Developing an Ecosystem Services Online Decision Support Tool to Assess the Impacts of Climate Change and Urban Growth in the Santa Cruz Watershed; Where We Live, Work, and Play
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Study Area
3. Santa Cruz Watershed Ecosystem Portfolio Model (SCWEPM)
4. Ecosystem Services, Alternative Future Scenarios, and Human Well-Being
4.1. Ecosystem Services
4.1.1. Water provisioning
4.1.2. Habitat provisioning
Birds | |
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Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra |
Yellow Warbler | Dendroica petechia |
Yellow-breasted Chat | Icteria virens |
Gray Hawks | Asturina nitida |
Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus |
Lucy’s Warbler | Vermivora luciae |
Bell’s Vireo | Vireo bellii |
Abert’s Towhee Northern | Pipilo aberti |
Beardless-Tyrannulet | Camptostoma imberbe |
Varied Bunting | Passerina versicolor |
Rufous-winged Sparrow | Aimophila carpalis |
Lazuli Buntings | Passerina cyanea |
Indigo Buntings | Passerina amoena |
Tropical Kingbird. | Tyrannus melancholicus |
4.1.3. Cultural resources provisioning
4.2. Alternative Scenarios
4.2.1. Urban growth scenarios
4.2.2. Climate change scenarios
4.3. Linkages with Human Well-Being
4.3.1. Human health
4.3.2. Environmental justice
4.3.3. Quality of life
5. Approach
6. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
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Norman, L.; Tallent-Halsell, N.; Labiosa, W.; Weber, M.; McCoy, A.; Hirschboeck, K.; Callegary, J.; Van Riper, C., III; Gray, F. Developing an Ecosystem Services Online Decision Support Tool to Assess the Impacts of Climate Change and Urban Growth in the Santa Cruz Watershed; Where We Live, Work, and Play. Sustainability 2010, 2, 2044-2069. https://doi.org/10.3390/su2072044
Norman L, Tallent-Halsell N, Labiosa W, Weber M, McCoy A, Hirschboeck K, Callegary J, Van Riper C III, Gray F. Developing an Ecosystem Services Online Decision Support Tool to Assess the Impacts of Climate Change and Urban Growth in the Santa Cruz Watershed; Where We Live, Work, and Play. Sustainability. 2010; 2(7):2044-2069. https://doi.org/10.3390/su2072044
Chicago/Turabian StyleNorman, Laura, Nita Tallent-Halsell, William Labiosa, Matt Weber, Amy McCoy, Katie Hirschboeck, James Callegary, Charles Van Riper, III, and Floyd Gray. 2010. "Developing an Ecosystem Services Online Decision Support Tool to Assess the Impacts of Climate Change and Urban Growth in the Santa Cruz Watershed; Where We Live, Work, and Play" Sustainability 2, no. 7: 2044-2069. https://doi.org/10.3390/su2072044