Bringing ecosystem services into economic decision-making: Land use in the United Kingdom
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In: Science, Vol. 341, No. 6141, 05.07.2013, p. 45-50.
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T1 - Bringing ecosystem services into economic decision-making
T2 - Land use in the United Kingdom
AU - Bateman, Ian Jan
AU - Harwood, Amii R.
AU - Mace, Georgina M.
AU - Watson, Robert T.
AU - Abson, D.J.
AU - Andrews, Barnaby
AU - Binner, Amy
AU - Crowe, Andrew
AU - Day, Brett
AU - Dugdale, Steve
AU - Fezzi, Carlo
AU - Foden, Jo
AU - Hadley, David
AU - Haines-Young, Roy
AU - Hulme, Mark
AU - Kontoleon, Andreas
AU - Lovett, Andrew A.
AU - Munday, Paul
AU - Pascual, Unai
AU - Paterson, James
AU - Perino, Grischa
AU - Sen, Antara
AU - Siriwardena, Gavin
AU - Van Soest, Daan P.
AU - Termansen, Mette
PY - 2013/7/5
Y1 - 2013/7/5
N2 - Landscapes generate a wide range of valuable ecosystem services, yet land-use decisions often ignore the value of these services. Using the example of the United Kingdom, we show the significance of land-use change not only for agricultural production but also for emissions and sequestration of greenhouse gases, open-access recreational visits, urban green space, and wild-species diversity. We use spatially explicit models in conjunction with valuation methods to estimate comparable economic values for these services, taking account of climate change impacts. We show that, although decisions that focus solely on agriculture reduce overall ecosystem service values, highly significant value increases can be obtained from targeted planning by incorporating all potential services and their values and that this approach also conserves wild-species diversity.
AB - Landscapes generate a wide range of valuable ecosystem services, yet land-use decisions often ignore the value of these services. Using the example of the United Kingdom, we show the significance of land-use change not only for agricultural production but also for emissions and sequestration of greenhouse gases, open-access recreational visits, urban green space, and wild-species diversity. We use spatially explicit models in conjunction with valuation methods to estimate comparable economic values for these services, taking account of climate change impacts. We show that, although decisions that focus solely on agriculture reduce overall ecosystem service values, highly significant value increases can be obtained from targeted planning by incorporating all potential services and their values and that this approach also conserves wild-species diversity.
KW - Sustainability Science
KW - agricultural production
KW - climate change
KW - decision making
KW - ecosystem service
KW - environmental economics
KW - estimation method
KW - land use change
KW - land use planning
KW - landscape
KW - numerical model
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84879777030&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1126/science.1234379
DO - 10.1126/science.1234379
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 23828934
AN - SCOPUS:84879777030
VL - 341
SP - 45
EP - 50
JO - Science
JF - Science
SN - 0036-8075
IS - 6141
ER -