Roy Remme
Assistant Professor
- Name
- Dr. R.P. Remme
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 5610
- r.p.remme@cml.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-0799-2319
Roy Remme is an environmental scientist who works on urban nature and its importance to people, predominantly through the development and application of spatial decision-support tools.
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Professional experience
Roy is an environmental scientist who works on urban nature and its importance to people, predominantly through the development and application of spatial decision-support tools. He worked for the Natural Capital Project at Stanford University between 2018-2020, to co-develop and apply urban ecosystem service models in the InVEST (Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs) software suite. Between 2015-2018 Roy worked at RIVM, where he co-developed the Dutch Natural Capital Model and worked on the Atlas of Natural Capital and the TEEB-Stad tool, to assess, quantify, and value natural capital in the Netherlands. Simultaneously, he also helped develop the first ecosystem accounts for the Netherlands at CBS (Statistics Netherlands). Roy did his PhD research at Wageningen University, on spatial analysis of ecosystem services and biodiversity and the design and testing of ecosystem accounts. He studied Environmental Sciences (BSc) at Utrecht University, and Climate Studies (MSc) at Wageningen University. Roy is associate editor at the journal Ecosystem Services.
Research topic
Roy’s research revolves around the importance of nature in cities and the benefits it provides to people. He is interested in understanding how, when, and where nature impacts people, who benefits from nature, and how the benefits of nature can be leveraged to develop more sustainable, resilient, and healthy cities. His research straddles multiple fields, including ecology, geography, environmental economics, and environmental governance. He has a keen interest in developing and applying spatial models and tools that inform decision-making.
Assistant Professor
- Science
- Centrum voor Milieuwetenschappen Leiden
- CML/Environmental Biology
- Remme R.P., Meacham M., Pellowe K.E., Andersson E., Guerry A.D., Janke B., Liu L., Lonsdorf E., Li M., Mao Y., Nootenboom C., Wu T. & Oudenhoven A.P.E. van (2024), Aligning nature-based solutions with ecosystem services in the urban century, Ecosystem Services 66: 101610.
- Kuiper J.J., Carpenter-Urquhart L.R., Berbés-Blázquez M, Oteros-Rozas E., Fredström L., Psiuk K., Savu C., Kautsky R., Guerry A.D., Carpenter S.R., Green C.E., Meacham M., Remme R.P., Ravera F., Wankmüller F., Arkema K.K., Pereira L.M. & Peterson G.D. (2024), Biosphere futures: a database of social-ecological scenarios, Ecology and Society 29: art19.
- Morpurgo J., Remme R.P. & Bodegom P.M. van (2023), CUGIC: the Consolidated Urban Green Infrastructure Classification for assessing ecosystem services and biodiversity, Landscape and Urban Planning 234: 104726.
- Kim H., Peterson G.D., Cheung W.W.L., Ferrier S., Alkemade R., Arneth A., Kuiper J.J., Okayasu S., Pereira L., Acosta L.A., Chaplin-Kramer R., Belder E. den, Eddy T.D., Johnson J.A., Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen S., Kok M.T.J., Leadley P., Leclère D., Lundquist C.J., Rondinini C., Scholes R.J., Schoolenberg M.A., Shin Y., Stehfest E., Stephenson F., Visconti P., Vuuren D. van, Wabnitz C.C.C., Alava J.J., Cuadros-Casanova I., Davies K.K., Gasalla M.A., Halouani G., Harfoot M., Hashimoto S., Hickler T., Hirsch T., Kolomytsev G., Miller B.W., Ohashi H., Palomo M.G., Popp A., Remme R.P., Saito O., Rashid S.U., Willcock S. & Pereira H.M. (2023), Towards a better future for biodiversity and people: modelling Nature Futures, Global Environmental Change 82: 102681.
