Ecosystem services as a boundary object for sustainability

被引：289

作者：

Abson, D. J. ^{[1
]}

von Wehrden, H. ^{[1
]}

Baumgaertner, S. ^{[1
]}

Fischer, J. ^{[1
]}

Hanspach, J. ^{[1
]}

Haerdtle, W. ^{[1
]}

Heinrichs, H. ^{[1
]}

Klein, A. M. ^{[1
]}

Lang, D. J. ^{[1
]}

Martens, P. ^{[1
,2
]}

Walmsley, D. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Leuphana Univ Luneburg, Fac Sustainabil, Res Ctr Futures Ecosyst Serv FuturES, D-21355 Luneburg, Germany

[2] Maastricht Univ, Int Ctr Integrated Assessment & Sustainable Dev, NL-6211 KW Maastricht, Netherlands

来源：

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS | 2014年 / 103卷

关键词：

Bibliographic analysis; Ecosystem services; Ethics; Multivariate statistics; Normative knowledge; Transformative knowledge; Sustainability; Systems knowledge; DECISION-MAKING; TRADE-OFFS; CONSERVATION; VALUATION; ECONOMICS; ECOLOGY; FRAMEWORK;

D O I：

10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.04.012

中图分类号：

Q14 [生态学（生物生态学）];

学科分类号：

071012 ; 0713 ;

摘要：

Ecosystem services research has become a major academic field, drawing in various academic disciplines, perspectives, and research approaches. The multifaceted concept of "ecosystem services" includes a normative component, which has strong implicit links to the notion of sustainability. Yet, how ecosystem services research relates to sustainability has received little attention. We reviewed the current state of research on ecosystem services, and examined whether the concept's original motivation has allowed it to act as an effective boundaty object for the integration of the diverse knowledge related to sustainability. A full-text, multivariate statistical analysis of 1388 peer-reviewed publications on ecosystem services from 1997 to 2011 revealed a rapidly growing but fragmented body of research, which has emphasized the development of descriptive understandings of human-nature interactions. Future challenges for the ecosystem services concept include greater integration of currently fragmented knowledge domains and stronger engagement with the concept's normative foundations. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：29 / 37

页数：9

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