scholarly journals Insight into cultural ecosystem services: comprehensive review through cluster analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
T. P. S. R. Guruge ◽  
U. K. Jayasinghe-Mudalige ◽  
J. M. M. Udugama ◽  
D. Weerakoon ◽  
S. P. Premarathne
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Cultural Ecosystem Services ◽  
Comprehensive Review ◽  
Insight Into

Urban expansion depletes cultural ecosystem services: an insight into a Mediterranean coastline

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Laura Carranza ◽  
Mita Drius ◽  
Flavio Marzialetti ◽  
Marco Malavasi ◽  
Maria Carla de Francesco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Cultural Ecosystem Services ◽  
Insight Into

Understanding the process from perception to cultural ecosystem services assessment by comparing valuation methods

2021 ◽  
Vol 57 ◽  
pp. 126945
Author(s):  
Tian Tian ◽  
Lin Sun ◽  
Shengjing Peng ◽  
Fengyun Sun ◽  
Yue Che
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Cultural Ecosystem Services ◽  
Valuation Methods

The Application of the Blockchain Technology in Voting Systems

2021 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
Jun Huang ◽  
Debiao He ◽  
Mohammad S. Obaidat ◽  
Pandi Vijayakumar ◽  
Min Luo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research Agenda ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Voting Systems ◽  
Comprehensive Review ◽  
Formal Expression ◽  
Future Research Agenda ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Peer Network ◽  
Peer To Peer Network ◽  
Insight Into

Voting is a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or a group of individuals. However, conventional voting systems tend to be centralized, which are known to suffer from security and efficiency limitations. Hence, there has been a trend of moving to decentralized voting systems, such as those based on blockchain. The latter is a decentralized digital ledger in a peer-to-peer network, where a copy of the append-only ledger of digitally signed and encrypted transactions is maintained by each participant. Therefore, in this article, we perform a comprehensive review of blockchain-based voting systems and classify them based on a number of features (e.g., the types of blockchain used, the consensus approaches used, and the scale of participants). By systematically analyzing and comparing the different blockchain-based voting systems, we also identify a number of limitations and research opportunities. Hopefully, this survey will provide an in-depth insight into the potential utility of blockchain in voting systems and device future research agenda.

Enriching social media data allows a more robust representation of cultural ecosystem services

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 101328
Author(s):  
Nathan Fox ◽  
Laura J. Graham ◽  
Felix Eigenbrod ◽  
James M. Bullock ◽  
Katherine E. Parks
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Cultural Ecosystem Services ◽  
Social Media Data ◽  
Robust Representation ◽  
Media Data

scholarly journals Improving the knowledge of plant potential biodiversity-ecosystem services links using maps at the regional level in Southern Patagonia

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yamina Micaela Rosas ◽  
Pablo L. Peri ◽  
María Vanessa Lencinas ◽  
Romina Lasagno ◽  
Guillermo J. Martínez Pastur
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Vegetation Index ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Cultural Ecosystem Services ◽  
Important Indicator ◽  
Ecological Requirements ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Southern Patagonia

Abstract Background Biodiversity supports multiple ecosystem services, whereas species loss endangers the provision of many services and affects ecosystem resilience and resistance capacity. The increase of remote sensing techniques allows to estimate biodiversity and ecosystem services supply at the landscape level in areas with low available data (e.g. Southern Patagonia). This paper evaluates the potential biodiversity and how it links with ecosystem services, based on vascular plant species across eight ecological areas. We also evaluated the habitat plant requirements and their relation with natural gradients. A total of 977 plots were used to develop habitat suitability maps based on an environmental niche factor analysis of 15 more important indicator species for each ecological area (n = 53 species) using 40 explanatory variables. Finally, these maps were combined into a single potential biodiversity map, which was linked with environmental variables and ecosystem services supply. For comparisons, data were extracted and compared through analyses of variance. Results The plant habitat requirements varied greatly among the different ecological areas, and it was possible to define groups according to its specialization and marginality indexes. The potential biodiversity map allowed us to detect coldspots in the western mountains and hotspots in southern and eastern areas. Higher biodiversity was associated to higher temperatures and normalized difference vegetation index, while lower biodiversity was related to elevation and rainfall. Potential biodiversity was closely associated with supporting and provisioning ecosystem services in shrublands and grasslands in the humid steppe, while the lowest values were related to cultural ecosystem services in Nothofagus forests. Conclusions The present study showed that plant species present remarkable differences in spatial distributions and ecological requirements, being a useful proxy for potential biodiversity modelling. Potential biodiversity values change across ecological areas allowing to identify hotspots and coldspots, a useful tool for landscape management and conservation strategies. In addition, links with ecosystem services detect potential synergies and trade-offs, where areas with the lowest potential biodiversity are related to cultural ecosystem services (e.g. aesthetic values) and areas with the greatest potential biodiversity showed threats related to productive activities (e.g. livestock).

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