A thematic review selected 52 studies published from 2015–2024 from Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar and a source described as ATLAS. It synthesised land-use change, service components, valuation methods, urbanisation and management themes. The literature generally reports losses in biodiversity, climate regulation and ecological function, but this is not a meta-analysis with a pooled effect size.
Key findings
- Included literature consistently points toward losses in biodiversity, climate-regulation capacity and ecological function following wetland conversion and supports integrated land-use planning. The abstract does not show study counts by theme, evidence quality, regions or differences among valuation methods.
Why this matters globally
The synthesis helps planners recognise multiple ecological costs of urban development and supports cautious use of scenario planning and natural-capital accounting. Monetary valuation should sit alongside biophysical and community-equity indicators.
Thai researcher contribution
Peng Liu of Rajamangala University of Technology Rattanakosin collaborated with Universiti Putra Malaysia, connecting a Thai institution to regional landscape-design and ecosystem-service synthesis.
Limitations to consider
The abstract does not document protocol registration, duplicate screening, risk-of-bias appraisal or a PRISMA flow. Google Scholar broadens coverage but reduces reproducibility; ESV methods and settings are highly heterogeneous, and “significantly” does not reflect one pooled statistical estimate.