The concept of ecosystem services in adaptive urban planning and design: A framework for supporting innovation

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 125, Issue , 2014, Pages 254-259

  Ahern, Jack ^a   Cilliers, Sarel ^b   Niemelä, Jari ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adaptive design; Citizen science; Ecosystem services; Learning by doing; Performance indicators; Transdisciplinarity

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INFRASTRUCTURE AS A SERVICE (IAAS); RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH;

ADAPTIVE DESIGNS; CITIZEN SCIENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; LEARNING BY DOING; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; TRANSDISCIPLINARITY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; INNOVATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; LEARNING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PREDICTION; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84898771040     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.01.020     Document Type: Article

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