Abstract Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) can be defined as solutions based on natural
processes that meet societal challenges and simultaneously provide human well-being and …

Seagrass meadows, algal forests and mussel beds are widely regarded as foundation
species that support communities providing valuable ecosystem services in many coastal …

While technological progress has fostered the conception of an urban society that is
increasingly decoupled from ecosystems, demands on natural capital and ecosystem …

We explore the potential of urban ecosystem services for improving resilience and quality of
life in cities. First, we classify and categorize important ecosystem services and disservices …

The crucial role which natural systems play in underpinning economic activity and human
wellbeing is of growing concern as evidence mounts of the increasing human pressures …

The demand for timely monetary estimates of the economic value of nonmarket ecosystem
goods and services has steadily increased over the last few decades. This article describes …

This chapter assesses the literature on the economics of climate change adaptation,
building on the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) and the increasing role that economic …

There is growing demand for information regarding the impacts of decisions on ecosystem
services and human benefits. Despite the large and growing quantity of published …

Benefit transfer is the use of pre-existing empirical estimates from one or more settings
where research has been conducted previously to predict measures of economic value or …

Recent interest in the economics of biodiversity and wider ecosystem services has been
given empirical expression through a focus upon economic valuation. This emphasis has …