Essays about: "ecosystem service assessment"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 23 essays containing the words ecosystem service assessment.

  1. 11. Environmental Implications of Media Consumption embedded in Digital Ecosystems : A bottom-up systems approach to the perennial case of paperless reading in Germany

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Joachim Felix Aigner; [2018]
    Keywords : Digitalization; Sustainable Development; Environmental Hot-spots; Bottom-up Analysis; Life Cycle Assessment LCA ; Environmental Impacts; Carbon Footprint; Global Warming Potential; Media Consumption; Digital Ecosystem; Paperless Publishing and Reading; E-Book; E-Magazine; E-Paper; Germany;

    Abstract : Digitalization has been reshaping the media landscape in recent years, often conveying an implicit promise of becoming less dependent on physical resources. At the same time, the current understanding of digital reading goes beyond dedicated e-readers or definable digital media products such as magazines or newspapers. READ MORE

  3. 12. An ecosystem service perspective of the ecological restoration measures to mitigate small-scale hydropower impact in river Billstaån : Steps towards monitoring and dissemination of ecosystem services

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Avdelningen för ekoteknik och hållbart byggande

    Author : Susanne Tellström; [2017]
    Keywords : ecosystem services; ecosystem service assessment; Corporate Ecosystem Service Review; Toolkit for Ecosystem Service Site-based Assessment; ecosystem service indicators; environmental communication; ecological restoration; river restoration;

    Abstract : Ecosystem services, capturing the benefits and values of functioning ecosystems for human well-being, is a concept receiving increasing attention both in science and policy. This study investigates the utility of considering ecosystem service in the ecological restoration of a river affected by small-scale hydropower. READ MORE

  4. 13. Ekosystemtjänster i miljökonsekvensbeskrivningar : en illustration av hur ekosystemtjänster används vid miljöbedömningen av kommunala översiktsplaner

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Fia Lavemark; [2016]
    Keywords : ekosystemtjänster; miljökonsekvensbeskrivning; översiktsplan;

    Abstract : Vi människor blir i dagens samhälle mer och mer urbaniserade och strategin att förtäta städer används flitigt av många kommuner då det kan minska stadens miljöpåverkan. Trots detta är vi beroende av naturen och dess processer, så kallade ekosystemtjänster (EST). READ MORE

  5. 14. Mapping supply and demand of ecosystem services in the Helge Å catchment area, Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Sara Andersson; [2016]
    Keywords : ecosystem services; supply; demand; assessment; management;

    Abstract : Research on ecosystem services has accelerated the last few years, but there is a knowledge gap on how to integrate the concept into management in a way that is mindful of the complex, dynamic and non-linear dimensions of ecosystem services. Ecosystem services are often approached from a supply side, and more often than not services are approached individually without attempt to capture the trade-offs and synergies between services. READ MORE

  6. 15. Tättortsnära skogar i stadsutveckling och planering : en fallstudie i Uleåborg, norra Finland

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

    Author : Kalle Kemppainen; [2015]
    Keywords : urban forest; urban forestry; ecosystem services; urban sprawl; deforestation; land-use planning; Oulu; northern; Finland;

    Abstract : Urban forests in urban environments are under pressure in Finland. The urban expansion causes a loss of urban forests. Urban forests have been increasingly studied, and their properties of improving e.g. READ MORE