Assessing and mapping ecosystem services to support urban green infrastructure: The case of Barcelona,Spain |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Institute of Environmental and Technology (ICTA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain;2. Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Sweden;3. Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3), Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain;4. Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Norway;5. Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Norway ?;1. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Iztapalapa, Departamento de Sociología, Mexico;2. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Cuajimalpa, Departamento de Ciencias Sociales, Mexico;1. Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria (CREA), Centro di Politiche e Bioeconomia, via Po, 14, 00198 Rome, Italy;2. International Livestock Research Institute, P.O. Box 30709, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya;1. Innovation and Technology for Development Center, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Av. Complutense s/n, 28040, Madrid, Spain;2. International Virtual Institute of Global Changes, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Pedro Calmon, 550, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-901, Brazil;1. Department of Geography, School of Environment, Education & Development, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, UK;2. Chair for Strategic Landscape Planning and Management, Technical University of Munich, Emil-Ramann-Str. 6, D-85354 Freising, Germany;3. Chair of Ecosystem Planning and Management, Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia;4. Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, Potchefstroom Campus, North West University, Private Bag X6001, 2520, South Africa;5. Department of Environmental Science, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa |
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| Abstract: | The ecosystem services approach provides an efficient way to support urban green infrastructure planning. Such an assessment, together with mapping, can effectively produce spatial analyses on a specific scale, helping to maintain multi-functional landscapes and plan urban green infrastructure. In turn, green infrastructure can offer a wide variety of ecosystem services, promoting landscape sustainability. This study develops a methodology for the planning of urban green infrastructure based on an ecosystem services approach that assesses the supply capacity of ecosystem services, and identifies possible spatial characteristic areas for interlinking urban green infrastructure within the study area. More specifically, from a landscape perspective, we use 32 ecosystem services (as X-axis) and different land use types (as Y-axis) to build an ecosystem service assessment matrix. We then take the municipality of Barcelona as an example, using the latter to assess and map ecosystem services within the city through ArcGIS, which shows the spatial distribution characteristics of ecosystem services provision. We identify possible spatial areas - which include ecosystem services provision, barren, and obstructed areas - by overlapping the ecosystem services assessment maps. Ultimately, the results provide a reference for urban green infrastructure planning by recognizing priority protected areas, new construction areas, potential areas, and renewal areas. |
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