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The Natural Capital Project advances research frontiers around sustainable development and sustainable, livable cities. Currently, we are developing new science focused on:

Less-studied yet vital ecosystem services relating to health, including improving mental health, promoting physical activity, and supporting urban biodiversity
Equity in access to nature and its benefits - developing new assessment approaches
Resilience of interconnected human and natural systems
Modeling of ecosystem services at the global scale
Using AI to generate insights from new data sources such as social media, satellite imagery, and human movement data.

Recent Publications

Supply and demand assessment of urban recreation service and its implication for greenspace planning-A case study on Guangzhou

Landscape and Urban Planning

Community-based governance: Implications for ecosystem service supply in Berg en Dal, the Netherlands

Ecological Indicators

Modeling seasonal water yield for landscape management: Applications in Peru and Myanmar.

Journal of Environmental Management

Ecosystem accounting in the Netherlands

Ecosystem Services

Achieving water security’s full goals through better integration of rivers’ diverse and distinct values

Water Security

A transition to sustainable ocean governance

Nature Communications

Closing yield gap is crucial to avoid potential surge in global carbon emissions

Global Environmental Change

Shifting habitats expose fishing communities to risk under climate change

Nature Climate Change

Using gross ecosystem product (GEP) to value nature in decision making

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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