2017 Volume 8 Issue 2 Pages 100-104
In recent years, many case studies have been conducted on ecosystem service (ES) evaluation in both developed and developing regions. A method to integrate the ES evaluation has hitherto been undeveloped and a few systems been proposed for the same. Based on our previous studies on estimations of the potential supply of ES in both rural and urban areas, a modeling system capable of performing an integrated evaluation of ES is automatically applied into our study. A geographical and ecological information database of the ecosystem in Japan was connected, and an interface of an estimation model of the ecosystem services was connected to an integrated system. A system with a visible interface and clearly defined concepts and concept relationships, is helpful not only to researchers who are unfamiliar with GIS and modeling, but also to stakeholders and decision makers.
