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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
Volume 64, Issue -, Pages 18-29Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2016.06.002
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Ecosystem services; Historical analysis; Beach-dune system; Wetland; Coniferous forest; Llobregat delta
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- Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain)
- Beatriu de Pinos grant from the Agenda de Gestio d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca
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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. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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