{"title":"Cities: Incorporating Natural Capital into Urban Planning","authors":"P. Hamel, F. Mancebo, C. Feger, S. Hamel","doi":"10.5822/978-1-64283-004-0_17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-64283-004-0_17","url":null,"abstract":"Our world is increasingly urban. By 2030, urban areas are projected to be three times larger than in 2000, with a large variability in growth rates across continents (Seto, Guneralp, & Hutyra 2012). Urban growth intensifies the pressure on other land uses, such as for agriculture, forestry, recreation, and biodiversity conservation. For example, it is estimated that by 2030 urbanization will drive the loss of up to one-third of croplands in some African and Asian countries (d’Amour et al. 2017), and up to 7 percent of key biodiversity hotspots in some regions (Seto et al. 2012). Better understanding of urban systems is thus critical to help move toward a more sustainable, livable, and equitable future.","PeriodicalId":138640,"journal":{"name":"Green Growth That Works","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115777352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
I. Bateman, Amy Binner, B. Day, Carlo Fezzi, A. Rusby, G. Smith, R. Welters
{"title":"United Kingdom: Paying for Ecosystem Services in the Public and Private Sectors","authors":"I. Bateman, Amy Binner, B. Day, Carlo Fezzi, A. Rusby, G. Smith, R. Welters","doi":"10.5822/978-1-64283-004-0_15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-64283-004-0_15","url":null,"abstract":"The research literature is replete with analyses showing how changes to natural capital and hence the supply of ecosystem services can enhance both environmental sustainability and public benefits. However, many of the key resources necessary to deliver such improvements are in private ownership. This causes a problem when, as is often the case, a move to supply greater ecosystem services incurs costs (including forgone profits) for the private resource owner. So, for example, reducing farm pesticide use may enhance river and drinking water quality but incurs costs for farmers who now have to suffer greater pest damage to the crops they rely upon for an income. Overall, society might benefit substantially from such a move but the farmer would bear almost all of the costs and is therefore understandably resistant. To overcome such problems a variety of payment for ecosystem services (PES) schemes have been developed to stimulate the efficient delivery of key, high-value ecosystem services that are either not produced, or are underprovided by the normal market activities of private producers.","PeriodicalId":138640,"journal":{"name":"Green Growth That Works","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130778145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Ruckelshaus, G. Daily, S. Anstee, K. Arkema, Onon Bayasgalan, C. Brandon, Becky Chaplin-Kramer, H. Crowley, M. Feldman, Annette B. C. Killmer, Cong Li, Jie Li, Shuzhuo Li, Michèle H. Lemay, Jianguo Liu, C. Obst, Z. Ouyang, S. Polasky, Enkhtuvshin Shiilegdamba, Samdanjigmed Tulganyam, R. Victurine, G. Watson, Weihua Xu, Hua Zheng
{"title":"Scaling Pathways for Inclusive Green Growth","authors":"M. Ruckelshaus, G. Daily, S. Anstee, K. Arkema, Onon Bayasgalan, C. Brandon, Becky Chaplin-Kramer, H. Crowley, M. Feldman, Annette B. C. Killmer, Cong Li, Jie Li, Shuzhuo Li, Michèle H. Lemay, Jianguo Liu, C. Obst, Z. Ouyang, S. Polasky, Enkhtuvshin Shiilegdamba, Samdanjigmed Tulganyam, R. Victurine, G. Watson, Weihua Xu, Hua Zheng","doi":"10.5822/978-1-64283-004-0_2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-64283-004-0_2","url":null,"abstract":"Protecting and restoring natural capital—Earth’s lands, waters, and biodiversity, and the life-supporting goods and services that flow from these—have been promoted by many as the best hope for conserving biodiversity while also supporting sustainable, inclusive growth. Evidence is growing that illuminating the ways in which people depend on nature for their well-being can motivate efforts that improve both (Guerry et al. 2015; chapter 4, this volume). Creative yet highly dispersed innovation has shown glimpses of what is possible.","PeriodicalId":138640,"journal":{"name":"Green Growth That Works","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121650393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The “Five Ps”: Policy Instrument Choice for Inclusive Green Growth","authors":"James E. Salzman","doi":"10.5822/978-1-64283-004-0_5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-64283-004-0_5","url":null,"abstract":"Difficult choices lie at the heart of conserving and providing natural capital. Should we protect a local population of endangered plants? Should we limit the catch in a fishery that seems in danger of collapsing? And if we take these actions, how much should we reduce the threatening activity? Answering these questions is fascinating, but no easy matter. It requires consideration of scientific, economic, legal, and political issues, not to mention the trade-offs that inevitably arise.","PeriodicalId":138640,"journal":{"name":"Green Growth That Works","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114486316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Arkema, Richard O. Bennett, A. Dausman, Len Materman
