First journal publications of 2016

A backcasting approach for matching regional ecosystem services supply and demand by S.H. Brunner, R. Huber and A Grêt-Regamey (in Environmental Modelling and Software)

An economic agent-based land-use model ALUAM-AB was used to simulate future changes in land-use and ES supply triggered by the combined effects of climate, market and policy changes for a case study area in central Valais in the Swiss Alps.

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Prioritizing ecosystem services in rapidly urbanizing river basins: A spatial multi-criteria analytic approach by D. Vollmer, D.O. Pribadi, F. Remondi, E. Rustiadi & A. Grêt-Regamey (in: Sustainable Cities and Society)

An MCA approach was used in a case study in Jakarta, Indonesia where a spatial plan was being developed to help mitigate flooding risk, conserve agricultural land and restore forests. The approach involved scenario development, ecosystem service quantification and mapping, preference weighting, and optimization to maximize preferred ecosystem services while minimizing cost.

doi: external page10.1016/j.scs.2015.10.004call_made

River rehabilitation as an opportunity for ecological landscape design by A. Grêt-Regamey, B. Weibel, D. Vollmer, P. Burlando & C. Girot (in: Sustainable Cities and Society)

An editorial about the opportunities for using ecological landscape design to provide ecosystem services in the context of river rehabilitation in Asia.

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An indicator framework for assessing ecosystem services in support of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 by Maes, J. et.al. (in: Ecosystem Services)

A list of indicators is presented for national mapping and assessment of ecosystems and their services, to ensure consistent approaches throughout EU. Four thematic pilot studies are included.

doi: external page10.1016/j.ecoser.2015.10.023call_made