Routledge Handbook of Ecosystem Services
1st Edition
Published on 25. January 2016
Book
Hardback
630 pages
978-1-138-02508-0 (ISBN)
Description
The idea that nature provides services to people is one of the most powerful concepts to have emerged over the last two decades. It is shaping our understanding of the role that biodiverse ecosystems play in the environment and their benefits for humankind. As a result, there is a growing interest in operational and methodological issues surrounding ecosystem services amongst environmental managers, and many institutions are now developing teaching programmes to equip the next generation with the skills needed to apply the concepts more effectively.
This handbook provides a comprehensive reference text on ecosystem services, integrating natural and social science (including economics). Collectively the chapters, written by the world's leading authorities, demonstrate the importance of biodiversity for people, policy and practice. They also show how the value of ecosystems to society can be expressed in monetary and non-monetary terms, so that the environment can be better taken into account in decision making. The significance of the ecosystem service paradigm is that it helps us redefine and better communicate the relationships between people and nature. It is shown how these are essential to resolving challenges such as sustainable development and poverty reduction, and the creation of a green economy in developing and developed world contexts.
This handbook provides a comprehensive reference text on ecosystem services, integrating natural and social science (including economics). Collectively the chapters, written by the world's leading authorities, demonstrate the importance of biodiversity for people, policy and practice. They also show how the value of ecosystems to society can be expressed in monetary and non-monetary terms, so that the environment can be better taken into account in decision making. The significance of the ecosystem service paradigm is that it helps us redefine and better communicate the relationships between people and nature. It is shown how these are essential to resolving challenges such as sustainable development and poverty reduction, and the creation of a green economy in developing and developed world contexts.
Reviews / Votes
"This handbook, written by world class academic and policy experts, is long overdue, and provides a much-needed guide to address this challenge. It is an authoritative reference text written in easy to read sections that is essential reading for academics, decision-makers and civil society." - from the Foreword by Sir Robert Watson, Professor of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, UK"Marion Potschin and her co-editors have succeeded to get an interesting combination of contributors to this book, including highly distinguished scientists from various disciplines to younger scholars who are presently carrying out seminal research in the field of ecosystem services and beyond." - Professor Eeva Furman, SYKE, Finish Environment Institute and Coordinator of OpenNESS
"At 630 pages, it is a Handbook for people with big hands. It is a weighty tome too. This is not merely in terms of its mass (a fraction over 1.3kg) but in the range and depth of topics pertaining to ecosystem services that are covered, and the globally renowned authors who have contributed. Following a foreword by Bob Watson and an opening chapter by Bob Costanza, the Handbook is broken into four major sections addressing ecosystem services from the perspectives of: concepts and frameworks; methods and techniques for decision support; applied contexts; and linking and informing agendas... Each of the chapters mines the now voluminous and growing literature around its selected topic. This alone is a valuable resource for students, scholars and those seeking to implement ecosystem services... students, researchers and those seeking to grasp and implement the emerging, integrative concept of ecosystem services will benefit from dipping into it as a reference book to glean current thinking, areas of debate and practical illustrations." - Mark Everard, for the The Institution of Environmental Sciences (on-line Resources, June 2016)
"The clearly written and presented chapters make this book highly accessible to a wide range of readers from students to specialists. I am sure this book will become a key text in this field and that I'll return to it frequently as a point of reference for future work on ecosystem services". - Rob Brooker, in The Bulletin of the British Ecological Society (October 2016)
"The Routledge Handbook of Ecosystem Services is an eminently useful handbook for experts, researchers, policy makers, practitioners, and students who deal with the topic of [ecosystem services]. Written by international leaders in the field, the book has a clear structure that will help the readers find answers to their theoretical or practical questions. This piece of work will be an important reference in ES science and practice for decades, and it is a good standard for those preparing similar handbooks or textbooks in other disciplines." - Marton Kiss, Ildiko Arany and Agnes Vari, in Conservation Biology (November 2018)
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
126 s/w Abbildungen, 11 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 81 s/w Zeichnungen, 34 s/w Tabellen
34 Tables, black and white; 81 Line drawings, black and white; 11 Halftones, black and white; 126 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 182 mm
Thickness: 43 mm
Weight
1306 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-02508-0 (9781138025080)
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Persons
Marion Potschin is a Principal Research Fellow and Director of the Centre for Environmental Management at the University of Nottingham, UK.
