Ecosystem Services in Agricultural and Urban Landscapes

Ecosystem services are the resources and processes supplied by natural ecosystems which benefit humankind (for example, pollination of crops by insects, or water filtration by wetlands). They underpin life on earth, provide major inputs to many economic sectors and support our lifestyles. Agricultural and urban areas are by far the largest users of ecosystems and their services and (for the first time) Ecosystem Services in Agricultural and Urban Landscapes explores the role that ecosystem services play in these managed environments.

Ecosystem Services in Agricultural and Urban Landscapes also explores methods of evaluating ecosystem services, and discusses how these services can be maintained and enhanced in our farmlands and cities. Ecosystem Services in Agricultural and Urban Landscapes will be useful to students and researchers from a variety of fields, including applied ecology, environmental economics, agriculture and forestry, and also to local and regional planners and policy makers.

Introduction   

Part A: Scene setting
Ch. 1. Ecosystem Services in Farmland and Cities      
Ch. 2. Ecological processes, functions and ecosystem services: inextricable linkages between wetlands and agricultural systems
Ch. 3. Key ideas and concepts from economics for understanding the roles and value of ecosystem services

Part B: Ecosystem Services in three settings
Ch. 4. Viticulture can be modified to provide multiple ecosystem services                            
Ch. 5. Aquaculture and Ecosystem Services: Reframing the Environmental and Social Debate         
Ch. 6. Urban landscapes and Ecosystem Services      

Part C: Measuring and monitoring ecosystem services at multiple levels
Ch. 7. Scale dependent ecosystem service      
Ch. 8. Experimental assessment of ecosystem services in agriculture  

Part D: Designing ecological systems to deliver ecosystem services
Ch. 9. Towards Multifunctional Agricultural Landscapes for the Upper Midwest Region of the US  
Ch. 10. Supply chain management and the delivery of ecosystems services in manufacturing           
Ch. 11. Market Based Instruments and ecosystem services: opportunity and experience to date        

Epilogue: Equitable and sustainable systems  
Index