Joachim Maes

Biographic Data

ID3707657
NAMEJoachim Maes
GIVEN NAMESJoachim
FAMILY NAMEMaes
SIGNATUREMAES J
AFFILIATIONSJoint Research Centre
ORCID0000-0002-8272-1607
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS19
TOTAL CITATIONS38
AUTHOR COUNT19
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX3

  • Urban–Rural Disparities in Geographic Healthcare Accessibility

    Open AccessWeixuan Fang, Wei-Bin Zhang et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2026

    Geographic access to healthcare remains a critical barrier to health equity in low- and middle-income countries, where infrastructure and service provision are unevenly distributed. Using the UN-endorsed Degree of Urbanisation framework, we assessed disparities in geographic healthcare accessibility across Nigeria and Zambia in 2020. Travel times to health facilities were modeled for both walking and motorized transport at 1 km resolution, and st…

  • Assessing the impacts of gridded population model choice on degree of urbanisation metrics

    Open AccessWei-Bin Zhang, Wen-Bin Zhang et al.ARTICLECities2025

    Defining urban and rural areas is crucial for assessing the accessibility of services and opportunities that impact people worldwide. The Degree of Urbanisation framework, endorsed by the UN Statistical Commission, primarily uses population grids to classify areas through a harmonised, population-centric approach, enabling international comparisons. However, variations in the distribution of population counts at the grid-cell level across differe…

  • Urban heat island mitigation by green infrastructure in European Functional Urban Areas

    Open AccessFederica Marando, Mehdi P Heris et al.ARTICLESustainable Cities and Society2022

    The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect is one of the most harmful environmental hazards for urban dwellers. Climate change is expected to increase the intensity of the UHI effect. In this context, the implementation of Urban Green Infrastructure (UGI) can partially reduce UHI intensity, promoting a resilient urban environment and contributing to climate change adaptation and mitigation. In order to achieve this result, there is a need to systematical…

  • Land-use intensity mediates ecosystem service tradeoffs across regional social-ecological systems

    Open AccessJiangxiao Qiu, Cibele Queiroz et al.ARTICLEEcosystems and People2021

    A key sustainability challenge in human-dominated landscapes is how to reconcile competing demands such as food production, water quality, climate regulation, and ecological amenities. Prior research has documented how efforts to prioritize desirable ecosystem services such as food and fiber have often led to tradeoffs with other services. However, the growing literature has revealed different and sometimes contradictory patterns in ecosystem ser…

  • Global long-term mapping of surface temperature shows intensified intra-city urban heat island extremes

    Open AccessLorenzo Mentaschi, Gregory Duveiller et al.ARTICLEGlobal Environmental Change2021Cited by: 2References: 2

    Surface temperatures are generally higher in cities than in rural surroundings. This phenomenon, known as Surface Urban Heat Island (SUHI), increases the risk of heat-related human illnesses and mortality. Past global studies analysed this phenomenon aggregated at city scale or over seasonal and annual time periods, while human impacts strongly depend on shorter term heat stress experienced locally. Here we develop a global long-term high-resolut…

  • Analysis of trends in mapping and assessment of ecosystem condition in Europe

    Open AccessPaula Rendon, Markus Erhard et al.ARTICLEEcosystems and People2019

    Ecosystem condition is the overall quality of an ecosystem unit, in terms of its biological, physical and chemical characteristics underpinning its capacity to generate ecosystem services. Changes in ecosystem condition affect the delivery of services and therefore human well-being. Despite increasing research in this field, the relations between biodiversity, ecosystem condition and services are still not well understood. This study examined sci…

  • Measuring ecosystem multifunctionality across scales

    Open AccessLisanne Hölting, Sander Jacobs et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2019

    Multifunctionality refers to the capacity of an area to supply multiple ecosystem functions or services. While many conceptual and methodological advances have focused on defining and quantifying multifunctionality, the challenge of dealing with cross-scale dynamics of multifunctionality remains open. This study proposes a new way of measuring multifunctionality across spatial scales, illustrated with a European-wide dataset of 18 ecosystem servi…