- Langhans K.E., Echeverri A., Daws S.C., Moss S.N., Anderson C.B., Chaplin‐Kramer R., Hendershot J.N., Liu L., Mandle L., Nguyen O., Ou S.X., Remme R.P., Schmitt R.J.P., Vogl A. & Daily G.C. (2023), Centring justice in conceptualizing and improving access to urban nature, People and Nature 5(3): 897-910.
- Guerry A.D., Lonsdorf E.V. , Nootenboom C., Remme R.P., Griffin R., Waters H., Polasky S., Han B., Wu T., Janke B.D. , Meacham M., Hamel P. & Wang X. (2023), Mapping, measuring, and valuing the benefits of nature-based solutions in cities. In: McPhearson T., Kabisch N. & Frantzeskaki N. (Eds.), Nature-based solutions in cities: Edward Elgar Publishing. 259-293.
- Li M., Remme R.P., Bodegom P.M. van & Oudenhoven A.P.E. van (2023), Solution to what? Global assessment of nature-based solutions, urban challenges, and outcomes. bioRxiv. [working paper].
- Liu H., Hamel P., Tardieu L., Remme R.P., Han B. & Ren H. (2022), A geospatial model of nature-based recreation for urban planning: case study of Paris, France, Land Use Policy 117: 106107.
- Kuiper J.J., Wijk D. van, Mooij W.M., Remme R.P., Peterson G.D., Karlsson-Vinkyuyzen S., Mooij C.J., Leltz G.M. & Pereira L.M. (2022), Exploring desirable nature futures for Nationaal Park Hollandse Duinen, Ecosystems and People 18(1): 329-347.
- Remme R.P., Frumkin H., Guerry A.D., King A.C., Mandle L., Sarabu C., Bratman G.N., Giles-Corti B., Hamel P., Han B.L., Hicks J.L., James P., Lawler J.J., Lindahl T., Liu H.X., Y lu, Oosterbroek B., Paudel B., Sallis J.F., Schipperijn J., Sosic R., Vries S. de, Wheeler B.W., Wood S.A., Wu T. & Daily G.C. (2021), An ecosystem service perspective on urban nature, physical activity, and health, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118(22): e2018472118.
- Bosch M., Locatelli M., Hamel P., Remme R.P., Chenal J. & Joost S. (2021), A spatially explicit approach to simulate urban heat mitigation with InVEST (v3.8.0), Geoscientific Model Development 14: 3521-3537.
- Liu H.X., Ren H., Remme R.P., Nong H.F. & Sui C.H. (2021), The effect of urban nature exposure on mental health-a case study of Guangzhou, Journal of Cleaner Production 304: 127100.
- Hamel P., Guerry A.D., Polasky S., Han B., Douglass J.A., Hamann M., Janke B., Kuiper J.J., Levrel H., Liu H., Lonsdorf E., McDonald R.I., Nootenboom C., Ouyang Z., Remme R.P., Sharp R.P., Tardieu L., Viguié V., Xu D., Zheng H. & Daily G.C. (2021), Mapping the benefits of nature in cities with the InVEST software, npj Urban Sustainability 1: 25.
- Bosch M., Locatelli M., Hamel P., Remme R.P., Rémi J., Jérome C. & Stéphane J. (2021), Evaluating urban greening scenarios for urban heat mitigation: a spatially explicit approach, Royal Society Open Science 8(12): 202147.
- Schröter M., Kraemer R., Remme R.P. & Oudenhoven A.P.E. van (2020), Distant regions underpin interregional flows of cultural ecosystem services provided by birds and mammals, Ambio 49: 1100-1113.
- Paulin M.J., Remme R.P., Hoek D.C.J. van der, Knegt B. de, Koopman K.R., Breure A.M., Rutgers M. & Nijs T. de (2020), Towards nationally harmonized mapping and quantification of ecosystem services, Science of the Total Environment 703: 134973.
- Paulin M.J., Remme R.P., Nijs T. de, Rutgers M., Koopman K.R., Knegt B. de, Hoek D.C.J. van der & Breure A.M. (2020), Application of the Natural Capital Model to assess changes in ecosystem services from changes in green infrastructure in Amsterdam, Ecosystem Services 43: 101114.
