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dc.contributor.authorRodríguez Loinaz, Gloria
dc.contributor.authorAlday, Josu G.
dc.contributor.authorOnaindia Olalde, Miren
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-16T14:43:56Z
dc.date.available2024-10-16T14:43:56Z
dc.date.issued2014-09-29
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Environmental Management 147 : 152-163 (2015)es_ES
dc.identifier.issn0301-4797
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10810/69976
dc.description.abstractThe contribution of ecosystems to human well-being has been widely recognised. Taking into account existing trade-offs between ecosystem services (ES) at the farm scale and the dependence of multiple ES on processes that take place at the landscape scale, long-term preservation of multifunctional landscapes must be a priority. Studies carried out from such perspective, and those that develop appropriate indicators, could provide useful tools for integrating ES in landscape planning. In this study we propose a new integrative environmental indicator based on the ES provided by the landscape and named “multiple ecosystem services landscape index” (MESLI). Because synergies and trade-offs between ES are produced at regional or local levels, being different from those perceived at larger scales, MESLI was developed at municipality level. Furthermore, in order to identify main drivers of change in ES provision at the landscape scale an analysis of the relationship between the environmental and the socioeconomic characteristics of the municipalities was carried out. The study was located in the Basque Country and the results demonstrated that the MESLI index is a good tool to measure landscape multifunctionality at local scales. It is effective evaluating landscapes, distinguishing between municipalities based on ES provision, and identifying the drivers of change and their effects. This information about ES provisioning at the local level is usually lacking; therefore, MESLI would be very useful for policy-makers and land managers because it provides relevant information to local scale decision-making.es_ES
dc.description.sponsorshipWe gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Department of Universities, Research and Education of the Basque Government, the UNESCO Chair of the University of the Basque Country, the Basque Government (Programa de Perfeccionamiento Post-doctoral en el Extranjero DEUI; J.G.A. BFI-2010-245) and the Department of Environment of the Basque Government (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment of the Basque Country Project).es_ES
dc.language.isoenges_ES
dc.publisherElsevieres_ES
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesses_ES
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/*
dc.subjectecosystem services indicatorses_ES
dc.subjectdrivers of changees_ES
dc.subjectsocioeconomic aspectses_ES
dc.subjectmunicipalitieses_ES
dc.subjectNorthern Spaines_ES
dc.titleMultiple ecosystem services landscape index: a tool for multifunctional landscapes conservationes_ES
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlees_ES
dc.rights.holder© 2014 Elsevier under CC BY-NC-ND licensees_ES
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.09.001es_ES
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.09.001
dc.departamentoesBiología vegetal y ecologíaes_ES
dc.departamentoeuLandaren biologia eta ekologiaes_ES


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