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Natural capital : theory & practice of mapping ecosystem services / edited by Peter Kareiva [and others].

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Theory & practice of mapping ecosystem services and Theory and practice of mapping ecosystem services
Published
New York : Oxford University Press, [2011]
Copyright Date
©2011
Physical Description
xviii, 365 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Additional Creators
Kareiva, Peter M., 1951-

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Contents
Machine generated contents note: Section I A vision for ecosystem services in decisions -- 1.Mainstreaming natural capital into decisions / Heather Tallis -- 1.1.Mainstreaming ecosystem services into decisions -- 1.2.What is new today that makes us think we can succeed? -- 1.3.Moving from theory to implementation -- 1.4.Using ecosystem production functions to map and assess natural capital -- 1.5.Roadmap to the book -- Box 1.1 The everyday meaning of natural capital to the world's rural poor (M. Sanjayan -- 1.6.Open questions and future directions -- Box 1.2 Sorting among options for a more sustainable world (Stephen R. Carpenter -- 1.7.A general theory of change -- References -- 2.Interpreting and estimating the value of ecosystem services / Donald Kennedy -- 2.1.Introduction: why is valuing nature important? -- 2.2.Philosophical issues: values, rights, and decision-making -- 2.3.Measuring ecosystem values -- 2.4.Some case studies -- Box 2.1 Designing coastal protection based on the valuation of natural coastal ecosystems (R. K. Turner -- 2.5.Conclusions -- References -- 3.Assessing multiple ecosystem services: an integrated tool for the real world / Stephen Polasky -- 3.1.Today's decision-making: the problem with incomplete balance sheets -- 3.2.The decision-making revolution -- 3.3.The ecological production function approach -- 3.4.In VEST: mapping and valuing ecosystem services with ecological production functions and economic valuation -- Box 3.1 Unsung ecosystem service heroes: seed dispersal and pest control (Liba Pejchar -- 3.5.Future directions and open questions -- References -- Section II Multi-tiered models for ecosystem services -- 4.Water supply as an ecosystem service for hydropower and irrigation / Luis Solorzano -- 4.1.Introduction -- 4.2.Tier 1 water supply model -- Box 4.1 Can we apply our simple model where groundwater really matters? / Driss Ennaanay -- 4.3.Tier 1 valuation -- 4.4.Limitations of the tier 1 water yield models -- 4.5.Tier 2 water supply model -- 4.6.Tier 2 valuation model -- 4.7.Sensitivity analyses and testing of tier 1 water supply models -- 4.8.Next steps -- References -- 5.Valuing land cover impact on storm peak mitigation / Guillermo Mendoza -- 5.1.Introduction -- 5.2.Tier 1 biophysical model -- 5.3.Tier 1 valuation -- Box 5.1 Integrated flood risk management: gaining ecosystem services and increasing revenue (David Harrison -- 5.4.Tier 2 supply and use model -- 5.5.Tier 2 valuation -- 5.6.Limitations and next steps -- References -- 6.Retention of nutrients and sediment by vegetation / Luis Solorzano -- 6.1.Introduction -- 6.2.Tier 1 biophysical models -- 6.3.Tier 1 economic valuation -- 6.4.Tier 2 biophysical models -- 6.5.Tier 2 economic valuation models -- 6.6.Constraints and limitations -- 6.7.Testing tier 1 models -- Box 6.1 China forestry programs take aim at more than floods (Christine Tam -- 6.8.Next steps -- References -- 7.Terrestrial carbon sequestration and storage / Taylor Ricketts -- 7.1.Introduction -- 7.2.Tier 1 supply model -- Box 7.1 Noel Kempff case study: capturing carbon finance (Bill Stanley and Nicole Virgilio -- 7.3.Tier 1 valuation model: an avoided economic damage approach -- Box 7.2 Valuing the Arc: measuring and monitoring forest carbon for offsetting (Andrew R. Marshall and P. K. T. Munishi -- 7.4.Tier 2 supply model -- 7.5.Tier 2 valuation: an application of the avoided economic damage approach -- 7.6.Limitations and next steps -- References -- 8.The provisioning value of timber and non-timber forest products / Stephen Polasky -- 8.1.Introduction -- Box 8.1 Wildlife conservation, corridor restoration, and community incentives: a paradigm from the Terai Arc landscape / Eric Dinerstein -- 8.2.The supply, use, and value of forests' provisioning service in tier 1 -- 8.3.The supply, use, and value of forests' provisioning service in tier 2 -- 8.4.Limitations and next steps -- References -- 9.Provisioning and regulatory ecosystem service values in agriculture / Stephen Polasky -- 9.1.Introduction -- 9.2.Defining agricultural scenarios -- 9.3.Tier 1 -- 9.4.Tier 2 -- 9.5.Mapping the impacts of agriculture on important ecological processes -- 9.6.Uncertainty -- 9.7.Limitations and next steps -- References -- 10.Crop pollination services / Neal