  • Nature‐Based Solutions for Europe's Sustainable Development

    Open AccessJoachim Maes, Sander JacobsARTICLEConservation Letters2017

    Pursuing economic targets of job creation, growth, and innovation while tackling global environmental challenges, has long been seen as impossible. However, any long‐term economic competitiveness and security depends on the extent to which natural resources are used sustainably. Therefore, the European Union is investing in nature‐based solutions to achieve this double goal. The difference between the prevailing economic model and a sustainable r…

  • Unpacking ecosystem service bundles

    Open AccessRebecca Spake, Rémy Lasseur et al.ARTICLEGlobal Environmental Change2017Cited by: 13References: 1

  • An indicator framework for assessing ecosystem services in support of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020

    Open AccessJoachim Maes, Camino Liquete et al.ARTICLEEcosystem Services2016

    In the EU, the mapping and assessment of ecosystems and their services, abbreviated to MAES, is seen as a key action for the advancement of biodiversity objectives, and also to inform the development and implementation of related policies on water, climate, agriculture, forest, marine and regional planning. In this study, we present the development of an analytical framework which ensures that consistent approaches are used throughout the EU. It …

  • Mapping green infrastructure based on ecosystem services and ecological networks

    Open AccessCamino Liquete, Stefan Kleeschulte et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Science & Policy2015Cited by: 13

    Identifying, promoting and preserving a strategically planned green infrastructure (GI) network can provide ecological, economic and social benefits. It has also become a priority for the planning and decision-making process in sectors such as conservation, (land) resource efficiency, agriculture, forestry or urban development.\nIn this paper we propose a methodology that can be used to identify and map GI elements at landscape level based on the…

  • Mapping cultural ecosystem services

    Open AccessMaria Luisa Paracchini, Grazia Zulian et al.ARTICLEEcological Indicators2014

  • Transdisciplinary Enrichment of a Linear Research Process

    Jennifer Hauck, C Görg et al.ARTICLEInterdisciplinary Science Reviews2014Cited by: 2References: 5

    This paper presents an analysis of a research project conducted by a network of environmental research institutes called Partnership for European Environmental Research (PEER). Our analysis constitutes a reflection on this research project based on a proposed ideal-typical transdisciplinary research process developed by . The aim of the PRESS project (PEER Research on EcoSystem Services) was to provide support for the development and implementati…

  • A blueprint for mapping and modelling ecosystem services

    N D Crossman, Benjamin Burkhard et al.ARTICLEEcosystem Services2013

  • The Promise of the Ecosystem Services Concept for Planning and Decision-Making

    Jennifer Hauck, Burkhard Schweppe-Kraft et al.ARTICLEGAIA - Ecological Perspectives…2013

  • Mainstreaming ecosystem services into EU policy

    Open AccessJoachim Maes, Jennifer Hauck et al.ARTICLECurrent Opinion in Environmental…2013Cited by: 6References: 3

  • Mapping ecosystem services for policy support and decision making in the European Union

    Open AccessJoachim Maes, Benis N Egoh et al.ARTICLEEcosystem Services2012

    Mainstreaming ecosystem services into policy and decision making is dependent on the availability of spatially explicit information on the state and trends of ecosystems and their services. In particular, the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 addresses the need to account for ecosystem services through biophysical mapping and valuation. This paper reviews current mapping methods, identifies current knowledge gaps and provides the elements for a me…

  • Nitrogen Source Apportionment for the Catchment, Estuary, and Adjacent Coastal Waters of the River Scheldt

    Open AccessJan E Vermaat, Steven Broekx et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2012Cited by: 2

    Vermaat, J. E., S. Broekx, B. Van Eck, G. Engelen, F. Hellmann, J. De Kok, H. Van der Kwast, J. Maes, W. Salomons, and W. Van Deursen. 2012. Nitrogen source apportionment for the catchment, estuary, and adjacent coastal waters of the River Scheldt. Ecology and Society 17(2): 30. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-04889-170230

  • A clear delimitation of coastal waters facing the EU environmental legislation

    Open AccessCamino Liquete, Somma Francesca et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Science & Policy2011