Ecosystem services in urban land use planning: Integration challenges in complex urban settings-Case of Stockholm
Journal article, 2016
The concept of urban ecosystem services (ES) is currently promoted in Sweden in the planning for more compact and sustainable cities. This study looks into how the implementation of the urban ES concept in Stockholm is understood by different urban professionals, based on semi-structured interviews and a stakeholder workshop. Although recognizing the usefulness of the ES concept, the professionals identified many remaining challenges linked to integrating the concept into land use planning. These are analyzed in relation to the gap between ES science and ES policy and structured according to the different types of planning uncertainties they represent. One issue that was persistently highlighted by stakeholders was that the promotion of urban ES - regardless of how beneficial it may be - will add further complexity to already strained workloads among planners, policy-makers and urban managers. Also, the political demand for increasing density in the urban areas of Stockholm seems to create a growing need for urban ES. Urban densification can thus potentially promote the interest in planning with ES as a vital parameter for urban qualities. They expressed a need for long term perspectives in planning with new tools and methods for valuing ES, supported through "high profile" projects. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Urban
Urban ecosystem services
ange
v51
green infrastructure
Integrated planning
framework
Uncertainties
cities
p1
1985
knowledge
dynamics
journal of the american planning association
governance
Environmental Sciences & Ecology
p63
science
management
uncertainty
Urban ecosystem management
vulnerability
Author
Anna Kaczorowska
University of Gothenburg
Chalmers, Architecture
Mistra Urban Futures
Jaan-Henrik Kain
Chalmers, Architecture
Mistra Urban Futures
University of Gothenburg
Jakub Kronenberg
University of Lodz
Dagmar Haase
Helmholtz
Ecosystem Services
2212-0416 (ISSN)
Vol. 22 204-212Driving Forces
Sustainable development
Areas of Advance
Building Futures (2010-2018)
Subject Categories
Civil Engineering
DOI
10.1016/j.ecoser.2015.04.006