URBRES Urban biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Country: EU Projects
Start Date:   1/9/2011         Duration: 36 months         Project Type: RTD
Contract Number: 
Organisation Type:  EC Project
Topics: 
Contaminated land-->Wider impacts / sustainability-->Environmental
Project objectives: 
The scientific objectives of  
the project address the most pressing research questions in the field,  
in a cross-disciplinary way. They are:  
- Relationships between urban biodiversity, ecosystem services and  
land use;  
- Valuation of biodiversity and ecosystem services, including monetary  
and non-monetary evaluation approaches of separate ecosystem  
services, where indicator sets are developed and integrated in a  
multi-criteria analysis;  
- Governance and management of urban biodiversity and ecosystem  
services;  
- Communication and training.
Project Summary: 
URBES addresses significant scientific knowledge gaps on the role  
of urban biodiversity and ecosystem services for human well-being.  
This is of importance for building the ability of European cities to  
adapt to climate change and reduce their ecological footprints.  
URBES focuses particularly on functional diversity, urban ecosystem  
services, institutions, economics, and resilience science. It strives  
to translate cross-disciplinary research insights into principles, land  
use scenarios, landscape designs and applications. In addition,  
URBES pioneers the development of the TEEB approach in an urban  
context. This project is innovative in integrating monetary and nonmonetary  
valuation techniques. It also studies the implications that  
these results might have on governance, and develops guidelines for  
implementation in urban landscapes.
Achieved Objectives:
Product Descriptions:
Additional Information:
Project Resources:

Urban ecosystem services assessment along a rural–urban gradient: A cross-analysis of European cities
Weblink:
http://www.biodiversa.org
Funding Programme(s): 
BiodivERsA Era-net
Link to Organisations:
Submitted by: EUGRIS Team Professor Paul Bardos  Who does what?  20/03/2013 14:48:00