Sökning: "Ecosystem service"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 75 avhandlingar innehållade orden Ecosystem service.

  1. 1. In/visible - Conceptualizing Service Ecosystem Design

    Författare :Josina Vink; Bård Tronvoll; Bo Edvardsson; Katarina Wetter-Edman; Birgit Mager; Raymond P. Fisk; Karlstads universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; service design; service research; service ecosystems; social structures; systemic design; institutional theory; service-dominant logic; Business Administration; Företagsekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis explores and advances the evolving understanding of service design in service research. The study problematizes the prevailing view of service design as the design of service offerings to improve customer experiences. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Exploring connections in social-ecological systems : The links between biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human well-being in South Africa

    Författare :Maike Hamann; Reinette (Oonsie) Biggs; Belinda Reyers; Thomas Elmqvist; Fabrice DeClerck; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; complex adaptive systems; mapping; ecosystem service bundles; multidimensional human well-being; biodiversity loss; inequality; research frameworks; interdisciplinarity; natural resource management; sustainable development; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

    Sammanfattning : A key challenge of the Anthropocene is to advance human development without undermining critical ecosystem services. Central to this challenge is a better understanding of the interactions and feedbacks between biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being, which interact in dynamic and complex social-ecological systems. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Reconnecting with nature through concepts : On the construction of values in the ecosystem services paradigm

    Författare :Sanna Stålhammar; BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ekosystemtjänster; hållbarhetsvetenskap; Vetenskapsteori; människa↔natur; värde; Ecosystem Services; Ecosystem services concept; ecosystem services value; Ecosystem service assessment; Cultural ecosystem services; socio-cultural valuation; connectedness; Relational value; experienced and context-based perspective.; Urban green infrastructures;

    Sammanfattning : The alarming rates of extinction and degrading ecosystems call for new means of understanding and accounting for how people depend on nature. Ecosystem services (ES) is a contested but widely applied concept aiming to connect ecosystem functions to human wellbeing and to assess and account for how nature matters in decision-making. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Recalling Urban Nature : Linking City People to Ecosystem Services

    Författare :Stephan Barthel; Carl Folke; Thomas Elmqvist; Johan Colding; Per Olsson; Susanne Stoll-Kleemann; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Ecosystem service; functional group; resilience; social-ecological system; urban; institution; property right; knowledge; sense-of-place; social-ecological memory; adaptive governance; scale-crossing broker; ecosystem management; Biology; Biologi; Natural Resources Management; naturresurshushållning;

    Sammanfattning : Societal development is dependent on the generation of ecosystem services (ES) to sustain it; however, many ES are degrading. This thesis investigates how social-ecological features behind practices of actor groups shape the generation of ES. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes : A study on farming and farmers in South Africa and Sweden

    Författare :Rebecka Malinga; Regina Lindborg; Line Gordon; Thomas Elmqvist; Tobias Plieninger; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; ecosystem service bundles; multifunctional landscapes; ecosystem service supply and demand; spatial scales; trade-offs; sustainable agriculture; transdisciplinary; stakeholder participation; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

    Sammanfattning : Humanity is facing challenges of sustainably producing enough food for a growing population without further eroding the world’s ecosystems. Transformation of natural habitats into agriculture has resulted in opportunities for civilization, but has also led to land degradation and loss of biodiversity, threatening the generation of ecosystem services. LÄS MER