Contributions of Ecosystem Services to Human Well-Being in Puerto Rico.

ABSTRACT: Ecosystem services, including availability of greenspace, clean air, and clean water, can have benefits to human well-being, but their relative importance compared to economic or social services is often overlooked. In Puerto Rico, for example, improving community well-being, including economic and cultural opportunities, human health, and safety, are often overarching goals of environmental management decisions, but the degree to which improvements in ecological condition and provision of ecosystem services could impact local communities is complicated by wide variation in social and economic conditions. This study quantifies and maps neighborhood-scale indicators of human well-being and ecosystem services for Puerto Rico to better understand the degree to which ecosystem services provisi

SUBMITTER: Yee SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8819674 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature