Growing Cities Depend on Ecosystem Services

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dc.contributor.authorErvin, David
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Darrell
dc.contributor.authorChang, Heejun
dc.contributor.authorDujon, Veronica
dc.contributor.authorGranek, Elise
dc.contributor.authorShandas, Vivek
dc.contributor.authorYeakley, Allen
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-08T14:40:02Z
dc.date.available2018-03-08T14:40:02Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractMany studies have documented the growing fragility of a majority of the globe’s ecosystems. Policymakers and resource managers often frame such ecosystem challenges as primarily about protecting natural systems in rural areas. However, that conception misses a key part of the story: the rapid growth of urbanizing areas. Home to more than 50 percent of the world’s human population for the first time in modern history, urbanizing regions concentrate pressure on ecosystem services, which are necessary to sustain healthy urban living conditions and vibrant commerce. This dramatic urbanization presents both challenges and opportunities for novel ecosystem services management. A transdisciplinary framework is needed to discover innovative solutions to these wicked problems because they involve complex linkages between natural and human systems that transcend any single discipline. The framework should integrate natural and social sciences with stakeholders’ intimate knowledge of ecosystem services and urban systems. Here we describe such a framework for training scientists and managers and present four novel cases that illustrate ecosystem management solutions for urbanizing areas.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.thesolutionsjournal.com/article/growing-cities-depend-on-ecosystem-services/en_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/M2N29P82G
dc.identifier.citationDavid Ervin, Darrell Brown, Heejun Chang, Veronica Dujon, Elise Granek, Vivek Shandas, Alan Yeakley, Growing Cities Depend on Ecosystem Services, The Solutions Journal, Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2011, Pages 74-86 (https://www.thesolutionsjournal.com/article/growing-cities-depend-on-ecosystem-services/)en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/7847
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherSolutions for a Sustainable and Desirable Futureen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Geography and Environmental Systems Department Collection
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
dc.rightsThis item may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. It is made available by UMBC for non-commercial research and education. For permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the author.
dc.subjectecosystem managementen_US
dc.subjecturban growthen_US
dc.subjectecosystem management solutionsen_US
dc.subjecturbanizing areasen_US
dc.titleGrowing Cities Depend on Ecosystem Servicesen_US
dc.typeTexten_US

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