Search for dissertations about: "Ecosystem service bundles"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words Ecosystem service bundles.

  2. 1. Exploring connections in social-ecological systems : The links between biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human well-being in South Africa

    Author : Maike Hamann; Reinette (Oonsie) Biggs; Belinda Reyers; Thomas Elmqvist; Fabrice DeClerck; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; complex adaptive systems; mapping; ecosystem service bundles; multidimensional human well-being; biodiversity loss; inequality; research frameworks; interdisciplinarity; natural resource management; sustainable development; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

    Abstract : A key challenge of the Anthropocene is to advance human development without undermining critical ecosystem services. Central to this challenge is a better understanding of the interactions and feedbacks between biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being, which interact in dynamic and complex social-ecological systems. READ MORE

  4. 2. Understanding ecosystem service bundles and their social-ecological patterns in a Swedish landscape

    Author : Megan Meacham; Albert Norström; Garry Peterson; Erik Gomez-Baggethun; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Ecosystem service; bundles; drivers; landscape; patterns; Sweden; Norrström; Mälaren; Mälardalen; social-ecological; human-nature;

    Abstract : Managing landscapes in a way that ensures sustainable development and the continued production of benefits to a diverse set of people requires an understanding how people use, modify, and depend on their local environment. This thesis uses the concept of ecosystem service bundles to articulate the social-ecological dynamics that define landscapes. READ MORE

  5. 3. Social-ecological dynamics of ecosystem service bundles

    Author : Megan Meacham; Albert V. Norström; Garry D. Peterson; Dagmar Haase; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Ecosystem services; multifunctionality; landscape; patterns; cluster; drivers; mapping; trade-offs; synergies; sustainability; land use; landscape management; Sweden; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

    Abstract : The environments in which we live are complex, adapting and evolving in non-linear ways. The ecosystem services produced in landscapes supply resources, support livelihoods and are foundational to human wellbeing. READ MORE

  6. 4. Ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes : A study on farming and farmers in South Africa and Sweden

    Author : Rebecka Malinga; Regina Lindborg; Line Gordon; Thomas Elmqvist; Tobias Plieninger; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; ecosystem service bundles; multifunctional landscapes; ecosystem service supply and demand; spatial scales; trade-offs; sustainable agriculture; transdisciplinary; stakeholder participation; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

    Abstract : Humanity is facing challenges of sustainably producing enough food for a growing population without further eroding the world’s ecosystems. Transformation of natural habitats into agriculture has resulted in opportunities for civilization, but has also led to land degradation and loss of biodiversity, threatening the generation of ecosystem services. READ MORE

  7. 5. How on Earth : Operationalizing the ecosystem service concept for local sustainability

    Author : Katja Malmborg; Lisen Schultz; Albert Norström; Elin Enfors-Kautsky; Erik Gomez-Baggethun; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Ecosystem service bundles; System dynamics; Participatory methods; Usable knowledge; Leverage points; Learning; Complexity; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

    Abstract : Ecosystem services are co-produced in social-ecological systems. Due to their social-ecological framing, ecosystem services hold the potential to be a concept around which different stakeholders with vested interests in different aspects of landscape management can meet. READ MORE