Assessment and Spatial Distribution of Urban Ecosystem Functions Applied in Two Czech Cities

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Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/61989592:15310/23:73621453

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/9/5759" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/9/5759</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app13095759" target="_blank" >10.3390/app13095759</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Assessment and Spatial Distribution of Urban Ecosystem Functions Applied in Two Czech Cities

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

As urban areas expand worldwide, the importance of ecosystem services provided by urban and peri-urban areas (ESs) increases, especially those that mitigate the effects of ongoing climate change. We present a relatively simple method to assess the performance of three ecosystem functions (EFs: evapotranspiration, carbon production, and habitat-and landscape-level biodiversity) in urban and peri-urban areas, indicating their capacity to provide relevant regulative ESs. The method was applied to two Czech foothill cities, Liberec and De?cin, and the results showed that the EFs of both cities were at comparable or even higher levels than the average values for the whole Czech Republic. The peri-urban area showed surprisingly high values for all EFs and habitat connectivity. The urban-rural gradient of EFs also showed higher values for EFs in the peri-urban area than in the adjacent rural (forest and agricultural) landscape. The method can serve as a useful tool to quickly identify valuable urban habitats (strong ESs providers) to support their protection or to identify places with low functional values that should be considered and sorted in urban adaptation strategies to global climate change to support the creation of functional green infrastructure.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Assessment and Spatial Distribution of Urban Ecosystem Functions Applied in Two Czech Cities

Popis výsledku anglicky

As urban areas expand worldwide, the importance of ecosystem services provided by urban and peri-urban areas (ESs) increases, especially those that mitigate the effects of ongoing climate change. We present a relatively simple method to assess the performance of three ecosystem functions (EFs: evapotranspiration, carbon production, and habitat-and landscape-level biodiversity) in urban and peri-urban areas, indicating their capacity to provide relevant regulative ESs. The method was applied to two Czech foothill cities, Liberec and De?cin, and the results showed that the EFs of both cities were at comparable or even higher levels than the average values for the whole Czech Republic. The peri-urban area showed surprisingly high values for all EFs and habitat connectivity. The urban-rural gradient of EFs also showed higher values for EFs in the peri-urban area than in the adjacent rural (forest and agricultural) landscape. The method can serve as a useful tool to quickly identify valuable urban habitats (strong ESs providers) to support their protection or to identify places with low functional values that should be considered and sorted in urban adaptation strategies to global climate change to support the creation of functional green infrastructure.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10510 - Climatic research

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Applied Sciences-Basel

ISSN

2076-3417

e-ISSN

2076-3417

Svazek periodika

13

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

9

Stát vydavatele periodika

CH - Švýcarská konfederace

Počet stran výsledku

20

Strana od-do

5759

Kód UT WoS článku

000987243700001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85159280228