Ecosystem Services (collection)
Published: June 2, 2010, 6:34 pm
Updated: June 2, 2010, 6:34 pm
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Robert CostanzaEcosystem services are the benefits people obtain from ecosystems. These include provisioning services, such as food and water; regulating services, such as regulation of floods, drought, and disease; supporting services, such as soil formation and nutrient cycling; and cultural services, such as recreational, spiritual, and other non-material benefits. These benefits may or may not be fully perceived by people. Most are outside the market exchange system and are best thought of and managed as public goods (the commons). Ecosystems are experiencing serious degradation in regard to their capability of providing services. At the same time, the demand for ecosystem services is rapidly increasing as populations and standards of living increase.
What are Ecosystem Services?
Categories of ecosystem services
- Provisioning services
- Regulating services
- Supporting services
- Cultural services
Valuation techniques
- Avoided costs
- Replacement costs
- Factor income
- Travel costs
- Hedonic pricing
- Contingent valuation
- Group valuation
- Marginal product estimation
Spatial characteristics of ecosystem services
Services in various ecosystems
Modeling and mapping of ecosystem services
Major assessments of ecosystem services
Locational examples
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Ida Kubiszewski PhD (Lead Author);Robert Costanza (Topic Editor) "Ecosystem Services (collection)". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth June 2, 2010; Last revised Date June 2, 2010; Retrieved May 18, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Ecosystem_Services_(collection)>
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Dr. Ida Kubiszewski is a Senior Lecturer at the Crawford School of Public Policy at Australian National University. She is also a co-founder and former-Managing Editor the Encyclopedia of Earth. Dr. Kubiszewki is currently working as the Managing Editor for a magazine/journal hybrid called Solutions. Solutions is an outlet for discussions focusing on solutions to the complex problems we are now facing in ... (Full Bio)
Ecosystem services are the benefits people obtain from ecosystems. These include provisioning services, such as food and water; regulating services, such as regulation of floods, drought, and disease; supporting services, such as soil formation and nutrient cycling; and cultural services, such as recreational, spiritual, and other non-material benefits. These benefits may or may not be fully perceived by people. Most are outside the market exchange system and are best thought of and managed as public goods (the commons). Ecosystems are experiencing serious degradation in regard to their capability of providing services. At the same time, the demand for ecosystem services is rapidly increasing as populations and standards of living increase.
What are Ecosystem Services?
Categories of ecosystem services
- Provisioning services
- Regulating services
- Supporting services
- Cultural services
Valuation techniques
- Avoided costs
- Replacement costs
- Factor income
- Travel costs
- Hedonic pricing
- Contingent valuation
- Group valuation
- Marginal product estimation
Spatial characteristics of ecosystem services
Services in various ecosystems
Modeling and mapping of ecosystem services
Major assessments of ecosystem services
Locational examples
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