Roy Haines-Young is Emeritus Professor at the Centre for Environmental Management, School of Geography, University of Nottingham, UK.
Robert Fish is Reader in Human Ecology in the School of Anthropology and Conservation at the University of Kent, UK.
R. Kerry Turner is a Professorial Fellow in the School of Environmental Sciences and former Professor of Environmental Economics and Management at the University of East Anglia, UK.
Roy Haines-Young is Emeritus Professor at the Centre for Environmental Management, School of Geography, University of Nottingham, UK.
Robert Fish is Reader in Human Ecology in the School of Anthropology and Conservation at the University of Kent, UK.
R. Kerry Turner is a Professorial Fellow in the School of Environmental Sciences and former Professor of Environmental Economics and Management at the University of East Anglia, UK.
Content
Foreword Robert Watson 1. Ecosystem Services in the Twenty-first Century Marion Potschin, Roy Haines-Young, Robert Fish and R. Kerry Turner Part 1: Ecosystem Services Concepts and Frameworks - Introduction 2. Ecosystem Services in Theory and Practice Robert Costanza 3. Defining and Measuring Ecosystem Services Marion Potschin and Roy Haines-Young Briefing Note 3.1: Ecosystem Functions: A Critical Perspective Kurt Jax 4. The Links between Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Patricia Balvanera, Sandra Quijas, Berta Martin-Lopez, Edmundo Barrios, Laura Dee, Forest Isbell, Isabelle Durance, Piran White, Ryan Blanchard and Rudolf de Groot Briefing Note 4.1: Service Providing Units Gary Luck 5. Ecosystem Structures and Processes: Characterising Natural Capital Stocks and Flows Dave Raffaelli 6. The Beneficiary Perspective: Benefits and Beyond Dixon H. Landers, Amanda M. Nahlik and Charles R. Rhodes 7. A Social-Ecological Perspective on Ecosystem Services Lasse Loft, Alexandra Lux and Thomas Jahn Briefing Note 7.1: Transdisciplinarity Jennifer Hauck Briefing Note 7.2: Drivers of Change for Ecosystem Services Mark Rounsevell and Paula A. Harrison 8. Concepts and Methods in Ecosystem Services Valuation Erik Gomez-Baggethun, David N. Barton, Pam Berry, Robert Dunford and Paula A. Harrison 9. A Critical Perspective Mark Sagoff 10. Economics and Ecosystem Services: a Positive Contribution to Environmental Management R. Kerry Turner Part 2: Ecosystem Services:Methods, Techniques for Decision Support - Introduction 11. Frameworks for Ecosystem Assessments Marion Potschin and Roy Haines-Young Briefing Note 11.1: Place-based Assessment of Small Islands' Ecosystem Services Mario V. Balzan, Marion Potschin and Roy Haines-Young 12. Modelling Ecosystem Services Felix Kienast and Julian Helfenstein 13. Indicators for Ecosystem Services Felix Mueller, Benjamin Burkhard, Ying Hou, Marion Kruse, Liwei Ma and Peter Wangai 14. Using Futures-thinking to Support Ecosystem Assessments Steven Cork 15. Mapping Ecosystem Services Joachim Maes, Neville D. Crossman and Benjamin Burkhard 16. A Practical Approach to Mapping of Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services using Remote Sensing Camino Liquete, Eva Haas, Torsten Bondo, Christina Hirzinger, Melanie Schnelle, Dominik Reisinger, David Lyon, John Finisdore and Michael Ledwith Briefing Note 16.1: Remote Sensing Giles M. Foody 17. An Introduction to Ecosystem Accounting Lars Hein, Bram Edens, Carl Obst, Roy Remme, Matthias Schroeter and Elham Sumarga 18. Accounting for Ecosystem Services in Business Joel R.A. Houdet, John Finisdore, Julia Martin-Ortega, Helen Ding, John Maleganos, James Spurgeon, Tobias Hartmann, and David Steuerman 19. Valuing Preferences for Ecsoystem-related Goods and Services Tomas Badura, Ian Bateman, Matthew Agarwala and Amy Binner 20. Ecological Economics and Ecosystem Services R. Kerry Turner 21. Stakeholder Participation in Ecosystem Service Decision-making Robert Fish, Eirini Saratsi, Mark Reed and Hans Keune 22. Deliberative and