Williams -- 10.1.Introduction -- Box 10.1 Assessing the monetary value of global crop pollination services / Jean-Michel Salles -- 10.2.Tier 1 supply model -- 10.3.Tier 1 farm abundance map -- 10.4.Tier 1 valuation model -- 10.5.Tier 2 supply model -- 10.6.Tier 2 farm abundance map -- 10.7.Tier 2 valuation model -- 10.8.Sensitivity analysis and model validation -- 10.9.Limitations and next steps -- Box 10.2 Pollination services: beyond agriculture (Berry Brosi -- References -- 11.Nature-based tourism and recreation / Jing Zhang -- 11.1.Nature-based tourism and recreation values in context -- 11.2.Tier 1: tourism supply and use model -- 11.3.Tier 2: tourism supply and use model -- 11.4.Tier 1 and 2 use value -- Box 11.1 How the economics of tourism justifies forest protection in Amazonian Peru / Douglas W. Yu -- 11.5.State-of-the-art tourism value -- 11.6.Limitations and next steps -- References -- 12.Cultural services and non-use values / Ulalia Woodside -- 12.1.Introduction -- Box 12.1 The sacred geography of Kawagebo (Jianzhong Ma and Christine Tam -- 12.2.Methods: integrating cultural services and non-use values into decisions -- Box 12.2 People of color and love of nature (Hazel Wong -- 12.3.Limitations and next steps -- References -- 13.Terrestrial biodiversity / Gretchen C. Daily -- 13.1.Introduction -- 13.2.Tier 1: habitat-quality and rarity model -- Box 13.1 Integrating biodiversity and agriculture: a success story in South Asia (Jai Ranganathan and Gretchen C. Daily -- 13.3.Tier 2: models of terrestrial biodiversity -- 13.4.Tier 1 and 2 examples with sensitivity analysis -- 13.5.Limitations and next steps -- References -- Section III Extensions, applications, and the next generation of ecosystem service assessments -- 14.Putting ecosystem service models to work: conservation, management, and trade-offs / Heather Tallis -- 14.1.Introduction -- 14.2.Applying ecosystem service and biodiversity models in management and conservation contexts -- Box 14.1 Plight of a people (Neil Hannahs -- 14.3.Extending the frontier: challenges facing ecosystem management -- References -- 15.How much information do managers need? The sensitivity of ecosystem service decisions to model complexity / Stephen Polasky -- 15.1.Introduction -- Box 15.1 How much data do we need to support our models: a case study using biodiversity mapping and conservation planning (Craig Groves and Edward Game -- 15.2.Testing agreement between simple and complex ecosystem service models -- 15.3.Future directions and open questions -- References -- 16.Poverty and the distribution of ecosystem services / Priya Shyamsundar -- 16.1.Introduction -- 16.2.Ecosystem services and the poor -- Box 16.1 Can the natural capital of agroecosystems provide a pathway out of poverty? (C. Peter Timmer -- Box 16.2 Poverty and ecosystem service mapping at work in Kenya (Norbert Henninger and Florence Landsberg -- 16.3.Mapping poverty and ecosystem services -- 16.4.Case studies -- 16.5.Including institutions: the way forward -- References -- 17.Ecosystem service assessments for marine conservation / Chris J. Harvey -- 17.1.Introduction -- 17.2.Ecosystem services provided by marine environments -- Box 17.1 Nonlinear wave attenuation and the economic value of mangrove land-use choices (Edward B. Barbier -- Box 17.2 Valuation of coral reefs in the Caribbean (Emily Cooper and Lauretta Burke -- 17.3.Mapping and modeling the flow of marine ecosystem services: a case study of Puget Sound -- 17.4.Future directions -- References -- 18.Modeling the impacts of climate change on ecosystem services / Guillermo Mendoza -- 18.1.Introduction -- 18.2.Previous analyses of climate-driven changes in ecosystem services -- 18.3.Using ecosystem-service models to evaluate the impact of climate change on natural and human systems -- Box 18.1 An estimate of the effects of climate change on global agricultural ecosystem services (David Lobell -- 18.4.Climate impacts on ecosystem-services in the Willamette Basin of Oregon -- 18.5.Discussion and conclusions -- References -- 19.Incorporating ecosystem services in decisions / Jouni Paavola -- 19.1.Introduction -- 19.2.Putting ecosystem services on the agenda -- Box 19.1 An assessment of ecosystem services helps a paper and packaging business respond to emerging risks (Craig Hanson -- 19.3.Instruments for sustaining and enhancing ecosystem services -- 19.4.Choosing the right instrument -- 19.5.Building stronger organization -- Box 19.2 Cultural evolution as an enabling condition for the use of ecosystem services in decisions / Gretchen C. Daily -- 19.6.Future directions -- References.
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ISBN
9780199588992 (hbk.)
0199588996 (hbk.)
9780199589005 (pbk.)
0199589003
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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