• A new valuation school: Integrating diverse values of nature in resource and land use decisions 

      Jacobs, Sander; Dendoncker, Nicolas; Martín-López, Berta; Barton, David Nicholas; Gomez-Baggethun, Erik; Boeraeve, Fanny; McGrath, Francesca L.; Vierikko, Kati; Geneletti, Davide; Sevecke, Katharina J.; Pipart, Nathalie; Primmer, Eeva; Mederly, Peter; Schmidt, Stefan; Aragão, Alexandra; Baral, Himlal; Bark, Rosalind H.; Briceno, Tania; Brogna, Delphine; Cabral, Pedro; Vreese, Rik De; Liquete, Camino; Mueller, Hannah; Peh, Kelvin S.-H.; Phelan, Anna; Rincón, Alexander R.; Rogers, Shannon H.; Turkelboom, Francis; Reeth, Wouter Van; Zanten, Boris T. van; Wam, Hilde Karine; Washbourn, Carla-Leanne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      We are increasingly confronted with severe social and economic impacts of environmental degradation all over the world. From a valuation perspective, environmental problems and conflicts originate from trade-offs between ...
    • Assessing ecosystem services from multifunctional trees in pastures using Bayesian belief networks 

      Barton, David Nicholas; Benjamin, Tamara; Cerdán, Carlos R.; DeClerck, Fabrice; Madsen, Anders L.; Rusch, Graciela; Salazar, Álvaro; Sánchez, Dalia; Villanueva, Cristóbal (Journal article, 2016)
    • Bigger, more diverse and better? Mapping structural diversity and its recreational value in urban green spaces 

      Soy Massoni, Emma; Barton, David Nicholas; Rusch, Graciela; Gundersen, Vegard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-03-07)
      Are bigger green spaces more diverse in terms of their natural and manmade elements? Does higher diversity mean they are more attractive to users and encourage more diversity of activities, and thereby provide a wider range ...
    • Governance of ecosystem services: A framework for empirical analysis 

      Primmer, Eeva; Jokinen, Pekka; Blicharska, Malgorzata; Barton, David Nicholas; Bugter, Rob; Potschin, Marion (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Biodiversity conservation policies justified with science and intrinsic value arguments have produced disappointing outcomes, and the need for conservation is now being additionally justified with the concept of ecosystem ...
    • How natural capital delivers ecosystem services: a typology derived from a systematic review 

      Smith, A.C.; Harrison, P.A.; Pérez Soba, M.; Archaux, F.; Blicharska, M.; Egoh, B.N.; Erős, T.; Fabrega Domenech, N.; György, Á. I.; Haines-Young, R.; Li, S.; Lommelen, E.; Meiresonne, L.; Miguel Ayala, L.; Mononen, L.; Simpson, G.; Stange, Erik; Turkelboom, Francis; Uiterwijk, M.; Veerkamp, C.J.; Wyllie de Echeverria, V. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-06-29)
      There is no unified evidence base to help decision-makers understand how the multiple components of natural capital interact to deliver ecosystem services. We systematically reviewed 780 papers, recording how natural ...
    • Institutional challenges in putting ecosystem service knowledge in practice 

      Saarikoski, Heli; Primmer, Eeva; Saarela, Sanna-Riikka; Antunes, Paula; Aszalós, Réka; Baró, Francesc; Berry, Pam; Blanko, Gemma Garcia; Gomez-Baggethun, Erik; Carvalho, Laurence; Dick, Jan; Dunford, Robert; Hanzu, Mihail; Harrison, Paula A.; Izakovicova, Zita; Kertész, Miklós; Kopperoinen, Leena; Köhler, Berit; Langemeyer, Johannes; Lapola, David Montenegro; Liquete, Camino; Luque, Sandra; Mederly, Peter; Niemela, Jari; Palomo, Ignacio; Pastur, Guillermo Martinéz; Peri, Pablo Luis; Preda, Elena; Priess, Jörg A.; Santos, Rui; Schleyer, Christian; Turkelboom, Francis; Vadineanu, Angheluta; Verheyden, Wim; Vikström, Suvi; Young, Juliette (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      The promise that ecosystem service assessments will contribute to better decision-making is not yet proven. We analyse how knowledge on ecosystem services is actually used to inform land and water management in 22 case ...
    • Interactive spatial planning of urban green infrastructure – Retrofitting green roofs where ecosystem services are most needed in Oslo 

      Venter, Zander; Barton, David Nicholas; Martinez-Izquierdo, Laura; Langemeyer, Johannes; Baró, Francesc; McPhearson, Timon (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Spatial multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) is increasingly being used to inform urban green infrastructure planning. We explore the use of modern cloud computing technologies (Google Earth Engine) to facilitate public ...
    • Intermediate ecosystem services: An empty concept? 

