Reviewing the role of ecosystems services in the sustainability of the urban environment: A multi-country analysis

Walter Leal Filho; Jelena Barbir; Mihaela Sima; Alexandra Kalbus; Gustavo J. Nagy; Angelo Paletta; Alicia Villamizar; Reinaldo Martinez; Ulisses M. Azeiteiro; Mário J. Pereira; Paula C. Mussetta; Jorge D. Ivars; José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade Guerra; Samara de Silva Neiva; Stefano Moncada; Charles Galdies; Māris Kļaviņš; Mariyana Nikolova; Radu C. Gogu; Abdul Lateef Balogun; Aicha Bouredji; Alessandra Bonoli

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121338

Reviewing the role of ecosystems services in the sustainability of the urban environment: A multi-country analysis

Walter Leal Filho
, Jelena Barbir
, Mihaela Sima^*
, Alexandra Kalbus
, Gustavo J. Nagy
, Angelo Paletta
, Alicia Villamizar
, Reinaldo Martinez
, Ulisses M. Azeiteiro
, Mário J. Pereira
, Paula C. Mussetta
, Jorge D. Ivars
, José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade Guerra
, Samara de Silva Neiva
, Stefano Moncada
, Charles Galdies
, Māris Kļaviņš
, Mariyana Nikolova
, Radu C. Gogu
, Abdul Lateef Balogun

Aicha Bouredji, Alessandra Bonoli

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Environmental Science

Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
Manchester Metropolitan University
Romanian Academy
Universidad de la República
University of Bologna
Universidad Simón Bolívar
National Academy of Engineering and Habitat
University of Aveiro
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina
University of Malta
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest
Universiti Teknologi Petronas
Università di Corsica Pasquale Paoli

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Abstract

The urban environment is characterised by many pressures caused by population growth, transport (and its related emissions), and the damage to green areas. Yet, there is a variety of ecosystem services available in urban areas, which may be deployed to ameliorate the current problems and foster their sustainability. This paper reviews the role of ecosystem services as tools for sustainability, based on an urban setting. It also describes a series of multi-country case studies, where an assessment of their functions using a set of benefits valuation approaches such as health benefits, economic benefits, social benefits and benefits to climate resilience, are provided, along with an appraisal of their role in up-keeping the overall quality of the urban environment in the studied areas. Policy recommendations aimed at enhancing the role of ecosystem services, and fostering sustainability in the sampled sites -and beyond-are provided.

Original language	English
Article number	121338
Pages (from-to)	1-14
Journal	Journal of Cleaner Production
Volume	262
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121338
Publication status	Published - 20 Jul 2020

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 13 Climate Action
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

Keywords

Case studies
Climate change adaptation
Ecosystem services
Functions
Urban areas

OECD Field of Science

1.5 Earth and Related Environmental Sciences
2.7 Environmental Engineering

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Filho, W. L., Barbir, J., Sima, M., Kalbus, A., Nagy, G. J., Paletta, A., Villamizar, A., Martinez, R., Azeiteiro, U. M., Pereira, M. J., Mussetta, P. C., Ivars, J. D., Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade Guerra, J. B., de Silva Neiva, S., Moncada, S., Galdies, C., Kļaviņš, M., Nikolova, M., Gogu, R. C., ... Bonoli, A. (2020). Reviewing the role of ecosystems services in the sustainability of the urban environment: A multi-country analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production, 262, 1-14. Article 121338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121338

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Reviewing the role of ecosystems services in the sustainability of the urban environment: A multi-country analysis

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