystem services and public policy alternatives is one of the greatest
challenges facing ecological economists today. Frameworks for valuing nature increasingly …

Through extensive research, ecosystem services have been mapped using both survey-
based and biophysical approaches, but comparative mapping of public values and those …