Integrating sciences to sustain urban ecosystem services
Ecosystem services
Cours d'eau ; Développement durable ; Eau ; Ecosystème ; England ; Environnement urbain ; Gestion de l'eau ; Gestion de l'environnement ; London ; Restauration écologique ; Royaume-Uni ; Service
Ecological restoration ; Ecosystem ; England ; Environmental management ; London ; Service ; Stream ; Sustainable development ; United Kingdom ; Urban environment ; Water ; Water management
This paper presents a review of ecosystem services associated with water, particularly those in urban environments, and uses the emerging language of ecosystem services to provide a framework for discussion. The range of supporting, provisioning
, regulating and cultural ecosystem services associated with differing types of urban water bodies are identified. A matrix is then used to evaluate the results of a series of social, ecological and physical science studies co-located on a single stretch