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Ms. Karen Lourdes
University of Nottingham Malaysia

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0 Ecosystem Services
0 GIS and applications
0 Urban Planning & Policy
0 Ecosystem Service Assessment
0 Ecosystem Services Valuation

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Pursuing a PhD with a key focus on modelling ecosystem services in urban areas.

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Review
Published: 05 January 2021 in Land
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Urban blue-green spaces hold immense potential for supporting the sustainability and liveability of cities through the provision of urban ecosystem services (UES). However, research on UES in the Global South has not been reviewed as systematically as in the Global North. In Southeast Asia, the nature and extent of the biases, imbalances and gaps in UES research are unclear. We address this issue by conducting a systematic review of UES research in Southeast Asia over the last twenty years. Our findings draw attention to the unequal distribution of UES research within the region, and highlight common services, scales and features studied, as well as methods undertaken in UES research. We found that while studies tend to assess regulating and cultural UES at a landscape scale, few studies examined interactions between services by assessing synergies and tradeoffs. Moreover, the bias in research towards megacities in the region may overlook less-developed nations, rural areas, and peri-urban regions and their unique perspectives and preferences towards UES management. We discuss the challenges and considerations for integrating and conducting research on UES in Southeast Asia based on its unique and diverse socio-cultural characteristics. We conclude our review by highlighting aspects of UES research that need more attention in order to support land use planning and decision-making in Southeast Asia.

ACS Style

Karen Lourdes; Chris Gibbins; Perrine Hamel; Ruzana Sanusi; Badrul Azhar; Alex Lechner. A Review of Urban Ecosystem Services Research in Southeast Asia. Land 2021, 10, 40 .

AMA Style

Karen Lourdes, Chris Gibbins, Perrine Hamel, Ruzana Sanusi, Badrul Azhar, Alex Lechner. A Review of Urban Ecosystem Services Research in Southeast Asia. Land. 2021; 10 (1):40.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Karen Lourdes; Chris Gibbins; Perrine Hamel; Ruzana Sanusi; Badrul Azhar; Alex Lechner. 2021. "A Review of Urban Ecosystem Services Research in Southeast Asia." Land 10, no. 1: 40.

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Published: 01 January 2020 in Blue-Green Systems
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Low- and middle-income countries in Southeast and East Asia face a range of challenges related to the rapid pace of urbanisation in the region, the scale of pollution, climate change, loss of ecosystem services and associated difficulties for ecological restoration. Possible pathways towards a more sustainable future lie in the applications of nature-based solutions (NBS). However, there is relatively little literature on the application of NBS in the region, particularly Southeast Asia. In this paper we address this gap by assessing the socio-ecological challenges to the application of NBS in the region – one of the most globally biodiverse. We first provide an overview and background on NBS and its underpinnings in biodiversity and ecosystem services. We then present a typology describing five unique challenges for the application of NBS in the region: (1) Characteristics of urbanisation; (2) Biophysical environmental and climatic context; (3) Environmental risks and challenges for restoration; (4) Human nature relationships and conflicts; and (5) Policy and governance context. Exploiting the opportunities through South-South and North-South collaboration to address the challenges of NBS in Southeast and East Asia needs to be a priority for government, planners and academics.

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Alex M. Lechner; Rachel L. Gomes; Lucelia Rodrigues; Matthew J. Ashfold; Sivathass Bannir Selvam; Ee Phin Wong; Christopher M. Raymond; Alexandra Zieritz; Kong Wah Sing; Peter Moug; Lawal Billa; Saut Sagala; Ali Cheshmehzangi; Karen Lourdes; Badrul Azhar; Ruzana Sanusi; Christopher D. Ives; Yu-Ting Tang; David T. Tan; Faith Ka Shun Chan; Tapan Kumar Nath; Nur Aliya Binti Sabarudin; Sarah E. Metcalfe; Natalie M. Gulsrud; Mark Schuerch; Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz; Mark G. Macklin; Chris Gibbins. Challenges and considerations of applying nature-based solutions in low- and middle-income countries in Southeast and East Asia. Blue-Green Systems 2020, 2, 331 -351.

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Alex M. Lechner, Rachel L. Gomes, Lucelia Rodrigues, Matthew J. Ashfold, Sivathass Bannir Selvam, Ee Phin Wong, Christopher M. Raymond, Alexandra Zieritz, Kong Wah Sing, Peter Moug, Lawal Billa, Saut Sagala, Ali Cheshmehzangi, Karen Lourdes, Badrul Azhar, Ruzana Sanusi, Christopher D. Ives, Yu-Ting Tang, David T. Tan, Faith Ka Shun Chan, Tapan Kumar Nath, Nur Aliya Binti Sabarudin, Sarah E. Metcalfe, Natalie M. Gulsrud, Mark Schuerch, Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz, Mark G. Macklin, Chris Gibbins. Challenges and considerations of applying nature-based solutions in low- and middle-income countries in Southeast and East Asia. Blue-Green Systems. 2020; 2 (1):331-351.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Alex M. Lechner; Rachel L. Gomes; Lucelia Rodrigues; Matthew J. Ashfold; Sivathass Bannir Selvam; Ee Phin Wong; Christopher M. Raymond; Alexandra Zieritz; Kong Wah Sing; Peter Moug; Lawal Billa; Saut Sagala; Ali Cheshmehzangi; Karen Lourdes; Badrul Azhar; Ruzana Sanusi; Christopher D. Ives; Yu-Ting Tang; David T. Tan; Faith Ka Shun Chan; Tapan Kumar Nath; Nur Aliya Binti Sabarudin; Sarah E. Metcalfe; Natalie M. Gulsrud; Mark Schuerch; Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz; Mark G. Macklin; Chris Gibbins. 2020. "Challenges and considerations of applying nature-based solutions in low- and middle-income countries in Southeast and East Asia." Blue-Green Systems 2, no. 1: 331-351.