Ecosystem services valuation is not new, but few approaches have been developed to support ecosystem service consideration at the strategic level of futures-based planning. This paper demonstrates a practical, strategic environmental assessment approach to incorporate the valuation of ecosystem services in a futures-based assessment to support land use planning decisions for urban ecological areas. The application is based on the Northeast Swale, a valued natural area consisting of prairie grasslands and ephemeral wetlands in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, which is subject to the cumulative pressures of urban development. Land use attributes or end points are adopted as proxies for ecosystem services to simplify the complexity of ecosystem services and to ensure outcomes that are practical and relevant to those who make land use decisions. The value of land use attributes is assessed using a choice experiment that incorporates visual interpretations of alternative land use futures, from which residents’ marginal willingness to pay for attributes are determined. Using compensating surplus values, tradeoffs between alternative future scenarios are explored and a range of preferred land use futures identified that depict different land use attributes and thus the suite of benefits residents derive from ecosystem services. Lessons are discussed for improved integration of ecosystem services valuation in strategic land use planning, and for translating complex ecosystem service concepts into practical directions for urban residents and for those responsible for land use policy and planning decisions.

生态系统服务评估并不是什么新鲜事物，但是在基于期货的计划的战略级别上，很少有方法可以支持对生态系统服务的考虑。本文展示了一种实用的战略性环境评估方法，该方法将生态系统服务的评估纳入基于期货的评估中，以支持城市生态区的土地利用规划决策。该应用程序基于“东北沼泽”，这是加拿大萨斯喀彻温省萨斯卡通的一个由草原草原和短暂湿地组成的重要自然区，受城市发展的累积压力的影响。土地使用属性或终点被用作生态系统服务的代理，以简化生态系统服务的复杂性并确保结果实用且与那些做出土地使用决策的人有关。土地使用属性的价值是通过选择试验评估的，该试验结合了对替代土地使用期货的直观解释，从而确定了居民支付属性的边际意愿。使用补偿性剩余价值，探讨了替代性未来情景之间的折衷，并确定了一系列优选的土地利用期货，这些期货描绘了不同的土地利用属性，从而使居民从生态系统服务中受益。讨论了一些经验教训，以期将生态系统服务价值评估更好地整合到战略性土地使用规划中，并将复杂的生态系统服务概念转化为城市居民以及负责土地使用政策和规划决策的人的实际方向。