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Measuring, modeling and mapping ecosystem services in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania

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dc.creator Fisher, Brendan
dc.creator Turner, R. Kerry
dc.creator Burgess, Neil D.
dc.creator Swetnam, Ruth D.
dc.creator Green, Jonathan
dc.creator Green, Rhys
dc.creator Kajembe, George
dc.creator Kulindwa, Kassim
dc.creator Lewis, Simon L.
dc.creator Marchant, Rob
dc.creator Marshall, Andrew R.
dc.creator Madoffe, Seif
dc.creator Munishi, P. K. T.
dc.creator Morse-Jones, Sian
dc.creator Mwakalila, Shadrack
dc.creator Paavola, Jouni
dc.creator Naidoo, Robin
dc.creator Ricketts, Taylor
dc.creator Rouget, Rouget
dc.creator Willcock, Simon
dc.creator White, Sue
dc.creator Balmford, Andrew
dc.date 2013-01-22T23:01:36Z
dc.date 2013-01-22T23:01:36Z
dc.date 2011-10-31T00:00:00Z
dc.identifier Brendan Fisher, R. Kerry Turner, Neil D. Burgess, Ruth D. Swetnam, Jonathan Green, Rhys Green, George Kajembe, Kassim Kulindwa, Simon L. Lewis, Rob Marchant, Andrew R. Marshall, Seif Madoffe, P. K. T. Munishi, Sian Morse-Jones, Shadrack Mwakalila, Jouni Paavola, Robin Naidoo, Taylor Ricketts, Mathieu Rouget, Simon Willcock, Sue White, Andrew Balmford. Measuring, modeling and mapping ecosystem services in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania. Progress in Physical Geography, Volume 35, Number 5 , October 2011, Pages 595-611.
dc.identifier 0272-3646
dc.identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0309133311422968
dc.identifier http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/7761
dc.description In light of the significance that ecosystem service research is likely to play in linking conservation activities and human welfare, systematic approaches to measuring, modeling and mapping ecosystem services (and their value to society) are sorely needed. In this paper we outline one such approach, which we developed in order to understand the links between the functioning of the ecosystems of Tanzania's Eastern Arc Mountains and their impact on human welfare at local, regional and global scales. The essence of our approach is the creation of a series of maps created using field-based or remotely sourced data, data-driven models, and socio-economic scenarios coupled with rule-based assumptions. Here we describe the construction of this spatial information and how it can help to shed light on the complex relationships between ecological and social systems. There are obvious difficulties in operationalizing this approach, but by highlighting those which we have encountered in our own case-study work, we have also been able to suggest some routes to overcoming these impediments
dc.language en_UK
dc.publisher V.H. Winston & Son, Inc.
dc.rights The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Physical Geography, Volume 35, Number 5 , October 2011, ©SAGE Publications Ltd 2011 by SAGE Publications Ltd at the Physical Geography page:595-611 DOI:10.1177/0309133311422968 on SAGE Journals Online: http://online.sagepub.com/
dc.title Measuring, modeling and mapping ecosystem services in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania
dc.type Article


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