An improved method for assessing mismatches between supply and demand in urban regulating ecosystem services: A case study in Tabriz, Iran.

ABSTRACT: Regulating ecosystem services provided by urban forests are of great importance for the quality of life among city dwellers. To reach a maximum contribution to well-being in cities, the urban regulating ecosystem services (URES) must match with the demands in terms of space and time. If we understand the matches or mismatches between the current urban dwellers' desired quality conditions (demand) and the supply of URES by urban forests (UF) in the cities, this will facilitate integrating the concepts of ecosystem services in urban planning and management, but such an assessment has suffered from major knowledge limitations. Since it is complex and problematic to identify the direct demands for URES and the spatiotemporal patterns therein, improving the demand indicators can help to determi

SUBMITTER: Amini Parsa V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6695181 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature