Essays about: "ecosystem service assessment"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 23 essays containing the words ecosystem service assessment.

  1. 6. Investigating the prerequisites of a service guarantee for soil damages

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Resource Management

    Author : Cassandra Ramstedt; [2020]
    Keywords : service guarantee; soil damages; forestry; soil conservation; predictive modelling;

    Abstract : Timber harvesting is a disturbance which can alter the natural order of the ecosystem, causing potentially harmful consequences, especially on water quality. These damages are commonly present where forestry machines have ruptured or compacted the organic layer of the forest floor. READ MORE

  3. 7. Land cover changes in Southern Sweden from the mid-Holocene to present day: insights for ecosystem service assessments

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Robert O'Dwyer; [2019]
    Keywords : Geography; Geographical Information Systems; GIS; Physical Geography; Götaland; Landscape Reconstruction Algorithm; Fossil Pollen; Ecosystem Services; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Climate change and human impact play a huge role in the sustainability and development of ecosystems and the services they offer to societies over temporal and spatial scales. Fossil pollen-based estimates provide unique information on past land cover change, but to date there are not many methods able to create spatially continuous maps and have a fine scale of land cover changes inferred from pollen information. READ MORE

  4. 8. How can Ecosystem Services be implemented in local Climate Adaptation? : A case study of Arjeplog

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för ekoteknik- och hållbart byggande

    Author : Jenny Boltemo Edholm; [2019]
    Keywords : ecosystem-based adaptation; ecosystem services; local planning; resilience; climate change;

    Abstract : Ecosystem services are essential for human climate adaptation. As climate change is a direct driver of change for ecosystem service provisioning, it is of importance to care for our ecosystems to be able to cope with future challenges. Local governance has a central role in climate adaptation due to its responsibility in physical planning. READ MORE

  5. 9. The challenges and Opportunities of the Grand Renaissance Dam for sustainable Energy - Water - Food - Ecosystem services Nexus in Ethiopia.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Bisrat Woldemichael Handiso; [2018]
    Keywords : Sustainable development; Hydropower plant; Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam; Natural Resource Management; Energy; Water; Food; Ecosystem services; Environment; Climate Change; Ethiopia;

    Abstract : Ethiopia has been challenged by multidimensional poverty. However, it has the potential to minimize the threat through an integrated multipurpose development process. In this regard, hydropower has a significant role to reduce energy poverty and enhance the multipurpose use of natural resources efficiency. READ MORE

  6. 10. Analysis of urban ecosystem condition indicators for the large urban zones and city cores in EU : threshold assessment and exploration of the relation to ecosystem services through the application of G.I.S

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Christina Kourdounouli; [2018]
    Keywords : geography; GIS; EU; urban atlas; larger urban zone; city core; urban ecosystem; ecosystem condition indicator; urban green space; impervious surface; natural area; agricultural area; protected area; abandoned area; number of inhabitants per area; artificial area per inhabitant; urban ecosystem condition indicator thresholds; ecosystem services; recreation opportunity spectrum; NO2 removal by urban vegetation; urban heat island effect; cluster analysis; precipitation; temperature; climate adaptation; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : As almost three out of four EU citizens live in urban areas and this number is expected to further grow, studies on urban ecosystems and their services are crucial to understand a city’s environmental structure and capabilities. The European Commission has published a relative report which suggests an urban ecosystem condition indicator framework, yet without suggesting respective thresholds that might indicate a “desired” environmental condition of the city. READ MORE