Stewardship of urban ecosystem services: understanding the value(s) of urban gardens in Barcelona

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 170, Issue , 2018, Pages 79-89

  Langemeyer, Johannes ^a,b   Camps Calvet, Marta ^a   Calvet Mir, Laura ^a,c   Barthel, Stephan ^d   Gómez Baggethun, Erik ^e,f  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d STOCKHOLM RESILIENCE CENTRE   (Sweden)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^f NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cities; Civic ecology; Green commons; Green infrastructure; Nature based solutions; Social ecological systems; Urban regeneration

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; URBAN PLANNING;

CITY; CIVIC ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE VALUES; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; GREEN COMMON; GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; NATURE-BASED SOLUTION; SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; URBAN GARDEN; URBAN REGENERATION;

REMOTE SENSING;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GARDEN; GREEN ECONOMY; GREENSPACE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PROPERTY RIGHTS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REMOTE SENSING; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN PLANNING;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 85030719669     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.09.013     Document Type: Article

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