Studying the historical evolution of ecosystem services to inform management policies for developed shorelines |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Grupo de Investigación Geografía Física y Medio Ambiente, Instituto de Oceanografía y Cambio Global, IOCAG, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Parque Científico Tecnológico Marino de Taliarte, Telde, Canary Islands, 35214, Spain;2. Research Group on Coastal Resources and Landscape (INTERFASE), Department of Geography, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193, Spain;1. Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK;2. International Water Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka;3. International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland;4. The African Collaborative Centre for Earth System Science, University of Nairobi, Kenya;5. Centre for Alternative Technology, Machynlleth, Wales, UK;6. Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, University College London, London, UK;1. MARE-Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, PT-1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal;2. Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, 2617, Australia;3. School of Business and Law, University of Central Queensland, 4702, Australia;4. NILU – Norwegian Institute for Air Research, PO Box 100, 2027 Kjeller, Norway;5. CIMA-Centre for Marine and Environmental Research, Gambelas Campus, University of Algarve, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal;6. Department of Recreation and Tourism, Klaipėda University, 84, Herkaus Manto str., LT-92294 Klaipėda, Lithuania;7. Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, PT-1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal;1. Departamento de Ciencias, Facultad de Artes Liberales, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Diagonal Las Torres, 2640, Santiago, Chile;2. Magíster en Gestión Ambiental, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Católica del Norte, Larrondo, 1281, Coquimbo, Chile;3. Advanced Analytics CENCOSUD, Av. Vicuña Mackenna, 6100, La Florida, Santiago, Chile;1. CREAF, E08193 Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), Catalonia, Spain;2. Department of Geography, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, United Kingdom;3. Catalan Ornithological Institute, Natural History Museum of Barcelona, 08019 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain;4. Forest Sciences Centre of Catalonia (CEMFOR-CTFC), 25280 Solsona, Catalonia, Spain;5. Department of Crop and Forest Sciences, Universitat de Lleida-Agrotecnio Center (UdL-Agrotecnio), Av. Rovira Roure, 191, E-25198 Lleida, Catalonia, Spain;6. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), 08193 Cerdanyola del Valles, Catalonia, Spain;7. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E08193 Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), Catalonia, Spain |
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| Abstract: | Coastal areas of developed countries have been altered by human activities, especially since the mid-20th century. This has notably affected the flow of ecosystem services that these environments provide. In this context, this paper’s research has focused on the historical evolution of socio-ecological dynamics and ecosystem services in a Mediterranean coastal landscape, characterized by the intense development of recent decades and the high biodiversity value. Qualitative and quantitative data were gathered and analyzed through different methods (document and spatial analysis, statistical treatment). Results show the long history of many ecosystem services (increase/decrease in food provisioning, stabilization/decline of regulating services and no use/intense use of cultural services) and their decline in recent decades due to industrial and residential development (which expanded from 1.7 to 47.5%). To overcome this situation, this paper discusses the current state of ecosystem services and conservation tasks carried out and how the results of the research can be included in the different elements of the governance of shoreline areas. |
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| Keywords: | Ecosystem services Historical analysis Beach-dune system Wetland Coniferous forest Llobregat delta |
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