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Social Values for Ecosystem Services (SolVES)
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A GIS Application for Assessing, Mapping, and Quantifying the Social Values of Ecosystem Services.
Ecosystem services can be defined in various ways; simply put, they are the benefits provided by nature, which contribute to human well-being. These benefits can range from tangible products such as food and fresh water to cultural services such as recreation and aesthetics. As the use of these benefits continues to increase, additional pressures are placed on the natural ecosystems providing them. This makes it all the more important when assessing possible tradeoffs among ecosystem services to consider the human attitudes and preferences that express underlying social values associated with their benefits. While some of these values can be accounted for through economic markets, other values can be more difficult to quantify, and attaching dollar amounts to them may not be very useful in all cases. Regardless of the processes or units used for quantifying such values, the ability to map them and relate them to the ecosystem services to which they are attributed is necessary for effective assessments.
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Globe_Caliper
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GIS Tools Landing
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Community Foundational Maps
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This collection contains maps which have been produced to support partners using foundational data.
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Planning In Practice
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App LCC States Map
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Depicts 15 states within the Appalachian LCC Boundary
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Community Foundational Maps
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App LCC Coal Fields
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Depicts coal fields, coal types, and likely accessibility.
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Community Foundational Maps
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App LCC Crop Biomass
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Depicts estimate of Crop Biomass from 2008 by county.
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Community Foundational Maps
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App LCC Ecoregions (EPA level III)
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Depicts EPA level III ecoregions which are encompassed by LCC
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App LCC Forest Biomass
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Depicts estimate of forest residual biomass from 2007 per county.
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App LCC FWS Ecoregions
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This depicts FWS Ecoregions based on Watersheds
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App LCC Landcover
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Depicts the landcover types from NLCD 2006 within the Appalachian LCC
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Community Foundational Maps
