Landscape Design to Meet the Societal Demand for Ecosystem Services: A Perspective
Journal: Challenges in Sustainability (Vol.9, No. 1)Publication Date: 2021-02-24
Authors : Bjoke Carron; Bart Muys; Jos Van Orshoven; Hans Leinfelder;
Page : 28-44
Keywords : Ecosystem services cascade; Ecosystem services critique; Landscape change; Landscape design and planning; Research through design;
Abstract
In recent decades, the concept of Ecosystem Services (ES) has generated a paradigm shift in the perspective of human society on nature and has had an important awareness-raising role concerning the importance of ecosystems. However, the concept has not been capable to stop the loss of biodiversity and nature in order to meet the societal challenges of ES provision, especially in urbanized territories. From the reviewed literature, it is obvious that implementing the ES concept within spatial design and planning processes poses several difficulties. In this context we state that a more comprehensive approach is needed of which the ES concept is part. To move to genuine landscape change and a shift in land use and land stewardship, we argue that a landscape design approach can play a significant activating role. The goal of this paper is to underpin this assumption from a theoretical and methodological point of view. The paper first gives an overview of the difficulties that the field of ES science and practice is facing when implementing the ES concept in landscape design and planning processes. Then a landscape design approach is presented as an alternative approach and a possible way forward for genuine landscape change to meet the societal demand for ES.
Other Latest Articles
- The Tax Waiver Impact on Profits and Dividends as an Economic Efficiency Instrument
- A Review of Remote Sensing Applications on Very High-Resolution Imagery Using Deep Learning-Based Semantic Segmentation Techniques
- Storytelling in the Bean Threshing: A Form of Struggle and Resistance for Tradition and Ancestral Memory
- Covid-19 effects on cybersecurity issues
- Influence of Physical Activity on Side Effects in Women with Breast Neoplasms Undergoing Chemotherapy Treatment
Last modified: 2021-09-17 14:33:04