Sunday, September 1, 2013

Incorporating ecosystem services into urban planning


by Stockholm Resilience Centre














Centre researchers have helped to introduce and integrate the concept of ecosystem services (ES) into Stockholm's regional planning.

Ecosystem services are environmental and social services that are produced by ecosystems through intricate interactions between organisms and the environment and that humans benefit from.

Two major reports have been published by the Stockholm County Council addressing ecosystem services. These are Svaga Samband i Stockholmsregionens Gröna Kilar (2012) and "Att planera för ekosystemtjänster i en växande Stockholmsregion" (2013).

Both reports were developed by the Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC) together with its partner the Beijer Institute for Ecological Economics in collaboration with the Office for Regional Growth, Environment and Planning (TMR) at the Stockholm County Council. The reports seek to achieve a shared vision for how the unique assets and strengths of the Stockholm region can best be managed and developed.

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