A Framework For Ecosystem Services Conservation Zo Essay

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A Framework for Ecosystem Services Conservation
Zoning: An Integration into Land Use Planning

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A Framework for
Ecosystem Services
Conservation Zoning
An Integration into Land Use
Planning

Joshua Kahan
Master of Environmental Studies Capstone
University of Pennsylvania
Ira Feldman: Capstone Advisor

Abstract
The ecosystem services conservation zoning framework offers an alternative to
current land use decision processes that present incomplete, misinformed, and
unaccountable land use options and alternatives. The framework presents holistic tools to
make more informed land use decisions, and begins to integrate ecosystem services into
the existing polices that govern land development. The principal goal of the framework is
to balance local land development and conservation planning by presenting a
comprehensive, multi-faceted, multi-disciplined decision process that frames land use
choices around the social, financial, and environmental utility ecosystem services provide
human well being.

Table of Contents
Introduction……………………………………………………………………………..1
Literature Review………………………………………………………………………..3
Methods…………………………………………………………………………………...5
Why is the Framework Needed?......................................................................................6
Identification of Services and Establishing Study Area
Scale……………………………………………………………………………………….9
Multi Scale Analysis……………………………………………………………………..11
Temporal...