Journal article
Measuring, modeling and mapping ecosystem services in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania
Progress in Physical Geography, Vol.35(5), pp.595-611
2011
Abstract
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. © The Author(s) 2011.
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- Title
- Measuring, modeling and mapping ecosystem services in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania
- Authors
- Brendan Fisher (Author)R K Turner (Author) - University of East Anglia, United KingdomN D Burgess (Author) - University of Copenhagen, DenmarkR D Swetnam (Author) - University of Cambridge, United KingdomJ Green (Author) - University of Cambridge, United KingdomR E Green (Author) - University of Cambridge, United KingdomG Kajembe (Author) - Sokoine University of Agriculture, TanzaniaK Kulindwa (Author) - University of Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaS L Lewis (Author) - University of Leeds, United KingdomR Marchant (Author) - University of York, United KingdomAndrew R Marshall (Author) - University of York, United KingdomS Madoffe (Author) - Sokoine University of Agriculture, TanzaniaP K T Munishi (Author) - Sokoine University of Agriculture, TanzaniaS Morse-Jones (Author) - University of East Anglia, United KingdomS Mwakalila (Author) - University of Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaJ Paavola (Author) - University of Leeds, United KingdomR Naidoo (Author) - World Wildlife Fund, United StatesT Ricketts (Author) - World Wildlife Fund, United StatesM Rouget (Author) - South African National Biodiversity Institute, South AfricaSimon Willcock (Author) - University of Leeds, United KingdomSue White (Author) - Cranfield University, United KingdomAndrew Balmford (Author) - University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Publication details
- Progress in Physical Geography, Vol.35(5), pp.595-611
- Publisher
- Sage Publications Ltd.
- Date published
- 2011
- DOI
- 10.1177/0309133311422968
- ISSN
- 0309-1333
- Organisation Unit
- Tropical Forests and People Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Forest Research Institute
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450593602621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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