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Projected losses of...
Projected losses of ecosystem services in the US disproportionately affect non-white and lower-income populations
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- Gourevitch, Jesse D. (author)
- University of Vermont
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- Alonso-Rodríguez, Aura M. (author)
- University of Vermont
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- Aristizábal, Natalia (author)
- University of Vermont
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- de Wit, Luz A. (author)
- University of Vermont
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- Kinnebrew, Eva (author)
- University of Vermont
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- Littlefield, Caitlin E. (author)
- University of Vermont
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- Moore, Maya (author)
- University of Vermont
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- Nicholson, Charles C. (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate,Centrum för miljö- och klimatvetenskap (CEC),Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten,Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC),Faculty of Science,University of California System,University of Vermont
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- Schwartz, Aaron J. (author)
- University of Vermont
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- Ricketts, Taylor H. (author)
- University of Vermont
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- 2021-06-10
- 2021
- English.
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In: Nature Communications. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 2041-1723. ; 12
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- Addressing how ecosystem services (ES) are distributed among groups of people is critical for making conservation and environmental policy-making more equitable. Here, we evaluate the distribution and equity of changes in ES benefits across demographic and socioeconomic groups in the United States (US) between 2020 and 2100. Specifically, we use land cover and population projections to model potential shifts in the supply, demand, and benefits of the following ES: provision of clean air, protection against a vector-borne disease (West Nile virus), and crop pollination. Across the US, changes in ES benefits are unevenly distributed among socioeconomic and demographic groups and among rural and urban communities, but are relatively uniform across geographic regions. In general, non-white, lower-income, and urban populations disproportionately bear the burden of declines in ES benefits. This is largely driven by the conversion of forests and wetlands to cropland and urban land cover in counties where these populations are expected to grow. In these locations, targeted land use policy interventions are required to avoid exacerbating inequalities already present in the US.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology (hsv//eng)
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Statsvetenskap -- Studier av offentlig förvaltning (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Political Science -- Public Administration Studies (hsv//eng)
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Social och ekonomisk geografi -- Kulturgeografi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Social and Economic Geography -- Human Geography (hsv//eng)
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