Revealing Promising Pathways for Increasing Urban Ecosystem Services: An Approach Combining Stakeholder Priorities with Ecosystem Service Quantification

dc.contributor.advisorRempel, Alexandra
dc.contributor.authorElderbrock, Evan
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-11T23:21:42Z
dc.date.issued2019-01-11
dc.description.abstractUrban development diminishes the delivery of ecosystem services (ES), defined as benefits from ecological processes and functions critical to human health and well-being. Land-use planners and environmental managers are increasingly familiar with the concept of ES; however, methods for incorporating ES into urban planning are underdeveloped. While previous reports have identified the combination of ES quantification and stakeholder engagement as necessary for increasing the delivery of ES, methods of implementation remain unexplored. To address this disparity, this study combines ES quantification with perspectives from multiple stakeholders to identify specific land cover conversion scenarios that increase the delivery of ES in the Friendly Area Neighborhood of Eugene, Oregon and compares each conversion scenario using an informed weighting system. The result is a method, with potential for use by researchers and public officials, to quantify the delivery of ES, identify stakeholders’ ES priorities, and assess the benefits associated with green infrastructure development.en_US
dc.description.embargo2020-01-11
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/24232
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregon
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.
dc.subjectEnvironmental managementen_US
dc.subjectGreen infrastructureen_US
dc.subjectPublic green spaceen_US
dc.subjectUrban ecosystem servicesen_US
dc.titleRevealing Promising Pathways for Increasing Urban Ecosystem Services: An Approach Combining Stakeholder Priorities with Ecosystem Service Quantification
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineEnvironmental Studies Program
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregon
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.S.

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