Non-monetary Valuation Jasper O. Kenter 23. The 'Balance Sheet' Approach within Adaptive Management for Ecosystem Services R. Kerry Turner Briefing Note 23.1: Ecosystem Services and Justice Thomas Sikor, Adrian Martin, Janet Fisher and Jun He Briefing Note 23.2: Ecosystem Services and Ethics Kurt Jax 24. Securing Nature and People: Can We Replicate and Scale Success? Gretchen C. Daily Part 3: Ecosystem Services in an Applied Context - Introduction 25. Ecosystem Services: Provisioning Gillian Galford and Taylor Ricketts 26. Managing Regulating Services for Sustainability Christine Fuerst, Susanne Frank and Justice Nana Inkoom 27. Managing Cultural Ecosystem Services for Sustainability Kai M.A. Chan and Terre Satterfield Briefing Note 27.1: Ecosystem Services and Spirituality Nigel Cooper 28. Towards Effective Ecosystem Services Assessment in Marine Coastal Management Mahe Charles, Remi Mongruel, Nicola Beaumont, Tara Hooper, Harold Levrel, Eric Thiebaut and Linwood Pendleton 29. Freshwater Kate A. Brauman 30. Forest-related Ecosystem Services Sandra Luque and Louis Iverson 31. Drylands Lindsay C. Stringer and Andrew J. Dougill 32. Ecosystem Services Supplied by the Mediterranean Basin Ecosystems Berta Martin-Lopez, Elisa Oteros-Rozas, Emmanuelle Cohen-Shacham, Fernando Santos-Martin, Marta Nieto-Romero, Claudia Carvalho-Santos, Jose A. Gonzalez, Marina Garcia-Llorente, Keren Klass, Ilse Geijzendorffer, Carlos Montes and Wolfgang Cramer 33. Ecosystem Services Provided by Soil Life Wim H. van der Putten and Diana H. Wall 34. The Importance of Grasslands in Providing Ecosystem Services: Opportunities for Poverty Alleviation Benis N. Egoh, Janne Bengtsson, Regina Lindborg, James M. Bullock, Adam P. Dixon and Mathieu Rouget Briefing Note 34.1: Ecosystem Services and Grasslands in America Alan J. Franzluebbers and Jean L. Steiner Briefing Note 34.2: Ecosystem Services and Grasslands in Australia Neil MacLeod and John McIvor 35. Cultivated Lands Tobias Plieninger, Christopher M. Raymond and Elisa Oteros-Rozas 36. Ecosystem Services Provided by Urban Green Infrastructure Thomas Elmqvist, Erik Gomez-Baggethun and Johannes Langemeyer Briefing Note 36.1: Green Infrastructure and Ecosystem Services Susannah Gill Part 4: Linking and Informing Agendas - Introduction 37. A Policy Perspective on Mainstreaming Ecosystem Services: Opportunities and Risks Patrick ten Brink and Marianne Kettunen 38. Ecosystem Services and Climate Change Bruno Locatelli 39. Can Ecosystem Services Contribute to Food Security? Alison G. Power 40. Ecosystem Services and Water Security Sarah Hendry and Geoffrey Gooch 41. What are the Links between Poverty and Ecosystem Services? Marije Schaafsma and Brendan Fisher 42. Ecosystem Services and Health Conor E. Kretsch 43. Ecosystem Services and the Greening of Business Guy Duke 44. Payments for Ecosystem Services Roy Brouwer 45. Maximising Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Benefits in Conservation Decision-making Hedley S. Grantham, Rosimeiry Portela, Mahbubul Alam, Daniel Juhn and Lawrence Connell 46. Bridging the Gap between Ecosystem Services and Landscape Planning Paul Opdam 47. Spatial and Landscape Planning: A Place for Ecosystem Services Christina von Haaren, Christian Albert and Carolin Galler Briefing Note 47.1: Including Ecosystem Services in Impact Assessment: Challenges and Opportunities Davide Geneletti 48. An Institutional Perspective Eeva Primmer 49. The Use of Ecosystem Services Knowledge in Policy-making: Drawing Lessons and Adjusting Expectations Duncan Russel, Andrew Jordan and John Turnpenny Part 5: Conclusion 50. On the Changing Relationship between Ecosystem Services Continuance and Sustainability Tim O'Riordon 51. Ecosystem Services: Where is the Discipline Heading? Georgina Mace 52. Ecosystem services: Never Waste the Opportunity Offered by a Good Crisis Robert Fish, Marion Potschin, R. Kerry Turner and Roy Haines-Young