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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 190-203 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services and Management |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Sept 2011 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Abstract
Although the concept of ecosystem services has drawn a prolific amount of recent research, little work has been done on the links between marine ecosystem services and coastal human well-being at a regional scale. Key questions in this context are that of appropriate categories for assessing human well-being and how to link different determinants of human well-being to specific ecosystem services supplied in adjacent marine areas. This paper presents the results of a case study that links tangible and intangible ecosystem benefits to a range of material and immaterial factors constituting human well-being. Determinants of human well-being were defined and indicators selected to make these linkages traceable. Ecosystem services were assessed for the offshore environment along the west coast of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, based on the assumption of strong future development of offshore wind farming and considering the environmental and socio-economic impacts of such developments on the coastal region. This paper illustrates some conceptual problems in linking ecosystem benefits to human well-being. Based on an economic analysis and a questionnaire survey, two examples are presented where an evidence-based link could be demonstrated between an ecosystem service impacted by offshore wind farming and change in human well-being. The results presented should be understood as an analytic framework and precondition for gathering empirical data.
Keywords
- human well-being, marine ecosystem services, objective living conditions, offshore wind farming, quality of life
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Environmental Science(all)
- Ecology
- Environmental Science(all)
- Nature and Landscape Conservation
- Environmental Science(all)
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Sustainable Development Goals
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In: International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services and Management, Vol. 7, No. 3, 01.09.2011, p. 190-203.
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T1 - Conceptualizing the link between marine ecosystem services and human well-being
T2 - The case of offshore wind farming
AU - Busch, Malte
AU - Gee, Kira
AU - Burkhard, Benjamin
AU - Lange, Marcus
AU - Stelljes, Nico
N1 - Funding Information: The research presented in this paper was carried out within the research project ‘Zukunft Küste – Coastal Futures’ which was affiliated to the Land–Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ) project and funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF FKZ 03F0476 A-C) during the period 2004–2010. The authors thank all project partners for contributing to the understanding of change induced by offshore wind farms presented in this paper. Copyright: Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
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N2 - Although the concept of ecosystem services has drawn a prolific amount of recent research, little work has been done on the links between marine ecosystem services and coastal human well-being at a regional scale. Key questions in this context are that of appropriate categories for assessing human well-being and how to link different determinants of human well-being to specific ecosystem services supplied in adjacent marine areas. This paper presents the results of a case study that links tangible and intangible ecosystem benefits to a range of material and immaterial factors constituting human well-being. Determinants of human well-being were defined and indicators selected to make these linkages traceable. Ecosystem services were assessed for the offshore environment along the west coast of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, based on the assumption of strong future development of offshore wind farming and considering the environmental and socio-economic impacts of such developments on the coastal region. This paper illustrates some conceptual problems in linking ecosystem benefits to human well-being. Based on an economic analysis and a questionnaire survey, two examples are presented where an evidence-based link could be demonstrated between an ecosystem service impacted by offshore wind farming and change in human well-being. The results presented should be understood as an analytic framework and precondition for gathering empirical data.
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