Abstract
Since the blossoming of environmental awareness in the 1970s and the emergence of sustainable development, the interest of development of urban vegetation and green spaces has increased tremendously. New disciplines and approaches, following the example of ecology and urban forestry are emerging in particular to assess the ecosystem services provided by vegetation in urban areas. This research takes place into a large project on Greening spaces in urban areas and especially on the ecosystem services provided by vegetation and the effects upon atmospheric pollutants and air quality. A specific objective has been to identify and characterize these urban ecosystem services over the past decade. Among 200 scientific literature papers, 170 have been selected to identify ecosystem services that are the most studied, according to pre-established criteria a database has been created to identify the predominant characteristics of these studies. No fewer than 55 ecosystem services were identified as the principal focus of the research work or simply mentioned. The effect of vegetation on air quality (pollution) appears to be the major ecosystem services studied during the last decade in various disciplines.
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Weber, C. (2013). Ecosystem Services Provided by Urban Vegetation: A Literature Review. In: Rauch, S., Morrison, G., Norra, S., Schleicher, N. (eds) Urban Environment. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7756-9_10
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