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What Have the Feds Done for Landscape Ecology Lately? Ecosystem Services, Data and Tools
Citation:
VanBerkel, D., M. Mehaffey, AND A. Neale. What Have the Feds Done for Landscape Ecology Lately? Ecosystem Services, Data and Tools. US-IALE 2018 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 08 - 12, 2018.
Impact/Purpose:
To lead a special session at the IALE conference in April 2018, to showcase recent landscape ecology research, data, and tools that businesses, non-profit organizations, and local and state agencies can utilize to improve our environment, health, urban planning, and disaster preparedness across the United States.
Description:
Over recent decades the government has made a wealth of information publically available as part of the Federal Open Data Policy. The research, web and mobile applications, data, and visualization tools are all aimed at helping decision makers such as businesses, non-profit organizations, and local and state agencies improve our environment, health, urban planning, and disaster preparedness across the United States. This session will showcase recent contributions that we believe are of high relevance for the landscape ecology community as well as practitioners and teachers. As an early adopter of the ecosystem goods and services framework, EPA researchers and partners have gained valuable insights into data development and display, spatio-temporal modelling and stakeholder outreach related to ecosystem services and human health at national and local scales. With our broad mandate we touch on various domains related to monitoring and securing the health of the environment and US citizens. Presentations in this session will cover themes related to ‘big data’, linking ecosystem services supply and demand, and developing relevant ES indicators related to human health and quality of life. Our presenters will showcase methodologies and results being produced under the umbrella of the EnviroAtlas project covering the national assessment of cultural ecosystem services, ecosystem markets, biodiversity and invasive species mapping, flood risk mapping, extreme weather and landscape change on erosion, ground water recharge, water budget, and temperature increase impacts on fish habitat.
