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Area of Science:

  • Urban Ecology
  • Ecosystem Services
  • Environmental Technology

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  • Ecosystem services research traditionally focuses on natural areas, overlooking urban contexts and technological interactions.
  • A prevailing view suggests technology can replace natural ecosystem services, particularly when engineered systems offer superior performance.
  • Urban ecology and design increasingly explore integrating natural and built infrastructures.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To challenge the notion of a trade-off between natural and technological capital in ecosystem services.
  • To demonstrate the complementary relationship between technological advancements and ecosystem management.
  • To investigate how technological change influences the value and co-evolution of urban ecosystem services.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative analysis of existing literature on ecosystem services and technological substitution.
  • Case study analysis of Barcelona, Spain, focusing on water treatment technology integration.
  • Assessment of the impact of engineered systems on the value of co-located ecosystem services.

Main Results:

  • The study refutes the idea of an inevitable trade-off, finding technology and ecosystem management to be complementary.
  • Barcelona's water treatment technology installation led to increased value of local ecosystem services.
  • Complementarity between natural and built infrastructures persists even when ecosystems are directly impacted by technology.

Conclusions:

  • Technological innovation and ecosystem management are mutually reinforcing, not mutually exclusive.
  • The value of ecosystem services can co-evolve with new technologies, creating new opportunities for value harnessing.
  • Urban engineered structures can increase reliance on, rather than diminish the importance of, ecosystem processes.