{"title":"United States: Blending Finance Mechanisms for Coastal Resilience and Climate Adaptation","authors":"K. Arkema, Richard O. Bennett, A. Dausman, Len Materman","doi":"10.5822/978-1-64283-004-0_14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-64283-004-0_14","url":null,"abstract":"The overarching goal of natural and nature-based approaches is to enhance the resilience of coastal communities to sea-level rise and storms, while maintaining or restoring the multiple benefits of ecosystems for people, now and in the future. Natural approaches to coastal protection include conservation of existing wetlands, coastal forests, dunes, reefs, and other ecosystems that have the ability to attenuate waves, reduce water levels, and trap sediments. Nature-based approaches include restoration of degraded ecosystems and hybrid approaches that combine natural features and traditional structures (e.g., saltmarsh coupled with rock levee). Through buffering shorelines from coastal erosion and flooding, ecosystems have the potential to mitigate the effects of coastal hazards (fig. 14.2), as well as reduce the size and cost of built defenses, such as levees behind marshes.","PeriodicalId":138640,"journal":{"name":"Green Growth That Works","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129890195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Voluntary Mechanisms","authors":"L. Mandle, M. Symington","doi":"10.5822/978-1-64283-004-0_8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-64283-004-0_8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":138640,"journal":{"name":"Green Growth That Works","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114920764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Mandle, Z. Ouyang, J. Salzman, I. Bateman, C. Folke, A. Guerry, Cong Li, Jie Li, Shuzhuo Li, Jianguo Liu, S. Polasky, M. Ruckelshaus, B. Vira, Álvaro Umaña Quesada, Weihua Xu, Hua Zheng, G. Daily
{"title":"The Case and Movement for Securing People and Nature","authors":"L. Mandle, Z. Ouyang, J. Salzman, I. Bateman, C. Folke, A. Guerry, Cong Li, Jie Li, Shuzhuo Li, Jianguo Liu, S. Polasky, M. Ruckelshaus, B. Vira, Álvaro Umaña Quesada, Weihua Xu, Hua Zheng, G. Daily","doi":"10.5822/978-1-64283-004-0_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-64283-004-0_1","url":null,"abstract":"Growth in human population and economic activity has dramatically transformed our planet since the Industrial Revolution. While driving significant improvements in human well-being, these forms of growth also deeply eroded the natural capital embodied in Earth’s lands, waters, and biodiversity. Rapid economic development has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty and raised the standard of living and life expectancies of many more, but the costs of this success cast a long shadow over future well-being.","PeriodicalId":138640,"journal":{"name":"Green Growth That Works","volume":"126 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128031733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Amplifying Small Solutions for Systemwide Change","authors":"E. Lambin, J. Leape, Kai Lee","doi":"10.5822/978-1-64283-004-0_3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-64283-004-0_3","url":null,"abstract":"Biodiversity loss, the conversion of natural ecosystems, the impact of climate change on ecosystems, and the depletion of fish stocks in the oceans are all complex, “wicked” problems that lack an easily identifiable and generalizable solution (DeFries and Nagendra 2017). Most of these problems are large in scope as they cover multiple geographies, sectors, and stakeholders. They also involve collective action problems: individuals make independent decisions about costly actions, but outcomes of these decisions benefit or harm an entire group. As a result, cooperation would lead to a better outcome for all, but individuals fail to cooperate because of conflicting interests that discourage joint action.","PeriodicalId":138640,"journal":{"name":"Green Growth That Works","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127590404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Market-Based Mechanisms","authors":"R. Chaplin‐Kramer, L. Mandle, L. Ferstandig","doi":"10.5822/978-1-64283-004-0_10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-64283-004-0_10","url":null,"abstract":"Market-based transactions, in which consumers pay for the costs of securing or enhancing ecosystem services, are a mechanism for conservation finance that holds broad appeal. This appeal is based on the potential to generate win-wins for conservation and private enterprises, and to secure a greater pool of funding for preserving or enhancing natural capital than would be available through government or philanthropic funding. Here we focus on four case studies representing two types of market-based mechanisms: eco-certification and impact investing for ecosystem services.","PeriodicalId":138640,"journal":{"name":"Green Growth That Works","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114920037","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Caribbean: Implementing Successful Development Planning and Investment Strategies","authors":"K. Arkema","doi":"10.5822/978-1-64283-004-0_16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-64283-004-0_16","url":null,"abstract":"In many countries around the world, major development projects are underway. An estimated US$57 trillion in global infrastructure development is anticipated by 2030, and the road network length is projected to increase 60 percent by 2050. As awareness grows about the role ecosystems play in supporting livelihoods and human well-being, national governments are pursuing development planning that accounts for the long-term health of people and the environment, as well as near-term economic goals.","PeriodicalId":138640,"journal":{"name":"Green Growth That Works","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132765205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}