Higgins, SL, Thomas, F, Goldsmith, B et al. (6 more authors) (Cover date: March/April 2019) Urban freshwaters, biodiversity, and human health and well‐being: Setting an interdisciplinary research agenda. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 6 (2). e1339. ISSN 2049-1948
Abstract
The findings of a national workshop that explored the social and environmental impacts, challenges, and research opportunities associated with the role of urban freshwaters for improved public health are discussed. Bringing together the collective expertise of academics, practitioners, policy, and user‐groups from urban aquatic ecology and human health backgrounds, this commentary develops a progressive agenda for future research by synthesizing current understandings and knowledge of urban aquatic biodiversity relative to health‐related ecosystem service outcomes, from a cross‐sectoral and cross‐disciplinary perspective. Key areas include (a) a need for greater interaction between sectors to maximize opportunities for collaboration and to promote the cobenefits (both environmental and health) associated with urban freshwater ecosystems; and (b) the need for a unified understanding and operationalization of the definition of aquatic biodiversity across sectors and disciplines, to improve our understanding of whether actual freshwater biodiversity or the perception of biodiversity is important for maximizing gains in health. Methods of valuation relating to ecosystem services and resource allocation and investment in urban freshwaters are critical in ensuring that research addresses the pathways and contexts within which health and environmental benefits from blue space can be maximized.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 The Authors. WIREs Water published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
Keywords: | freshwater; urban; biodiversity; health; blue space |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Biological Sciences (Leeds) > School of Biology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 16 Jan 2019 15:38 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 21:40 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/wat2.1339 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:141111 |
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