Valuing Ecosystem Services at the Urban Level: A Critical Review
| Autor: | Benedetta Lucchitta, Edoardo Croci, Tommaso Penati |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Value (ethics)
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences lcsh:TJ807-830 Geography Planning and Development lcsh:Renewable energy sources 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law 01 natural sciences ECONOMIC VALUATION NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS URBAN ECOSYSTEM SERVICES VALUATION Ecosystem services Order (exchange) 11. Sustainability nature-based solutions lcsh:Environmental sciences urban ecosystem services valuation 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Valuation (finance) lcsh:GE1-350 Contingent valuation Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment lcsh:Environmental effects of industries and plants 15. Life on land Environmental economics Natural resource Economic valuation Variety (cybernetics) lcsh:TD194-195 Business economic valuation |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 1129, p 1129 (2021) Sustainability Volume 13 Issue 3 |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/su13031129 |
| Popis: | This paper critically analyses the methodologies that can be adopted to value ecosystem services (ESs) at the urban level through a literature review. While literature on ES valuation has grown in recent years, its application to urban contexts is still limited. Twenty-five papers, which include 29 different case studies, carry out an economic valuation and have undergone an in-depth analysis. The papers have been selected out of 80 papers detected through keywords. Six different valuation methodologies have been employed in the case studies. The most common ESs valued at the urban level are air quality regulation, local climate regulation, carbon sequestration and storage, and aesthetic appreciation and inspiration for culture, art, and design. The methodologies recur with different frequencies in the valuation of ESs at the urban level. Choice modeling and contingent valuation methodologies are used to value a variety of ESs, including regulating, cultural, and supporting services. Other methodologies are used to value only specific ESs. The replacement cost and damage cost avoided methodologies are used for the assessment of regulation services only the travel cost method and contingent valuation are used for cultural services only. The results indicate that the considered valuation methodologies show different levels of appropriateness with respect to specific ES categories. Therefore, there is a need to expand the application of valuation methodologies to capture the value of all ESs provided by natural resources, in order to protect and enhance them. |
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