Bringing ecosystem services into economic decision-making: Land use in the United Kingdom

Bateman, Ian J., Harwood, Amii R., Mace, Georgina M., Watson, Robert T., Abson, David J., Andrews, Barnaby, Binner, Amy, Crowe, Andrew, Day, Brett H., Dugdale, Steve, Fezzi, Carlo, Foden, Jo, Hadley, David, Haines-Young, Roy, Hulme, Michael, Kontoleon, Andreas, Lovett, Andrew A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0554-9273, Munday, Paul, Pascual, Unai, Paterson, Jeremy, Perino, Grischa, Sen, Antara, Siriwardena, Gavin, van Soest, Daan and Termansen, Mette (2013) Bringing ecosystem services into economic decision-making: Land use in the United Kingdom. Science, 341 (6141). pp. 45-50. ISSN 0036-8075

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Abstract

Landscapes generate a wide range of valuable ecosystem services, yet land-use decisions often ignore the value of these services. Using the example of the United Kingdom, we show the significance of land-use change not only for agricultural production but also for emissions and sequestration of greenhouse gases, open-access recreational visits, urban green space, and wild-species diversity. We use spatially explicit models in conjunction with valuation methods to estimate comparable economic values for these services, taking account of climate change impacts. We show that, although decisions that focus solely on agriculture reduce overall ecosystem service values, highly significant value increases can be obtained from targeted planning by incorporating all potential services and their values and that this approach also conserves wild-species diversity.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 15 - life on land ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/life_on_land
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences Faculty of Science University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Music (former - to 2014) Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Economics
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Social Sciences Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE)
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	14 Sep 2013 05:26
Last Modified:	16 Jun 2023 12:31
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/43273
DOI:	10.1126/science.1234379

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