Shipping is an activity responsible for a range of different pressures affecting the marine
environment, air quality and human welfare. The methodology on how ship emissions …

Abstract The Baltic Sea is a heavily used marine area in Northern Europe delivering
valuable services to the inhabitants of its surrounding countries. Understanding how the …

This paper applies the concept of cultural ecosystem services (CES) to reveal the diverse
benefits the Baltic Sea provides to human well-being. The study identifies and defines …

Abstract The Baltic Sea is essential for marine ecosystem services (MES) provision and the
region's socio-economic dynamics. It is considered one of the busiest and most polluted …

Plastic pollution is one of the most challenging problems affecting the marine environment of
our time. Based on a unique dataset covering four European seas and eight European …

Efforts to renew marine ecosystem monitoring to include advanced technology and cost-
effective methods have been repeatedly called for. The current environmental legislation in …

Highly modified coasts are associated to sub-optimal provision of ecosystem services,
causing biodiversity losses and negative impacts on social welfare. Although ecological …

An issue constantly raising concerns is the complexity of choice sets in stated choice
experiments. Generally, designing choice sets requires trade-offs between the amount of …

In this study, we augment the traditional travel cost approach with contingent behavior data
for coastal recreation. The objective is to analyze the welfare implications of future changes …

Coastal areas provide ecosystem services (ES), including a wide range of cultural
ecosystem services (CES). This study aims to operationalize the ES approach for integrated …