Urban nature has the potential to improve air and water quality, mitigate flooding, enhance
physical and mental health, and promote social and cultural well-being. However, the value …

Due to increasing population pressure and urbanization, as well as global climate change
impacts, many coastal river deltas are experiencing increased exposure, vulnerability and …

Gross domestic product (GDP) summarizes a vast amount of economic information in a
single monetary metric that is widely used by decision makers around the world. However …

Policy-makers are interested in knowing the relative importance and combined effects of
land use and climate change on ecosystem services. However, knowledge of how to identify …

Ecosystem services value has decreased rapidly caused by land use/land cover changes
driven by urbanization during the past decades. Expanding urbanization not only changes …

Informal green spaces (IGS) such as overgrown vacant lots and urban brownfields constitute
a considerable amount of green resources in the city. Given that the increasingly competitive …

Sustainability certification has become an increasingly important feature in aquaculture
production, leading to a multitude of schemes with various criteria. However, the large …

The study of ecosystem services enables the understanding of the services that ecosystems
provide at the landscape level by explaining the relationship between natural capital …

The ecological environment is important for the survival and development of human beings,
and objective and accurate monitoring of changes in the ecological environment has …

The large-scale loss of ecosystem assets around the world, and the resultant reduction in
the provision of nature's benefits to people, underscores the urgent need for better metrics of …