Abstract
Urban ecosystem services are vital for residents' wellbeing. Well-functioning ecosystems can reduce many climate-related risks such as the magnitude of floods and heatwaves or the amount of air pollution, besides others.
The provisioning of ecosystem services has been, however, on the decline as a consequence of increasing demand. Ecosystems are thus, under the pressure from depletion due to impacts of climate change, urbanisation and land competition.
Often there is only a small fraction of ecosystems in urban areas, controversially, urban ecosystem services are especially important as there is an increasing number of people to whom the benefits should be delivered. Despite the known benefits ecosystems provide, the provisioning of ecosystem services has not been on the agenda of many policymakers.
Mapping of ecosystem service supply and demand is vital for informing policy- and decisionmakers about the areas where the ecosystems are lacking so that the residents are provided with an appropriate supply of services, especially in areas of vulnerable groups. The poster presents a review of methods for mapping of urban ecosystem service supply and demand and assessing mismatches on spatial scale while introducing a database of articles with a categorisation of data entry and brief scientometrics.
The information on the methods of mapping of urban ES is discussed in the context of urban development and can contribute to better land-use planning in terms of equal and equitable ecosystem service distribution.