Can we model cultural ecosystem services, and are we measuring the right things?

Abstract

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Location, Location, Location: Modelling of Noise Mitigation by Urban Woodland Shows the Benefit of Targeted Tree Planting in Cities

“…This allows the approach to identify mitigation in the correct areas, i.e., where woodland would be shielding from the propagation of sound. Taking account of the beneficiaries and the spatial location of service provision is now recognised as essential for many ecosystem services [28][29][30]. Moreover, this mitigation is proportional to the depth of the woodland, in the direction of the sound, which means that the model goes further than a simple binary mitigation/no mitigation output (e.g., [20]).…”

Airsheds, watersheds and more – The flows that drive intra-extra-urban connections, and their implications for nature-based solutions (NBS)

“…This additional wellbeing can be enhanced by designing aspects of built infrastructure within the woodland to make it more attractive and accessible to a wide range of users, (toilet facilities, food and drink, multi-access footpaths, play facilities for children), as well as the transport infrastructure to access the park (public transport, car parking, cycle paths). Lastly, the number of visitors can be managed by increasing the knowledge and perception of how attractive the location is to visit by advertising and encouraging use of the site through social networks (in other words, stimulating the elements of human, cultural and social capital which encourage people to interact with the site [123]. Accessibility for users is a key element supporting physical and mental well-being, which may have practical limitations for locations outside the city.…”

People and nature: The emerging signature of a relational journal

“…We might say this evident fascination with mediated natures signifies a broader commitment to interpretative research, and thus a decisive move towards the social sciences and humanities in making sense of people–nature relations. This move is further evidenced by the maturing of work in the area of cultural ecosystem services, a recurring area of publication (Egarter Vigl et al, 2021; Gould et al, 2019; Jones et al, 2022) as well as the gradual treatment and application of concepts more familiar to critical theory researchers, among these discourse and metaphor analysis and the study of environmental aesthetics.…”