Urban ecosystem services research in Russia: Systematic review on the state of the art

AbstractResearch on urban ecosystem services (ES) covers many regions globally, yet significant gaps remain in several areas, including Russia. Furthermore, the number of publications on Russian ES is still very low, and most of them focus on ES assessment on the national level which results in an incomplete understanding of ES provision in Russian cities. To fill this gap, 197 publications on urban ES have been systematically reviewed. Those mostly included research on urban ES in Russia as well as in other cities of the world that represented case studies within international collaborations of Russian scientists with other partners. The paper presents the main aspects of the ES concept adoption and operationalizing in the Russian scientific discourse, by providing an overview of the current research on the relationships between humans and urban ecosystems. Spatially, the majority of studies focused on large cities; herewith field surveys, statistical analysis, expert evaluations, and mapping were often used as the main research methods. Four key challenge areas have been revealed: anthropogenic pressure on soils and vegetation, urban green spaces (UGS) and their quantity and quality for ES provision, the value of ES assessment for urban planning, and payments for ES. To address these challenges, future research should focus on the role of urban ES for city resilience and sustainability, ecosystem disservices, rural–urban interactions, broader testing and validation of ES mapping and assessment as well as better integration of ES in economic, regulatory and compensation mechanisms.

Авторы
Dushkova Diana1, 2 , Konstantinova Anastasia 2 , Matasov Victor 2, 3 , Gaeva Dara4 , Dovletyarova Elvira 2 , Taherkhani Mina2
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Издательство
SPRINGER
Язык
Английский
Статус
Опубликовано
Год
2024
Организации
  • 1 Department of Conservation Biology and Social-Ecological Systems; Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Permoser str. 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany
  • 2 Agrarian and Technological Institute, Peoples Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Miklukho-Maklaya str., 6, Moscow, Russia, 117198
  • 3 Faculty of Geography and Geoinformation Technology, Higher School of Economics (HSE University), 11 Pokrovsky Boulevard, Moscow, Russia, 109028
  • 4 Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, A. Nevskogo 14, Kaliningrad, Russia, 236016
Ключевые слова
Ecosystem services; Environment; Russia; Sustainable development; Urban blue-green infrastructure; Urban ecosystems
Дата создания
27.11.2024
Дата изменения
27.11.2024
Постоянная ссылка
https://repository.rudn.ru/ru/records/article/record/157746/
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