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Assessment and Spatial Distribution of Urban Ecosystem Functions Applied in Two Czech Cities
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SYSNO ASEP 0572628 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Assessment and Spatial Distribution of Urban Ecosystem Functions Applied in Two Czech Cities Author(s) Včeláková, Renata (UEK-B) SAI, RID, ORCID
Prokopová, Marcela (UEK-B) SAI, RID, ORCID
Pechanec, V. (CZ)
Štěrbová, Lenka (UEK-B) SAI, ORCID, RID
Cudlín, Ondřej (UEK-B) SAI, RID
Alhuseen, Ahmed (UEK-B) ORCID, SAI, RID
Purkyt, Jan (UEK-B) SAI, RID, ORCID
Cudlín, Pavel (UEK-B) RID, SAI, ORCIDArticle number 5759 Source Title Applied Sciences-Basel. - : MDPI
Roč. 13, č. 9 (2023)Number of pages 20 s. Language eng - English Country CH - Switzerland Keywords urban ecosystem functions ; services ; climate change mitigation ; green infrastructure ; connectivity ; urban-rural gradient Subject RIV DG - Athmosphere Sciences, Meteorology OECD category Climatic research Research Infrastructure CzeCOS IV - 90248 - Ústav výzkumu globální změny AV ČR, v. v. i. Method of publishing Open access Institutional support UEK-B - RVO:86652079 UT WOS 000987243700001 EID SCOPUS 85159280228 DOI 10.3390/app13095759 Annotation As urban areas expand worldwide, the importance of ecosystem services provided by urban and peri-urban areas (ESs) increases, especially those that mitigate the effects of ongoing climate change. We present a relatively simple method to assess the performance of three ecosystem functions (EFs: evapotranspiration, carbon production, and habitat-and landscape-level biodiversity) in urban and peri-urban areas, indicating their capacity to provide relevant regulative ESs. The method was applied to two Czech foothill cities, Liberec and De?cin, and the results showed that the EFs of both cities were at comparable or even higher levels than the average values for the whole Czech Republic. The peri-urban area showed surprisingly high values for all EFs and habitat connectivity. The urban-rural gradient of EFs also showed higher values for EFs in the peri-urban area than in the adjacent rural (forest and agricultural) landscape. The method can serve as a useful tool to quickly identify valuable urban habitats (strong ESs providers) to support their protection or to identify places with low functional values that should be considered and sorted in urban adaptation strategies to global climate change to support the creation of functional green infrastructure. Workplace Global Change Research Institute Contact Nikola Šviková, svikova.n@czechglobe.cz, Tel.: 511 192 268 Year of Publishing 2024 Electronic address https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/9/5759
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