Bringing Ecosystem Services into Economic Decision-Making: Land Use in the United Kingdom
Bringing Ecosystem Services into Economic Decision-Making: Land Use in the United Kingdom
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DOI：
10.1126/science.1234379
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发表时间：
2013-07-05
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56.9
通讯作者：
Termansen, Mette
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作者：
Bateman, Ian J.;Harwood, Amii R.;Termansen, Mette
景观产生广泛的有价值的生态系统服务，但土地利用决策往往忽视这些服务的价值。以英国为例，我们展示了土地利用变化不仅对农业生产的重要性，而且对温室气体排放和封存、开放式休闲旅游、城市绿地和野生物种多样性的重要性。我们使用空间显式模型结合估值方法来估计这些服务的可比经济价值，同时考虑到气候变化的影响。我们表明，尽管仅关注农业的决策会降低整体生态系统服务价值，但通过纳入所有潜在服务及其价值，可以从有针对性的规划中获得非常显着的价值增长，并且这种方法还可以保护野生物种多样性。
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.