scholarly journals An Integrated Framework of Green Stormwater Infrastructure Planning—A Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 13942
Author(s):  
Gang Lu ◽  
Lin Wang
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Ecological Processes ◽  
Integrated Framework ◽  
Scenario Evaluation ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
The Social ◽  
Green Stormwater Infrastructure ◽  
Impact Of Urbanization ◽  
The Relationship

Conventional stormwater management infrastructures show low levels of sustainability owing to the consistent impact of urbanization and climate change, and the green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) has been identified as a more sustainable alternative approach. According to a systematic review, the articles and papers concerning GSI planning are fragmented, especially those discussing the planning steps; thus, an integrated framework of GSI planning is developed here to guide forthcoming planning. In the facility aspect, the research status and prospects of four critical planning steps (i.e., objective formulation, type/scenario evaluation, quantity/scale determination, and site selection) are discussed, and a method of quantifying the relationship between GSI and ecosystem services is given. In the ecosystem aspect, ecosystem resilience promotion is regarded as an approach to guarantee the interaction between hydrological processes and ecological processes, which maintains the sustainable provision of ecosystem services produced by GSI in diverse disturbances. Proposals for future GSI planning research are put forward as comprehensive consideration of the two abovementioned aspects to harvest ecosystem services from GSI directly and to promote the anti-disturbance ability of the ecosystem to guarantee the stable provision of ecosystem services indirectly, which are conducive to the social, economic, and environmental sustainability of GSI.

Contributions of Urban Agro Ecological Agriculture to Ecosystem Services

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
José G. Vargas-Hernández ◽  
Olga E. Domené-Painenao
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Social Equity ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Environmental Services ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
The Social

This paper has the aim to analyze the implications of the transition of ecosystem services based on urban agro ecology. It advances on the debate over the negative effects of the traditional and industrial oriented agricultural production on the ecosystem services, food systems, climate change, etc. and analyses the principles, methods, and some practices that support the transition to urban agro ecology. The method employed is the analytical of the theoretical and empirical literature review. It concludes that a transition from traditional and industrial-oriented agriculture towards more urban agro ecology is inevitable to improve the ecological and environmental services, the economic efficiency, the social equity and justice, and the environmental sustainability of cities.

scholarly journals Functional diversity: a key aspect in the provision of ecosystem services

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 94
Author(s):  
JESÚS BALLESTEROS CORREA ◽  
JAIRO PÉREZ TORRES
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Functional Diversity ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Natural Ecosystems ◽  
Ecological Processes ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Relationship

 Functional diversity is one of the crucial aspects of the functioning of ecosystems and the provision of ecosystem services. In this review paper, we analyze how biodiversity contributes to human well-being through the provision of goods and ecosystem services, and related aspects of ecological processes and their relationship with the functional diversity of ecosystems are presented. It aims to explain in a simple way, the concepts related to functional diversity, the importance of the functional groups and the role of functional traits of the species as a key element in the responses of organisms to environmental changes. Understanding the relationship between ecosystem processes, functional diversity of species and providing ecosystem services, allow better management of natural ecosystems and their biodiversity, enabling conservation and sustainable use of different types of services provided by ecosystems.

scholarly journals Perceptions and Social Values Regarding the Ecosystem Services of Beaches and Coastal Dunes in Yucatán, Mexico

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 3592
Author(s):  
Gabriela Mendoza-González ◽  
Arely Paredes-Chi ◽  
Dalia Méndez-Funes ◽  
María Giraldo ◽  
Edgar Torres-Irineo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Coastal Dunes ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Social Perceptions ◽  
Natural Environments ◽  
The Social ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Relationship

The ecosystem services (ESs) approach has been used as a powerful tool for the analysis of socio-ecological systems to investigate the relationship between society and the environment. The aim of this article is to analyze the social perceptions of stakeholders, forms of use (sociocultural and economic), and the conservation of beaches and coastal dunes in Yucatán, Mexico. Interviews were held with focus groups to analyze the forms of use, social perceptions of stakeholders, and the conservation of beaches and coastal dunes in Yucatán, Mexico. The results indicate that these ecosystems are important to different types of activities related to regulating, provisioning, and cultural services. However, degradation is identified as a consequence of contamination and land-use change. The main identified threats are natural phenomena, followed by the presence of garbage, human presence in natural environments, infrastructure construction, and privatization of beaches. The opinions (e.g., conservation, ecosystem services provision, drivers of change), emotions (e.g., joy, fear, sadness), and knowledge of the local community and tourists with respect to these ecosystems were evidenced. In general, there is an absence of conservation and sustainable management projects. However, community perceptions provide an opportunity to outline public conservation strategies in which the community, as a component of these socio-ecosystems, can be fully involved in their implementation.

