Role of Ecosystem Services in Enabling Rural-Urban Synergies A European Perspective

The three editors are academics, long-term researchers is the fields of ecosystem services, rural development, participatory planning and strategic assessment. Maria Partidario and Isabel Loupa Ramos are with CiTUA, the research Centre on Innovation, Territory, Transports, Urbanism, Architecture and Environment, of Tecnico - ULisboa, Portugal, and Daniel Keech is with the Countryside & Community Research Institute, University of Gloucestershire, in the UK. They were active members of the ROBUST team. Maria Partidario was coordinator of the CoP on Ecosystem Services, closely supported by Isabel Loupa Ramos and Daniel Keech. Isabel Loupa Ramos was also involved with the CoP on Sustainable Food Systems, along with Daniel Keech. Daniel Keech was one of the co-coordinators of the Living Labs approach within ROBUST, co-responsible for developing guidance for the methodology followed by all Living Labs. This book is the outcome of a strong and close relationship between the three, but of course benefitting from the engagement of all book chapter co-authors, all members of the ROBUST project’s team.