Efficiently reducing natural hazard risks requires a thorough understanding of the costs of
natural hazards. Current methods to assess these costs employ a variety of terminologies …

Mountains play a key role in the provision of nature's contributions to people (NCP)
worldwide that support societies' quality of life. Simultaneously, mountains are threatened by …

Ecosystems play a potentially important role in sustainably reducing the risk of disaster
events worldwide. Yet, to date, there are few comprehensive studies that summarize the …

Nature-based solutions (NbS) contrast with grey infrastructure measures to reduce risk from
natural hazards. Using natural and sustainable measures (green) or combining green with …

A great share of ecosystem services (ES) at the global scale is provided by forest biomes,
and acknowledging the value of forest ES is critically important towards sustainable decision …

Forests support human economy and well-being with multiple ecosystem services. In this
paper, the ecosystem services generated in a mountainous forest area in North Italy were …

There is growing policy and academic interest in transferring ecosystem service values from
existing valuation studies to other ecosystem sites at a large geographic scale. Despite the …

The evolution of the landscape and the behavior of the groundwater system are key
concerns for the long-term management of radioactive waste in deep geological …

Forests in mountain areas provide an indispensable ecosystem service by protecting people
and infrastructure against natural hazards. As forests are increasingly affected by global …

Forest owners and managers deal with an increasing demand for forest ecosystem services
(ES). In addition, a recent change can be observed from a governmental top-down approach …