Ecosystem Service Data for Hyderabad, India, 2019

These data contain observations, measurements, and participatory appraisals of ecosystem service use obtained from two transects across the city of Hyderabad, India. The ecosystem services studied include: spirituality, recreation, sanitation, water quality, food production (rice), and carbon storage. The direct measurement/observation were predominantly made using the established TESSA protocol, and the participatory methods follow Schreckenberg et al (2016), with full details of the method included in the data package. The data predominantly show statistically similar levels of ecosystem service use across rural, peri-urban and urban areas.