Open AccessA Spatial Analysis of Cultural Ecosystem Service Valuation by Regional Stakeholders in Florida—A Coastal Application of the Social Values for Ecosystem Services (SolVES) Tool
Author(s) -
Alisa W. Coffin,
Robert Swett,
Zachary D. Cole
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
edis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2576-0009
DOI - 10.32473/edis-sg129-2012
Subject(s) - ecosystem services , valuation (finance) , bay , environmental resource management , ecosystem , geography , geographic information system , service (business) , cultural values , business , environmental science , cartography , sociology , ecology , archaeology , marketing , social science , finance , biology
How can we measure how Sarasota Bay residents value their area’s cultural ecosystem services? This 4-page fact sheet describes a project to use a geographic information system application, SolVES 2.0, to assess, map and quantify environmental benefits to people to assist in coastal development decision making. Written by Alisa Cofin, Robert Swett, and Zachary Cole, and published by the UF Department of Sea Grant, November 2012.
Retired from EDIS September 2018.