Identifying Green Infrastructure as a Basis for an Incentive Mechanism at the Municipality Level in Biscay (Basque Country)
dc.contributor.author | Rodríguez Loinaz, Gloria | |
dc.contributor.author | Peña López, Lorena | |
dc.contributor.author | Palacios Agundez, Igone | |
dc.contributor.author | Ametzaga Arregi, Ibone | |
dc.contributor.author | Onaindia Olalde, Miren | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-01-09T17:04:45Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-01-09T17:04:45Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-01-10 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Forests 9(1) : (2018) // Article ID 22 | es_ES |
dc.identifier.issn | 1999-4907 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10810/30705 | |
dc.description.abstract | The contributions of green infrastructure (GI) to human well-being have been widely recognised; however, pathways for its systematic implementation are missing. Local governments can play a crucial role in the conservation of GI, and a formal recognition of this role in budgeting systems would foster the inclusion of GI in their agenda. The aim of this study is to identify the principal components of GI at the local level to form a basis for a compensatory economic scheme. We identified the principal components of GI based on the mapping of biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services provision. Furthermore, we analysed the potentiality of an incentive mechanism to promote GI based on the protection status of GI. Finally, an incentive mechanism to promote GI at the municipality level was proposed. The results showed that the GI of Biscay is mainly composed of the natural forests presented in the area, and that 50% of the principal components of the GI are not protected. Furthermore, one third of the protected principal components of the GI only has protection at the municipality level. So, we propose a Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES)-like scheme at the municipality level based on the cover of natural forests, where the objective is the conservation and promotion of the GI. | es_ES |
dc.description.sponsorship | We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Department of Universities, Research and Education of the Basque Government (code: IT1113-16), the UNESCO Chair on Sustainable Development and Environmental Education of the University of the Basque Country, and the Department of Environment and Regional Planning of the Basque Government and the Department of Sustainability and Environment of Biscay Provincial Council (Ecosystem Services Assessment of the Basque Country Project). | es_ES |
dc.language.iso | eng | es_ES |
dc.publisher | MDPI | es_ES |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es_ES |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ | * |
dc.subject | PES | es_ES |
dc.subject | ecosystem services mapping | es_ES |
dc.subject | municipalities | es_ES |
dc.subject | northern Spain | es_ES |
dc.title | Identifying Green Infrastructure as a Basis for an Incentive Mechanism at the Municipality Level in Biscay (Basque Country) | es_ES |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es_ES |
dc.rights.holder | © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). | es_ES |
dc.rights.holder | Atribución 3.0 España | * |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/9/1/22 | es_ES |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/f9010022 | |
dc.departamentoes | Biología vegetal y ecología | es_ES |
dc.departamentoes | Didáctica de la Matemática y de las Ciencias Experimentales | es_ES |
dc.departamentoeu | Landaren biologia eta ekologia | es_ES |
dc.departamentoeu | Matematikaren eta zientzia esperimentalen didaktika | es_ES |
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