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Green infrastructure and ecosystem services – is the devil in the detail?

Author(s) -

Ross Cameron,

Tijana Blanuša

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

annals of botany

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1095-8290

pISSN - 0305-7364

DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcw129

Subject(s) - ecosystem services , scope (computer science) , green infrastructure , service (business) , ecosystem , environmental resource management , biology , service delivery framework , business , environmental planning , ecology , marketing , geography , computer science , economics , programming language

Green infrastructure is a strategic network of green spaces designed to deliver ecosystem services to human communities. Green infrastructure is a convenient concept for urban policy makers, but the term is used too generically and with limited understanding of the relative values or benefits of different types of green space and how these complement one another. At a finer scale/more practical level, little consideration is given to the composition of the plant communities, yet this is what ultimately defines the extent of service provision. This paper calls for greater attention to be paid to urban plantings with respect to ecosystem service delivery and for plant science to engage more fully in identifying those plants that promote various services.

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