Balanced Consideration of Urban Park Green Space to Provide Services and Disservices

Abstract

Ecosystem services (ES), the benefits of ecosystem function and structure to human well-being, have been receiving continued attention from international community since the publication of the millennium ecosystem assessment (MA). While humans enjoy all kinds of services provided by the ecosystem, they are also adversely affected by the services provided by the ecosystem, which are called ecosystem disservices (EDS). Based on EDS related research, this paper expounds the EDS concept and connotation to urban park green space as the research object, defines the concept and classification of urban park green space ecosystem disservices (PEDS), and introduces the influencing factors of the listed examples of urban PEDSs. It also discusses equilibrium relationship of the urban park green space service and disservice, and summarizes the research on urban PEDS to improve the meaning of human well-being. Finally, it points out the factors that should be considered in the planning, design, management, and maintenance of future urban park green space.