Co-producing an ecosystem services-based plan for sustainable university campuses

•Ecosystem Services (ES) maps allow management units to be created within campus boundaries.•ES maps allow the inclusion of multi-scale analyses in the planning design process.•Stakeholders must perceive the ES framework positively for its inclusion in the spatial planning process.•Stakeholder perspectives should be incorporated to define strategies based on social-ecological units.•Applying the principles of knowledge co-production enhances planning process robustness.