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This factsheet illustrates how cultural ecosystem services offer a gateway to raising awareness of the wide range of ecosystem services provided by nature, their importance for quality of life and human health in cities, and their role in encouraging urban environmental stewardship.
Author/Contact:
Thomas Elmqvist
Theme leader, Urban social-ecological systems and globalization
Stockholm Resilience Centre
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- None
Advantages:
- Explains cultural ecosystem services
- Shares examples of city planning which incorporates cultural ecosystem services
- Highlights opportunities for urban sustainability through cultural ecosystem services
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- Free, no licence
Development stage:
- Full, working product
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