Assessing the synergies and trade-offs between ecosystem services provided by urban floodplains: The case of the Warta River Valley in Poznań, Poland |
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| Institution: | 1. Departamento de Economía Aplicada y Métodos Cuantitativos, Facultad de Economía, Empresa y Turismo, Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), Campus de Guajara, 38200 La Laguna (Tenerife), Spain;2. European Commission ? Joint Research Centre, Via E. Fermi ? 21027 Ispra(VA), Italy;3. Departamento de Economía Internacional y de España, Universidad de Granada, 18011, Spain;1. Departament of Geography, Faculty of Arts, Universitat de Girona, Plaça Ferrater Mora 1, 17071 Girona, Spain;2. Department of Agrarian and Environmental Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 2, 20133 Milano, Italy;1. Forest and Nature Conservation Policy Group, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands;2. Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 49, 230 53, Alnarp, Sweden;1. Department of Geography, Environment & Spatial Sciences, Michigan State University, 673 Auditorium Road, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA;2. Department of Geography and Economics, College of Education, Dar es Salaam University, PO Box 2329, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania;3. Department of Community Sustainability, Michigan State University, 480 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA;4. School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University, 655 Auditorium Road, East Lansing, MI, USA |
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| Abstract: | While ecosystem services (ES) provided by green areas receive increased recognition, there is a shortage of knowledge on the role of blue spaces to contribute to the delivery of ES. The aim of this paper is to investigate ES provided by the urban floodplain of the Warta River in Poznań, Poland. To achieve this, we used a set of methods, including a field survey, spatial analysis, and analysis of source materials. The paper documents both the services of public interest, as well as ones that can be overlooked by the public due to their “hidden nature”. The results strengthen the idea that assessment of social and ecological benefits from urban floodplains should be conducted jointly to account for the different categories of ES. A complex exploration of the ES delivery may help to better weight the synergies and trade-offs between different management options and to tie the local needs with preservation the integrity and ecological stability of the whole river corridor. |
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| Keywords: | Ecosystem services Policy-making River Urban areas |
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