A novel method for fine-scale biodiversity assessment and prediction across diverse urban landscapes reveals social deprivation-related inequalities in private, not public spaces

Hand, Kathryn L.; Freeman, Claire; Seddon, Philip J.; Stein, Aviva; Heezik, Yolanda van

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.03.002

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“…The explanation for the lower interest by the visitors should rather be sought in the monotony of views regarded as lacking in diversity [42], rather than through lower diversity or the presence of invasive species. Invasive species may be perceived by the public in a neutral or even positive way [65], and it must be accepted that people may not know that a plant is invasive and may judge it on aesthetic rather than biological grounds [66].…”

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“…This tendency has been changing drastically lately. Only a couple of years ago, the purchase of an apartment was most influenced by the building interior (56%), low rent (48%) or safety (33%); now they tend to become less important [66]. During recent years, the number of citizens declaring a will to live in a neighborhood characterized by abundant green areas has increased from 12% to 27% [70].…”

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High Biodiversity of Green Infrastructure Does Not Contribute to Recreational Ecosystem Services

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Urban lakes, especially those of natural origin, provide ecosystem services, recreation being one of the most important and highly valued by city dwellers. Fulfilling the needs of city residents to relax and have contact with nature has become a priority in urbanized areas and has been proven to positively affect people's health and well-being. The recreational potential of water bodies was identified to be the most important aspect of ecosystem services to the residents of the neighboring areas. An assessment of recreational ecosystem services (RES) provisioning to society based on the real time spent by the citizens and housing values in the urban-rural gradient revealed that the economic benefits of lakes differ in urbanized, suburban and rural landscapes. The growth of cities has led to an increased population density in the surroundings of ecologically valuable areas, resulting in higher pressure from visitors seeking recreational areas. Along with urbanization, the impoverishment of ecosystem functions takes place, limiting their capability to provide ecosystem services. In this work, the provisioning of recreational ecosystem services of 28 floodplain lakes located along the urban-rural gradient of the Warsaw agglomeration was assessed. The relationship between the ecological value of the water bodies, measured using naturalness indices, and the recreational ecosystem services they can provide was assessed. The results showed that the floodplain lakes located along the urban-rural gradient are of great importance to the citizens due to their recreational potential. The provisioning of recreational ecosystem services is poorly connected with the ecological characteristics of the floodplain lakes. Only hemeroby was significantly correlated with provisioning, and there was no relationship with factors such as naturalness of vegetation or water quality, demonstrating that public preference was not generally influenced by high ecological quality. These data should be available to potential buyers and be integrated in spatial planning management plans in order to shape future housing policy.

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High Biodiversity of Green Infrastructure Does Not Contribute to Recreational Ecosystem Services

2017

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“…There are a growing number of data and disastrous cases showing the connections between climate change and climate disasters and the serious economic losses and life threats brought by climate disasters (Hsueh, 2015). Climate change is also adverse to the ecological biodiversity (Hand et al, 2016;Wheeler et al, 2016). High CO 2 emissions have caused serious climate change around the world (De Souza and Mirazón Lahr, 2015).…”

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Discussion of Environmental Education Based on the Social and Cultural Characteristics of the Community‒an McDm Approach

Hsueh¹,

Su²

2017

Appl Ecol Env Res

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Abstract. Because of its geographic location, local characteristics and interconnections among its members, a community is often the basic unit for policy advocacy and implementation. With the worsening environmental pollutions nowadays around the world, problems such as greenhouse gas emissions, climate change, melting polar ice, and endangered species all demand the most urgent attention. In particular, high CO 2 emissions have caused unpredictable climate anomalies and disasters, posing as a severe and direct threat to the lives and properties of some people in the world. It is now an urgent priority to arouse higher awareness of the importance of environmental protection through education. In this study, the multi-criteria decision making methods of Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and the quantification functions of fuzzy logic theory are used to build a quantitative evaluation model for community-based environmental education.

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“…The distribution of benefits from RES should include demand and other social aspects [62]. Psychological studies highlight that direct contact with nature is crucial for human well-being and psycho-physical development in a long term perspective.…”

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High Biodiversity of Green Infrastructure Does Not Contribute to Recreational Ecosystem Services

Sikorska¹,

Sikorski²,

Hopkins³

2017

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Urban lakes, especially those of natural origin, provide ecosystem services, recreation being one of the most important and highly valued by the city dwellers. Fulfilling the need of city residents to relax and have contact with nature has become a priority in urbanized areas and has been proved to positively affect people's health and well-being. The recreational potential of water bodies was identified to be most important aspect of ecosystem services to the residents of the neighboring areas. Assessment of recreational ecosystem services (RES) provisioning to society based on the real time spent by the citizens, in the rural-urban gradient allowed us to show how the economic benefits of lakes differ in urbanized, suburban and rural landscapes. Growth of cities has led to increased population density in the surroundings of ecologically valuable areas, resulting in higher pressure from visitors seeking recreational values. Along with urbanization, the impoverishment of ecosystem functions takes place limiting their capability to provide ecosystem services. In this work provisioning of recreational ecosystem services of 28 floodplain lakes located in urban-rural gradient of Warsaw agglomeration was assessed. The relation between the ecological value of the water bodies, measured using naturalness indices, and the ecosystem services they can provide was assessed. The results showed that the floodplain lakes located along the urban-rural gradient are of a great importance to the citizens due to their recreational potential. However the provisioning of recreational ecosystem services is poorly connected with the ecological value of the floodplain lakes and the economic benefits are of a greatest importance in objects included in the urban green spaces.

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A novel method for fine-scale biodiversity assessment and prediction across diverse urban landscapes reveals social deprivation-related inequalities in private, not public spaces

Cited by 52 publications

References 64 publications

High Biodiversity of Green Infrastructure Does Not Contribute to Recreational Ecosystem Services

High Biodiversity of Green Infrastructure Does Not Contribute to Recreational Ecosystem Services

Discussion of Environmental Education Based on the Social and Cultural Characteristics of the Community‒an McDm Approach

High Biodiversity of Green Infrastructure Does Not Contribute to Recreational Ecosystem Services

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