Ecosystem services in cities: towards the international legal protection of ecosystem services in urban environments

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dc.contributor.authorHarris, Jim A.
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-13T16:59:20Z
dc.date.available2017-02-13T16:59:20Z
dc.date.issued2017-01-18
dc.description.abstractBiodiversity provides many ecosystem services in cities that are beneficial to human well-being including adaptation to the effects of climate change and positive effects of nature on human health. Rapid urbanization however is causing an adverse impact on biodiversity and the ecosystem services they provide. Protecting and restoring urban biodiversity and ecosystem services can increase human well-being of the rapidly increasing urban population. Today, however, the international biodiversity conservation practice mainly focuses on rural areas, and not on urban conservation and restoration. Within city scale, there are several opportunities to green urban living, such as green infrastructure and urban parks and nature reserves. This paper investigates the current scientific practices for promoting and protecting ecosystem services in urban areas. Secondly, the authors review and assess the legally binding instruments on biodiversity at the international and EU level in order to see if there are sufficient existing mechanisms for protection of ecosystem services in urban areas. Thirdly, the paper elaborates on the Aichi Targets in order to explore whether or not these targets are enough to facilitate the protection and enhancement of ecosystem services in urban areas as swiftly as they are needed.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationAysegül Sirakaya, An Cliquet, Jim Harris, Ecosystem services in cities: towards the international legal protection of ecosystem services in urban environments, Ecosystem Services, Available online 18 January 2017en_UK
dc.identifier.issn2212-0416
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.01.001
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/11441
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectInternational biodiversity lawen_UK
dc.subjectUrbanizationen_UK
dc.subjectBiodiversityen_UK
dc.subjectEcosystem servicesen_UK
dc.subjectConservationen_UK
dc.subjectRestorationen_UK
dc.titleEcosystem services in cities: towards the international legal protection of ecosystem services in urban environmentsen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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