title: Bringing ecosystem services into economic decision-making: land use in the United Kingdom.
abstract: Landscapes generate a wide range of valuable ecosystem services, yet land-use decisions often ignore the value of these services. Using the example of the United Kingdom, we show the significance of land-use change not only for agricultural production but also for emissions and sequestration of greenhouse gases, open-access recreational visits, urban green space, and wild-species diversity. We use spatially explicit models in conjunction with valuation methods to estimate comparable economic values for these services, taking account of climate change impacts. We show that, although decisions that focus solely on agriculture reduce overall ecosystem service values, highly significant value increases can be obtained from targeted planning by incorporating all potential services and their values and that this approach also conserves wild-species diversity.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE), School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia (UEA), Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK. i.bateman@uea.ac.uk
authors.forename: Ian J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Bateman
authors.forename: Amii R
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authors.lastname: Harwood
authors.forename: Georgina M
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authors.lastname: Mace
authors.forename: Robert T
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authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: David J
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authors.lastname: Abson
authors.forename: Barnaby
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authors.lastname: Andrews
authors.forename: Amy
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authors.lastname: Binner
authors.forename: Andrew
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authors.lastname: Crowe
authors.forename: Brett H
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authors.lastname: Day
authors.forename: Steve
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authors.lastname: Dugdale
authors.forename: Carlo
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authors.lastname: Fezzi
authors.forename: Jo
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authors.lastname: Foden
authors.forename: David
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authors.lastname: Hadley
authors.forename: Roy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haines-Young
authors.forename: Mark
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authors.lastname: Hulme
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kontoleon
authors.forename: Andrew A
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authors.lastname: Lovett
authors.forename: Paul
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authors.lastname: Munday
authors.forename: Unai
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authors.lastname: Pascual
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Paterson
authors.forename: Grischa
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Perino
authors.forename: Antara
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sen
authors.forename: Gavin
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authors.lastname: Siriwardena
authors.forename: Daan
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authors.lastname: van Soest
authors.forename: Mette
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authors.lastname: Termansen
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D057231:Climate Change; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D003657:Decision Making; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D017753:Ecosystem; D040541:Marketing; D018803:Models, Economic; D006113:United Kingdom