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Geosystem Services for Subsurface Planning in Sweden: A Pilot Survey

Yevheniya Volchko, Tore Söderqvist, Emrik Lundin Frisk, Paula Lindgren, Lorena Melgaço, Marilu Melo Zurita, Fredrik Mossmark, Victoria Svahn, Olof Taromi Sandström, Jenny Norrman

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Abstract

Being a complement to ecosystem services (ES), geosystem services (GS) is a novel concept that helps identify and understand the contributions of the diversity of geological structures and processes of nature to human wellbeing. A pilot survey was carried out to Swedish municipalities in order to: (i) in a systematic way investigate if and how they currently approach GS in their spatial planning processes, and (ii) analyze and follow up responses for further improvement of the questionnaire for a Sweden-wide survey. None of the ten out of 26 responding municipalities currently use the term GS in their spatial planning processes. Some GS are already considered in municipal spatial planning processes in Sweden, though the term GS is currently not used. No clear patterns of including GS in spatial planning were however observed, except for three out of twenty GS. Social and child impact assessments and the Swedish standard on Biodiversity survey, which were the most frequently used methods for including ES in the municipal spatial planning processes in Sweden, could potentially be extended to GS.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 18th Conference of the Associated Research Centers for the Urban Underground Space, ACUUS 2023
Editors/authorsWei Wu, Yingxin Zhou, Chun Fai Leung, Xiaozhao Li
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media B.V.
Pages1181-1184
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9789819712564
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024
Event18th Conference of the Associated Research Centers for the Urban Underground Space, ACUUS 2023 - Boulevard, Singapore
Duration: 2023 Nov 1 → 2023 Nov 4

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Volume471
ISSN (Print)2366-2557
ISSN (Electronic)2366-2565

Conference

Conference18th Conference of the Associated Research Centers for the Urban Underground Space, ACUUS 2023
Country/TerritorySingapore
CityBoulevard
Period2023/11/01 → 2023/11/04

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2024.

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Human Geography

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