PARK ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND THEIR EVALUATION


Keywords: city parks, ecosystem services, evaluation indicators, ecosystem functions, economic benefits.

Abstract

Topicality. Improving the urban landscaping system requires an understanding of the needs of the green economy, as well as the functionality of park ecosystems and prospects for their application. Therefore, it is important to study the ecosystem services of parks and determine their beneficial effects on the socio-economic space of the city. An important component of this problem is the improvement of park assessment methods, which will cover the assessed parameters more widely.
Aim and tasks. The purpose of the article is to determine the benefits of different groups of park ecosystem services, as well as to provide proposals for calculating indicators of functional assessments of park ecosystems, and financial indicators of the green economy. The task is to analyze and summarize the existing approaches to the assessment of ecosystems, to determine the main problem of integrated assessment of ecosystem services of parks.
Research results. The effectiveness of measures to improve and develop urban parks largely depends on understanding the functionality of ecosystems and the ability to find their application in accordance with the needs of the city and its inhabitants. Existing methods of assessing parks are less concerned with ecosystems, although they are a resource for creating cultural and recreational assets. Assessment of ecosystem services mainly concerns large natural ecosystems (seas, forests, wetlands). Parks are approached mainly as architectural complexes. However, the assessment of ecosystem services is quite complex, and in the field of park management little studied, which is the impetus for a new approach to the assessment of parks.
To see the general situation of the development of the park object, or the landscaping system of the city as a whole, a comprehensive approach is important - the assessment of economic and natural parameters. Assessment of ecosystem services can sometimes provide unexpected results that clearly show the dependence of urban agglomerations on the surrounding natural ecosystems, and increase the value of natural centers in the city.
Conclusion. The proposed calculations are intended to facilitate the visual presentation of the parameters of financial support of the park economy, providing the city with park facilities, as well as the functional capabilities of existing green spaces. Most estimates are based on field research or statistics, so it can be noted that in addition to methodological developments, it is necessary to improve the system of monitoring and accounting of parks. This is especially true of the ability to assess ecosystem services.

Author Biography

N. V. VERNIHOROVA

graduate student, engineer of the 1st category of a state institution
«Institute of Market and Economic&Ecological Research of the National Academy of Sciences of
Ukraine»
Frantsuzskyi boulevard, 29, Odesa, Ukraine, 65044

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VERNIHOROVA, N. V. (2022). PARK ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND THEIR EVALUATION. Economic Innovations, 24(2(83), 53-65. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.31520/ei.2022.24.2(83).53-65