Search for dissertations about: "ecosystem services assessment"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 47 swedish dissertations containing the words ecosystem services assessment.
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1. Reconnecting with nature through concepts : On the construction of values in the ecosystem services paradigm
Abstract : The alarming rates of extinction and degrading ecosystems call for new means of understanding and accounting for how people depend on nature. Ecosystem services (ES) is a contested but widely applied concept aiming to connect ecosystem functions to human wellbeing and to assess and account for how nature matters in decision-making. READ MORE
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2. Urban Ecosystem Services : The Value of Green Spaces in Cities
Abstract : In an ever more urban world, the role of green spaces in cities is increasingly highlighted for their capacity to provide ecosystem services for human well-being. Yet, the value of urban green spaces is still widely overlooked in urban policy and planning. READ MORE
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3. Ecosystem services - a tool in sustainable landscape management
Abstract : In this thesis I have worked with the ambition of approaching the question of how human-ecology interaction can be articulated in a way that is useful as a vector for societal transformation. The thesis addresses the difficult question of how the ecosystem service framework may help to address mismatches between social and ecological systems. READ MORE
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4. Ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes : A study on farming and farmers in South Africa and Sweden
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
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5. Benefits from ecosystem services in Sahelian village landscapes
Abstract : Rural people in the Sahel derive multiple benefits from local ecosystem services on a daily basis. At the same time, a large proportion of the population lives in multidimensional poverty. READ MORE