The way worship works in mission: Proposing an alternative to the standard account

2021 ◽  
pp. 009182962110117
Author(s):  
David E Fitch
Keyword(s):  
Spiritual Formation ◽  
Alternative Account ◽  
Standard Account ◽  
Cultural Engagement ◽  
Evangelical Protestantism ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
The Social ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Church

This article examines the relationship of worship to mission in the life of the church. How does worship shape the Christian for mission and the work of God’s justice in the world? The article sketches what the author contends to be “the standard account” of how worship works within North American mainstream evangelical Protestantism, drawing on several authors who write on spiritual formation, liturgy, and cultural engagement. Exemplary of this standard account is the influential theology of church and culture found within neo-Calvinism. By parsing the social architecture of these authors, this article reveals its strengths and weaknesses—an analysis that can be applied more widely to Protestantism as a whole in North America. Then, the article moves on to propose an alternative account for the relationship of worship to mission that overcomes the weaknesses of the standard account. This alternative approach is labeled “faithful presence,” an approach which has affinities with an Anabaptist approach to worship and mission.

scholarly journals Recent Challenges of the Ecosystems Services Approach from an Interdisciplinary Point of View

2019 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olaf Kühne ◽  
Rainer Duttmann
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Human Nature ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Ecological Processes ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
The Social

Abstract The ecosystem services approach has attracted tremendous attention from policymaking, planning and interdisciplinary sciences over the last decades. Despite its broad acknowledgement worldwide, there are a number of well-known conceptual and methodological limitations that impair its use and practical operationalisation. A brief discussion of these deficits is conducted from the integrated perspective of natural and social sciences. The paper then critically addresses the question of whether and to what extent the diversity, complexity and hybridity of the human-nature context should be shaped into a uniform scheme, disregarding the differing scales of the social, economic and ecological processes, functions and the trade-offs between them.

scholarly journals Linking Demographic Factors, Land Use, Ecosystem Services, and Human Well-Being: Insights from an Sandy Landscape, Uxin in Inner Mongolia, China

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 4847
Author(s):  
Jing Zhang ◽  
Xueming Li ◽  
Tongliga Bao ◽  
Zhenghai Li ◽  
Chong Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Inner Mongolia ◽  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Social ◽  
Supply Capacity ◽  
The Relationship

Ecosystem services are fundamental in supporting human well-being which is a core component of sustainability. Understanding the relationship between ecosystem services (ESs) and human well-being (HWB) in a changing landscape is important to implement appropriate ecosystem management and policy development. Combining with demographic, economic, and cultural factors, their land use are the elements linking ESs and HWB at fine scale. Within this context, the purpose of this study is to evaluate household HWB changes in the past decade, and understand the relationship between demographic factors, land use, ESs, and HWB in the social-ecological landscapes of Uxin, in Inner Mongolia. Our results indicate that: the levels of HWB of local herder families were slightly improved from 2007 to 2016; changes in family demographic factors enhanced their land use intensity, resulting in an increased supply capacity of ecosystems and improved HWB; in addition, regulating services contributed more to HWB than provisioning services. The results of this study can help improve the understanding of the relationship between ESs and HWB, and provide valuable information to policy-makers to maintain particular ESs or to improve HWB.

Re-Inventing the Social Business Model

2017 ◽  
pp. 295-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dario Cavenago ◽  
Laura Mariani
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
The Third ◽  
Italian Case ◽  
The Social ◽  
Third Sector Organisations ◽  
Survival And Growth ◽  
The Relationship

The recent global economic crises and the decline of the traditional welfare state are challenging the development of third sector organisations involved in the provision of public services. With the support of the Italian case and the experiences of different Italian third sector organisations, this contribution highlights how organisational survival and growth require reinvention of the business model, commencing with the concept of social, economic and environmental sustainability. The scope of third sector organisations depends on the type of government, the stage of economic development, the model of civil society, the existence of philanthropic traditions and the law and regulation. All these variables affect the business model of third sector organisations. This chapter contributes to the third sector knowledge in Italy and concludes with a discussion on solutions that are able to incentivize the use of entrepreneurial principles, stimulate networking, cooperation and growth while maintaining the relationship with the territories.

Re-Inventing the Social Business Model

2019 ◽  
pp. 931-950
Author(s):  
Dario Cavenago ◽  
Laura Mariani
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
The Third ◽  
Italian Case ◽  
The Social ◽  
Third Sector Organisations ◽  
Survival And Growth ◽  
The Relationship

The recent global economic crises and the decline of the traditional welfare state are challenging the development of third sector organisations involved in the provision of public services. With the support of the Italian case and the experiences of different Italian third sector organisations, this contribution highlights how organisational survival and growth require reinvention of the business model, commencing with the concept of social, economic and environmental sustainability. The scope of third sector organisations depends on the type of government, the stage of economic development, the model of civil society, the existence of philanthropic traditions and the law and regulation. All these variables affect the business model of third sector organisations. This chapter contributes to the third sector knowledge in Italy and concludes with a discussion on solutions that are able to incentivize the use of entrepreneurial principles, stimulate networking, cooperation and growth while maintaining the relationship with the territories.

Transition of Ecosystem Services Based on Urban Agroecology

2021 ◽  
pp. 373-391
Author(s):  
José G. Vargas-Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Economic Efficiency ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Social Equity ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
The Social

This chapter has the aim to analyze the implications of the transition of ecosystem services based on urban agro ecology. It advances on the debate over the negative effects of the traditional and industrial oriented agricultural production on the ecosystem services, food systems, climate change, etc., and analyses the principles, methods and some practices that supports the transition to urban agro ecology. The method employed is the analytical of the theoretical and empirical literature review. It concludes that a transition from traditional and industrial oriented agriculture towards more urban agro ecology is inevitable to improve the ecological and environmental services, the economic efficiency, the social equity and justice, and the environmental sustainability of cities.

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