      Potschin-Young, Marion; Czúcz, Balint; Liquete, Camino; Maes, Joachim; Rusch, Graciela; Haines-Young, Roy (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    • Multi-criteria decision analysis and cost-benefit analysis: comparing alternative frameworks for integrated valuation of ecosystem services 

      Gomez-Baggethun, Erik; Antunes, Paula; Keune, Hans; Geneletti, Davide; Barton, David Nicholas; Mustajoki, Jyri; Saarikoski, Heli; Marttunen, Mika; Santos, Rui; Langemeyer, Johannes (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) methods has been promoted as an alternative approach to monetary economic valuation of ecosystem services in Cost-Benefit Analysis framework (CBA). We discuss the potential of MCDA ...
    • National mapping and assessment of ecosystem services projects in Europe – Participants’ experiences, state of the art and lessons learned 

      Vári, Ágnes; Adamescu, Cristian Mihai; Balzan, Mario; Gocheva, Kremena; Götzl, Martin; Grunewald, Karsten; Inácio, Miguel; Linder, Madli; Obiang-Ndong, Gregory; Pereira, Paulo; Santos-Martín, Fernando; Sieber, Ina; Stepniewska, Malgorzata; Tanacs, Eszter; Termansen, Mette; Tromeur, Eric; Vackarova, Davina; Czúcz, Bálint (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Backed by the Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 and 2030, numerous ‘Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystem Services’ (MAES) projects have been completed in recent years in the member states of the European Union, with substantial ...
    • Operationalising ecosystem service assessment in Bayesian Belief Networks: experiences within the OpenNESS project 

      Smith, Ron I.; Barton, David Nicholas; Dick, Jan; Haines-Young, Roy; Madsen, Anders L.; Rusch, Graciela; Termansen, Mette; Woods, Helen; Carvalho, Laurence; Giucă, Relu Constantin; Luque, Sandra; Odee, David; Rusch, Veronica E.; Saarikoski, Heli; Adamescu, Cristian Mihai; Dunford, Robert; Ochieng, John; Gonzalez-Redino, Julen; Stange, Erik; Vădineanuh, Angheluță; Verweijq, Peter; Vikström, Suvi (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Nine Bayesian Belief Networks (BBNs) were developed within the OpenNESS project specifically for modelling ecosystem services for case study applications. The novelty of the method, its ability to explore problems, to ...
    • Practical application of spatial ecosystem service models to aid decision support 

      Zulian, Grazia; Stange, Erik; Woods, Helen; Carvalho, Laurence; Dick, Jan; Andrews, Christopher; Baró, Francesc; Vizcaino, Pilar; Barton, David Nicholas; Nowel, Megan; Rusch, Graciela; Autunes, Paula; Fernandes, João; Ferraz, Diogo; dos Santos, Rui Ferreira; Aszalós, Réka; Arany, Ildikó; Czúcz, Bálint; Priess, Joerg A.; Hoyer, Christian; Bürger-Patriciom, Gleiciani; Lapola, David; Mederly, Peter; Halabuk, Andrej; Bezak, Peter; Kopperoinen, Leena; Viinikka, Arto (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Ecosystem service (ES) spatial modelling is a key component of the integrated assessments designed to support policies and management practices aiming at environmental sustainability. ESTIMAP (‘‘Ecosystem Service Mapping ...
    • Selecting methods for ecosystem service assessment: A decision tree approach 

