The remarkable complexity of soil and its importance to a wide range of ecosystem services
presents major challenges to the modeling of soil processes. Although major progress in soil …

To enter widespread use, ecosystem service assessments need to be quantifiable,
replicable, credible, flexible, and affordable. With recent growth in the field of ecosystem …

Forest-driven water and energy cycles are poorly integrated into regional, national,
continental and global decision-making on climate change adaptation, mitigation, land use …

This review assesses existing data, models, and other knowledge-based methods for
valuing the effects of sustainable land management including the cost of land degradation …

Rapid urbanization is a global phenomenon that has altered many ecosystems, causing a
decline in many ecosystem services, generating ecological risks such as water shortages …

Ecosystem services are substantial elements for human society. The central challenge to
meet the human needs from ecosystems while sustain the Earth's life support systems …

Land-use planning is an important determinant for green space policy in cities. It defines
land covers and hence the structure and function of urban ecosystems and the benefits …

Ecosystem services (ES) play an important role in sustaining ecological security, sustainable
development and human well-being. This study investigates spatio-temporal changes in five …

There is growing concern that flooding is becoming more frequent and severe in Europe. A
better understanding of flood regime changes and their drivers is therefore needed. The …

There is growing interest in the role that natural capital plays in underpinning ecosystem
services. Yet, there remain differences and inconsistencies in the conceptualisation of …