Abstract
Ecosystem services are a significant research and policy topic and there are many modelling and mapping approaches aimed at understanding the stocks, demands and flows of ecosystem services on different spatial and temporal scales. The integration of geo-biophysical processes and structure assessments provides insights into actual ecosystem service supply and the ecological and biodiversity base (ecosystem functions). Information and data potential on ecosystem service beneficiaries (demand), their actual rates of use and consumption and how these components are interconnected (flows and trade-offs) can be analysed, integrated and represented by available tools such as thematic mapping, GIS, remote sensing, multi-criteria analysis, and dynamic geo-biophysical and decision process models.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | e1-e3 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Ecosystem Services |
| Volume | 4 |
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| Publication status | Published - Jun 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |