The tool also provides decision-makers forms of LOS assessments — corporate, customer, and techni- with the opportunity to explore the social dimension of vulner- cal — to ensure the appropriate metrics reflect the objective of abilities to the impacts of climate change, including impacts to different local stakeholders and that the resulting assessment health and well-being, and increased exposur. [...] Current land use in Ontario’s Greenbelt This section highlights the ecological and economic value of 2.1 Economic value of ecosystem ecosystems services in the Greenbelt and charts the path for services in the Greenbelt making a business case to advance conservation finance projects by discussing practical considerations for connecting these The value of ecosystem services in the Greenbelt is enha. [...] Two main approaches can be used in connecting ecological and economic value of ecosystems in the region to advance conser- vation finance projects: 19 | Smart Prosperity Institute | Investing in the future of Ontario’s Greenbelt Final ecosystem service approach — A 2016 study estimates The direct and indirect economic value of the Greenbelt has the value of ecosystems services in the Greenbelt at. [...] Even in areas not facing the strongest result will be the creation of more suburbs and highway con- and most direct pressures of urbanization and overuse, natural nections,90 accelerating the conversion of agricultural land on systems are becoming more fragmented and vulnerable to these the edges of the Greenbelt, and where permissible within the impacts. [...] 13% between 2011-2016, indicating similar trends of declining farm land compared to areas outside of the protected area.97 A The intersection of agricultural lands with the integrity of regional similar analysis of land use data from 1993 to 2007 shows that ecosystems and patterns of growth in the Greenbelt is complex 51% of new urban developments in the Greenbelt were located and multifaceted.
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