      Harrison, Paula A.; Dunford, Robert; Barton, David Nicholas; Kelemen, Eszter; Martín-López, Berta; Norton, Lisa; Termansen, Mette; Saarikoski, Heli; Hendriks, Kees; Gomez-Baggethun, Erik; Czúcz, Balint; García-Llorente, Marina; Howard, David; Jacobs, Sander; Karlsen, Martin; Kopperoinen, Leena; Madsen, Andes; Rusch, Graciela; van Eupen, Michiel; Verweij, Peter; Smith, Ron; Tuomasjukka, Diana; Zulian, Grazia (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      A range of methods are available for assessing ecosystem services. Methods differ in their aims; from mapping and modelling the supply and demand of ecosystem services to appraising their economic and non-economic importance ...
    • Servicescape of the Greater Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem: Visualizing the linkages between land use, biodiversity and the delivery of wildlife-related ecosystem services 

      May, Roel; Jackson, Craig; Bevanger, Kjetil; Røskaft, Eivin (Journal article, 2019)
      Understanding how anthropogenic activities and management actions influence the delivery of ecosystem services is complicated by the interrelated nature of diverse factors. We present a Bayesian Belief Network to highlight ...
    • Stakeholders’ perspectives on the operationalisation of the ecosystem service concept: results from 27 case studies 

      Dick, Jan; Turkelboom, Francis; Woods, Helen; Iniesta-Arandia, Irene; Primmer, Eeva; Saarela, Sanna-Riikka; Bezak, Peter; Mederly, Peter; Leone, Michael; Verheyden, Wim; Kelemen, Eszter; Hauck, Jennifer; Andrews, Chris; Antunes, Paula; Aszalós, Réka; Baró, Francesc; Barton, David Nicholas; Berry, Pam; Bugter, Rob; Carvalho, Laurence; Czúcz, Balint; Dunford, Rob; Blancos, Gemma Garcia; Geamănăt, Nicoleta; Giucăt, Relu; Grizzetti, Bruna; Izakovičováv, Zita; Kertész, Miklós l; Kopperoinen, Leena; Langemeyer, Johannes; Lapola, David Montenegro; Liquete, Camino; Luque, Sandra; Pastur, Guillermo Martinéz; Martín-López, Berta; Mukhopadhyay, Raktima; Niemela, Jari; Odee, David; Peri, Pablo Luis; Pinho, Patricia; Blumentrath, Stefan; Fongar, Claudia; Gomez-Baggethun, Erik; Gundersen, Vegard; Haavardsholm, Oscar; Köhler, Berit; Lindhjem, Henrik; Nowell, Megan Sara; Often, Anders; Reinvang, Rasmus; Rusch, Graciela; Stange, Erik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      The ecosystem service (ES) concept is becoming mainstream in policy and planning, but operational influence on practice is seldom reported. Here, we report the practitioners’ perspectives on the practical implementation ...
    • Valuing access to urban greenspace using non-linear distance decay in hedonic property pricing 

      Łaszkiewicz, Edyta; Heyman, Axel; Chen, Xianwen; Cimburova, Zofie; Nowell, Megan Sara; Barton, David Nicholas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Modelling walking distance enables the observation of non-linearities in hedonic property pricing of accessibility to greenspace. We test a penalized spline spatial error model (PS-SEM), which has two distinctive features. ...
    • When we cannot have it all: Ecosystem services trade-offs in the context of spatial planning 

      Turkelboom, Francis; Leone, Michael; Jacobs, Sander; Kelemen, Eszter; García-Llorente, Marina; Baró, Francesc; Termansen, Mette; Barton, David Nicholas; Berry, Pam; Stange, Erik; Thoonen, Marijke; Kalóczkai, Ágnes; Vadineanu, Angheluta; Castro, Antonio J.; Czúcz, Balint; Röckmann, Christine; Wurbs, Daniel; Odee, David; Preda, Elena; Gomez-Baggethun, Erik; Rusch, Graciela; Pastur, Guillermo Martinéz; Palomo, Ignacio; Dick, Jan; Casaer, Jim; van Dijk, Jiska Joanneke; Priess, Joerg A.; Langemeyer, Johannes; Mustajoki, Jyri; Kopperoinen, Leena; Baptist, Martin J.; Peri, Pablo Luis; Mukhopadhyay, Raktima; Aszalós, Réka; Roy, S.B.; Luque, Sandra; Rusch, Veronica E. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      Spatial planning have to deal with trade-offs between various stakeholders’ wishes and needs as part of planning and management of landscapes, natural resources and/or biodiversity. To make ecosystem services (ES) trade-off ...