DOI: 10.5061/dryad.kk504
title: Data from: Quantifying urban ecosystem services based on high-resolution data of urban green space: an assessment for Rotterdam, the Netherlands

description: 1. The urban dimension of ecosystem services (ES) is underexposed, while
 the importance of ES for human well-being is nowhere as evident as in
 cities. Urban challenges such as air pollution, noise and heat can be
 moderated by urban green space (UGS), simultaneously providing multiple
 other services. However, available methods to quantify ES cannot typically
 deal with the high spatial and thematic resolution land cover data that
 are needed to better understand ES supply in the urban context. 2. This
 study derives methods to quantify and map a bundle of six ES as supplied
 by UGS, using land cover data with high spatial and thematic resolution,
 and applies these to the city of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Land cover
 data comprise eight classes of UGS. Methods are derived from an evidence
 base on the importance of UGS types for the supply of each of the six ES
 that was built using literature review. 3. The evidence base reveals that
 UGS types differ in their contribution to various ES, although the
 strength of the evidence varies. However, existing indicators for urban ES
 often do not discriminate between UGS types. To derive UGS-specific
 indicators, we combined methods and evidence from different research
 contexts (ES, non-ES, urban, non-urban). 4. Rotterdam shows high spatial
 variation in the amount of UGS present, and accounting for this in ES
 supply reveals that ES bundles depend on UGS composition and
 configuration. While the contribution of UGS types to ES supply differed
 markedly with UGS type and ES considered, we demonstrate that synergies
 rather than trade-offs exist among the ES analysed. 5. Synthesis and
 applications. Our findings underline the importance of a careful design of
 urban green space (UGS) in city planning for ecosystem services (ES)
 provision. Based on the latest insights on how different UGS provide ES,
 the methods presented in this study enable a more detailed quantification
 and mapping of the supply of ES in cities, allowing assessments of current
 supply of key urban ES and alternative urban designs. Such knowledge is
 indispensable in the quest for designing healthier and climate-resilient
 cities.
description: Ecosystem services
 mapsThe zipfile contains
 ArcGIS layerfiles and supporting files (ArcGIS 10) used to create
 ecosystem services maps for Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The first set of
 files compiles a map of ecosystem services totals at district level. The
 second set of files compiles a map of Rotterdam's main roads. The
 remaining file sets compile maps of six ecosystem services at
 neighbourhood level: air purification (AP), carbon storage (CS), cooling
 (C), noise reduction (NR), recreation (R), and runoff retention (RR).
 These are calculated using data of tree (t), woodland (w), tall shrub
 (ts), short shrub (ss), herbaceous (h), garden (g), water (wa), and other
 vegetation (o) cover. Detailed information about the methods used to
 compile these maps is available in the publication and supplementary
 material.GIS_data_for_Dryad.zip