The crucial role of biodiversity in the links between ecosystems and societies has been repeatedly highlighted both as source of wellbeing and as a target of human actions, but not all aspects of biodiversity are equally important to different ecosystem services. Similarly, different social actors have different perceptions of and access to ecosystem services, and therefore, they have different...

Semi-arid Mediterranean regions are highly susceptible to desertification processes which can reduce the benefits that people obtain from healthy ecosystems and thus threaten human wellbeing. The European Union Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 recognizes the need to incorporate ecosystem services into land-use management, conservation, and restoration actions. The inclusion of ecosystem services i...

Global change, population growth, and urbanization have been exerting a severe influence on the environment, including social system ecosystem. To find solutions based nature, clarifying complicated mechanisms feedback among land use/land cover changes, ecosystem services, human well-being, is increasingly crucial. However, in-depth linkages these three elements not clearly systematically illus...

Purpose This study investigates the relationship between strength of innovative entrepreneurial ecosystems and subjective well-being in 43 European smart cities. Subjective is operationalized by a Quality Life (QOL) survey that references level multidimensional satisfaction or happiness expressed residents at city level. The ecosystem concept depicted here highlights actor interdependence creat...

Open data ecosystems are expected to bring many advantages, such as stimulating citizen participation and innovation. However, scant attention has been given to what constitutes an open data ecosystem. The objective of this paper is to provide an overview of essential elements of open data ecosystems for enabling easy publication and use of open data. To achieve this objective, the literature h...