- Bussel L.G.J. van, Haan N. de, Remme R.P., Lof M.E. & Groot R. de (2020), Community-based governance: implications for ecosystem service supply in Berg en Dal, the Netherlands, Ecological Indicators 117: 106510.
- Hein L., Remme R.P., Schenau S., Bogaart P.W., Lof M.E. & Horlings E. (2020), Ecosystem accounting in the Netherlands, Ecosystem Services 44: 101118.
- Liu H.X., Remme R.P., Hamel P., Nong H.F. & Ren H. (2020), Supply and demand assessment of urban recreation service and its implication for greenspace planning-A case study on Guangzhou, Landscape and Urban Planning 203: 103898.
- Hoosbeek M.R., Remme R.P. & Rusch G.M. (2018), Trees enhance soil carbon sequestration and nutrient cycling in a silvopastoral system in south-western Nicaragua, Agroforestry Systems 92: 263-273.
- Oudenhoven A.P.E. van, Schröter M., Drakou E.G., Geijzendorffer I.R., Jacobs S., Bodegom P.M. van, Chazee L., Czúcz B., Grunewald K., Lillebø A.I., Mononen L., Nogueira A.J.A., Pacheco-Romero M., Perennou C., Remme R.P., Rova S., Syrbe R.-U., Tratalos J.A., Vallejos M. & Albert C. (2018), Key criteria for developing ecosystem service indicators to inform decision making, Ecological Indicators 95(1): 417-426.
- Vargas L., Hein L. & Remme R.P. (2017), Accounting for ecosystem assets using remote sensing in the Colombian Orinoco River Basin lowlands, Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 11(2): 026008.
- Remme R.P. & Schroter M. (2016), Effects of budget constraints on conservation network design for biodiversity and ecosystem services, Ecological Complexity 26: 45-56.
- Remme R.P., Hein L. & Swaay C.A.M. (2016), Exploring spatial indicators for biodiversity accounting, Ecological Indicators 70: 232-248.
- Schroter M. & Remme R.P. (2016), Spatial prioritisation for conserving ecosystem services: comparing hotspots with heuristic optimisation, Landscape Ecology 31: 431-450.
- Schröter M., Remme R.P., Sumarga E., Barton D.N. & Hein L. (2015), Lessons learned for spatial modelling of ecosystem services in support of ecosystem accounting, Ecosystem Services 13: 64-69.
- Remme R.P., Edens B., Schroter M. & Hein L. (2015), Monetary accounting of ecosystem services: a test case for Limburg province, the Netherlands, Ecological Economics 112: 116-128.
- Hein L., Obst C., Edens B. & Remme R.P. (2015), Progress and challenges in the development of ecosystem accounting as a tool to analyse ecosystem capital, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 14: 86-92.
- Schroter M., Barton D.N., Remme R.P. & Hein L. (2014), Accounting for capacity and flow of ecosystem services: a conceptual model and a case study for Telemark, Norway, Ecological Indicators 36: 539-551.
- Remme R.P., Schroter M. & Hein L. (2014), Developing spatial biophysical accounting for multiple ecosystem services, Ecosystem Services 10: 6-18.
- Schroter M., Zanden E.H. van der, Oudenhoven A.P.E. van, Remme R.P., Serna-Chavez H.M., Groot R.S. de & Opdam P. (2014), Ecosystem services as a contested concept : a synthesis of critique and counter-arguments, Conservation Letters 7(6): 514-523.
- Schroter M., Barton D.N., Remme R.P. & Hein L. (2014), Accounting for capacity and flow of ecosystem services: A conceptual model and a case study for Telemark, Norway, Ecological Indicators 36: 539-551.
- Schroter M., Remme R.P. & Hein L. (2012), How and where to map supply and demand of ecosystem services for policy-relevant outcomes?, Ecological Indicators 23: 220-221.