Ecosystem Services – Concept, Methods and Case Studies

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Grunewald, Karsten (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Bastian, Olaf (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Environmental management.; Environment, general.; Environmental Management.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis.

Nature provides us with many services seemingly for free: recharged groundwater, fertile soil and plant biomass created by photosynthesis. We human beings draw extensive benefits from these “ecosystem services,” or ES – food, water supply, recreation and protection from natural hazards. Major intern...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Ecosystem Services (ES): More than Just a Vogue Term?
• Development and Fundamentals of the ES-Approach
• Conceptual Framework
• Ascertainment and Assessment of ES
• Governing Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Provision
• Land Use, Maintenance and Protection to Ensure ES
• Recommendations and Outlook
• References
• Index.