Atlas of Ecosystem Services: Drivers, Risks, and Societal Responses - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3319962280 ISBN 13: 9783319962283

Publisher: Springer, 2019

Synopsis

This book aims to identify, present and discuss key driving forces and pressures on ecosystem services. Ecosystem services are the contributions that ecosystems provide to human well-being. The scope of this atlas is on identifying solutions and lessons to be applied across science, policy and practice. The atlas will address different components of ecosystem services, assess risks and vulnerabilities, and outline governance and management opportunities. The atlas will therefore attract a wide audience, both from policy and practice and from different scientific disciplines. The emphasis will be on ecosystems in Europe, as the available data on service provision is best developed for this region and recognizes the strengths of the contributing authors. Ecosystems of regions outside Europe will be covered where possible.

About this title

About the Author

Stefan Klotz, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, Halle, Germany

Aletta Bonn, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Leipzig, Germany

Ralf Seppelt, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, Leipzig, Germany

Matthias Schröter, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Leipzig, Germany

Cornelia Baessler, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, Halle, Germany

From the Back Cover

Human well-being is significantly affected by the contributions provided by ecosystems, or ecosystem services. In this well-illustrated atlas, world-class experts identify and discuss key driving forces, trade-offs, and synergies of ecosystem services. Through interdisciplinary case studies varying across ecosystems and scales, this atlas narrows the knowledge gap between ecosystem services management and related fields of study.

This atlas begins with conceptual background and proceeds to present drivers and their risks for ecosystems, their functions and services, and biodiversity. Trade-offs and synergies among ecosystem services and societal responses to the drivers and trade-offs are discussed. Sustainable land management and governance concepts are demonstrated throughout the atlas. Environmental scientists, practitioners and policy makers worldwide will appreciate the solutions and best practices identified throughout the chapters. Students of environmental sciences, socio-economics and landscape planning will find this atlas to be a valuable read, as well.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319962280
• ISBN 13: 9783319962283
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 444
• Editor: Schröter Matthias, Bonn Aletta, Klotz Stefan, Seppelt Ralf, Baessler Cornelia