Showing papers in "Environmental Science & Policy in 2016"

TL;DR: In this paper, an approach for assessing and valuing ecosystem services in the context of water management is proposed, which can be used for assessing the benefits of conservation and restoration of aquatic ecosystems.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed and applied a framework to track urban climate change adaptation policy using municipal adaptation reporting and found that only 61 cities (15%) report any adaptation initiatives, and 73 cities (18%) report on planning towards adaptation policy.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify and characterize ecosystem services provided by urban gardens and assess the demographic and socioeconomic profile of its beneficiaries and the relative importance they attribute to different ecosystem services.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a comparative assessment of the way policy-science dialogues have achieved knowledge co-production about strategic urban environmental governance action using the cities of Berlin in Germany and Rotterdam in the Netherlands as case studies.

TL;DR: The authors argue that while current efforts to institutionalise the language of the nexus as a conceptual framework for research in the UK may provide a welcome opportunity for new forms of transdisciplinary, they may risk turning nexus into a matter of fact where it should remain a "matter of concern".

TL;DR: In this paper, the amount of federal funding available for agroecology has remained unclear, and the authors identified projects beginning in 2014 from the USDA Current Research Information System (CRIS) database and searched key sections of project reports for major components emphasizing sustainable agriculture, including agro-ecology.

TL;DR: By using the vrk model to diagnose constraints in decision processes, it is shown how the reframing of adaptation initiatives can reveal new approaches to developing adaptation responses to complex global change problems.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that incorporating locally contextualised biodiversity-led UGI design into the planning and policy spheres contributes to the functioning and resilience of the city and provides the adaptability to respond to locally contextualized challenges, such as overheating, flooding, air pollution, health and wellbeing as well as biodiversity loss.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a framework to bridge ecosystem services into policy processes through Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) as decision support tool, which can accommodate conflicting stakeholder perspectives and address trade-offs between ecological, social and economic values.

TL;DR: This paper reviews and assesses a broad range of different quantitative models that have the potential to support national development planning for the SDGs, and highlights a range of potential gaps in current modelling capabilities.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assessed social vulnerability level, impacts and adaptation strategies to climate change in rural communities in four ecological zones in Ghana using questionnaires and interviews from 196 households in 14 rural communities.

TL;DR: A systematic literature review of adaptive governance research during the period 2005-2014, demonstrates a vibrant debate taking place that spans a variety of empirical and theoretical approaches as mentioned in this paper, highlighting the added value of theoretical multiplicity (i.e., focusing on the combination of theories to address complex problems).

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a case study of the new major research program "Future Earth" which aims to bring "research for global sustainability" to the mainstream of global change research.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present findings from five themed workshops with 80 stakeholders from academia, government and industry in the UK to explore the impact of climate and weather shocks across the energy-food-water nexus and barriers to related responses.

TL;DR: In this paper, a conceptual framework of human wellbeing is proposed to guide the development of indicators and a complementary social science research agenda for ecosystem-based management, and four major social science-based constituents of wellbeing: connections, capabilities, conditions, and cross-cutting domains.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluate different flood risk communication strategies, using an agent-based modelling approach, which is especially suitable for examining the effect of communication on each individual, and how flood risk communications can propagate through an individual's social network.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyze the commonalities and differences between CCU and CCS and recommend how one should be distinguished from the other, particularly in environmental policy fields and the public debate.

TL;DR: In this article, the role of national authorities and local stakeholders in English flood risk management in three different examples (Bridgwater, Cockermouth and Morpeth) is discussed.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors use New York City (NYC) as a case study to evaluate and analyze how the value of multiple ecosystem services of urban green infrastructure shifts with shifting governance priorities.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors conducted a structured review of literature on the DPSIR framework as applied to the function, process and components of complex coastal systems and highlighted the continued need for, and potential of, transformative quantitative analyses and transdisciplinary applications of the framework.

TL;DR: The co-benefits concept implies a "win-win" strategy to address two or more goals with a single policy measure as mentioned in this paper, which is a way to avoid making trade-offs between developmental and environmental issues.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors applied a proven method for assessing social vulnerability at the national scale, while considering the contribution of the socioeconomic and demographic factors that affect the Italian population, and derived a social vulnerability index, evaluated its geographic distribution, and performed a cluster analysis on its spatial variation.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a road-map that can clearly translate end-goals for each of the R4 terms, including reclamation, reclamation and rehabilitation, for surface mining legacies.

TL;DR: In this article, a mixed-method approach for assessment of uses and social meanings of parkland was developed to evaluate the social dimension of urban green spaces through an assessment focused on park use, function, and meanings, and compares results to categories of cultural ecosystem services.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the connections of the community to other levels, the ways in which community resilience is impacted, and the implications of this for sustainability in a multi-level world.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of urban sprawl on the ecological patterns and processes in the Montreal Metropolitan Region (MMR) between 1966 and 2010 were analyzed. And the results obtained clearly show that land-use changes that occurred in the MMR have caused profound changes in landscape properties, both structurally and functionally, and especially from 1981 to 2010.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an assessment of stormwater runoff management practices to achieve urban water security, which can be achieved through optimal collection, infiltration and storage of storm water.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a synthesis that illustrates the multi-functional capacity of green elements in streetscapes to deliver various ecosystem services; the relevance of planted and wild-grown herbaceous vegetation as well as trees; and the trade-offs between certain ecosystem services and risks related to disservices.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present case studies from Europe (Belgium) and Africa (Egypt, Mali) demonstrating the actual use of EWS for flood emergency response, and provide recommendations to better trigger a response from stakeholders at all levels and across sectors (authorities and at-risk population).

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine current water quality issues in the Danube River Basin and evaluate the approach to water quality monitoring in the context of providing information for a basin-wide management plan.