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Ecosystem Service Potentials and Their Indicators in Postglacial Landscapes
Assessment and Mapping
Highlights transdisciplinary approaches to the assessment of ecosystem potential at the local scale across modern landscapes
Andrzej Affek (Author), Marek Degórski (Author), Jacek Wolski (Author), Jerzy Solon (Author), Anna Kowalska (Author), Ewa Roo-Zielinska (Author), Bozenna Grabinska (Author), Boguslawa Kruczkowska (Author)
9780128161340, Elsevier Science
Paperback, published 29 October 2019
392 pages, 80 illustrations (30 in full color)
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.5 cm, 0.61 kg
Ecosystem Service Potentials and Their Indicators in Postglacial Landscapes: Assessment and Mapping provides valuable guidance for anyone involved with ecosystem service potential monitoring, use and management—from landscape ecologists and environmental managers, to policymakers and environmental economists. The book highlights effective measurement tools for evaluating the overall potential of ecosystem services from multiple perspectives. Beginning with an introduction to ecosystem services and the theoretical assumptions and objectives associated with their assessment, the book goes on to outline interdisciplinary methods of evaluation and analysis that are fully supported and illustrated throughout using an insightful case study focused on Wigry National Park. A range of different spatial reference units are also discussed, followed by chapters on both analytical and synthetic approaches to identifying service supply potential. In addition, the use of services and the impact of these uses on the assessment of potential is included, along with a discussion of the future shape of ecosystem service assessment.
1. Introduction to Ecosystem Services, Theoretical Assumptions and Objectives2. Case Study Area: Wigry National Park3. Methods of Evaluation, Assessment and Analysis4. Spatial Reference Units5. Potential for Services Supply - Analytical Approach6. Potential for Services Supply - Synthetic Approach7. The Use of Services and Their Impact on the Assessment of Potential8. Summing Up and Conclusions
Subject Areas: The environment [RN]
