Developing a Regional Open Space Strategy (ROSS) for Central Puget Sound,Washington State,USA |
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Institution: | 1. Departamento de Electrónica, Telecomunicaciones y Redes de Información, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Ladrón de Guevara E11-253, 170517, Quito, Ecuador;2. Department of Signal Theory and Communications, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Avda. Universidad 30, 28911, Leganés, Madrid, Spain |
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Abstract: | Ecosystem services provided by the landscapes of regions and cities are critical to human and environmental health, quality of life, environmental justice, biodiversity and climate mitigation and adaptation. In the Pacific Northwest region of the US, a team led by the University of Washington Green Futures Lab is working to identify, conserve and enhance regionally-significant landscapes and to evaluate their contributions as ecosystem or “open space” services. This paper outlines the goals and planning methods of the ongoing Regional Open Space Strategy for Central Puget Sound (ROSS) project, and the frameworks and processes being developed to evaluate ecosystem and open space services in order to inform and influence local and regional governance structures and decisions. |
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Keywords: | Open space Ecosystem services Governance Watersheds Biodiversity Equity Climate change Health Watersheds Puget Sound |
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