How different ethno-cultural groups value urban forests and its implications for managing urban nature in a multicultural landscape: A systematic review of the literature

Barona, Camilo Ordóñez

doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2017.06.006

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“…For instance, services such as the recreational value of the habitat or its value for wildlife are likely to be more difficult to quantify. These variables do not necessarily scale with increasing forest coverage, and instead depend on factors such as resident perceptions and cultural values, as well as forest configuration and community composition [25,[82][83][84][85][86].Thus, researchers seeking to examine the distributional equity of an environmental amenity such as urban forests should attempt to quantify specific benefits of interest directly when possible, and acknowledge the limitations associated with the variable UTCC cover as a proxy. This is an especially important point when considering issues of environmental justice, as inequities produced by varying levels of UTCC may be more or less pronounced based on the value of the benefits provided by the forest in that geographic area (or, conversely, the costs of the disamenities).…”

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Examining the distributional equity of urban tree canopy cover and ecosystem services across United States cities

Riley

Gardiner

2020

PLoS ONE

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Examining the distributional equity of urban tree canopy cover (UTCC) has increasingly become an important interdisciplinary focus of ecologists and social scientists working within the field of environmental justice. However, while UTCC may serve as a useful proxy for the benefits provided by the urban forest, it is ultimately not a direct measure. In this study, we quantified the monetary value of multiple ecosystem services (ESD) provisioned by urban forests across nine U.S. cities. Next, we examined the distributional equity of UTCC and ESD using a number of commonly investigated socioeconomic variables. Based on trends in the literature, we predicted that UTCC and ESD would be positively associated with the variables median income and percent with an undergraduate degree and negatively associated with the variables percent minority, percent poverty, percent without a high school degree, percent renters, median year home built, and population density. We also predicted that there would be differences in the relationships between each response variable (UTCC and ESD) and the suite of socioeconomic predictor variables examined because of differences in how each response variable is derived. We utilized methods promoted within the environmental justice literature, including a multi-city comparative analysis, the incorporation of high-resolution social and environmental datasets, and the use of spatially explicit models. Patterns between the socioeconomic variables and UTCC and ESD did not consistently support our predictions, highlighting that inequities are generally not universal but rather context dependent. Our results also illustrated that although the variables UTCC and ESD had largely similar relationships with the predictor variables, differences did occur between them. Future distributional equity research should move beyond the use of proxies for environmental amenities when possible while making sure to consider that the use of ecosystem service estimates may result in different patterns with socioeconomic variables of interest. Based on our findings, we conclude that understanding and remedying the challenges associated with inequities requires an understanding of the local social-ecological system if larger sustainability goals are to be achieved.

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Examining the distributional equity of urban tree canopy cover and ecosystem services across United States cities

Riley

Gardiner

2020

PLoS ONE

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“…The 31 studies reviewed differed widely in their lines of inquiry, research methods, urban natural setting, and conceptualizations of ethno-cultural identity. The research approach used was mostly quantitative (for ex., survey), in seven casesqualitative and in five cases -mixed [38].…”

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Role of Multicultural Identity in Landscape Perception and Methodological Possibilities of Its Interdisciplinary Analysis

Kamičaitytė

Gražulevičiūtė–Vileniškė

Gadal

2020

LAA

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The paper presents the overview and comparative analysis of landscape cross-cultural and sub-cultural perception research methodologies in order to develop hypothetical methodological framework of interdisciplinary evaluation of cultural differences in landscape perception. The landscape research methods used for the analysis of impact of socio-cultural factors on landscape perception can be classified as mix of psychophysical and cognitive approach and are mostly based on the statistical analysis of the results of sociological research. Drawing the research closer to the relational concept, we propose the hypothetical methodological scheme of interdisciplinary evaluation of cultural differences in landscape perception that integrates landscape research with the knowledge of cultural studies, quantitative sociology (statistical analysis of the results of sociological research: factor analysis, component analysis, correlations, etc.), environmental psychology (cognitive mapping, Landscape Image Sketching Technique, landscape and environmental preferences, way finding, eye-tracking, etc.), and geography (geomatic) (geographic information systems, remote sensing).

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“…). Furthermore, green spaces may not be used even if they were of high quality due to ethno‐cultural values (Li , Ordonez‐Barona ).…”

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“…The developed countries' ideal of green space as a place for recuperation, rejuvenation, social interaction, and physical activity is not necessarily shared in financially needy cities in different regions, which may exacerbate differences in quality and benefits derived from green space (Stodolska et al 2011, Roe et al 2016, Ives et al 2017. Furthermore, green spaces may not be used even if they were of high quality due to ethno-cultural values (Li 2014, Ordonez-Barona 2017.…”

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The importance of green spaces to public health: a multi‐continental analysis

Amano

Butt

Peh

2018

Ecological Applications

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As green spaces are a common feature of liveable cities, a detailed understanding of the benefits provided by these areas is essential. Although green spaces are regarded as a major contribution to the human well-being in urbanized areas, current research has largely focused on the cities in developed countries and their global importance in terms of public health benefits remains unclear. In this study, we performed a multiple linear regression using 34 cities in different regions across the globe to investigate the relationship between green spaces and public health. Our analysis suggested that for richer cities, green spaces were associated with better public health; whereas a greater area of green spaces was associated with reduced public health in the poorest cities. In contrast to previous studies, which typically found positive relationships between green spaces and health benefits, we demonstrate that health benefits of green spaces could be context dependent.

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How different ethno-cultural groups value urban forests and its implications for managing urban nature in a multicultural landscape: A systematic review of the literature

Cited by 55 publications

References 87 publications

Examining the distributional equity of urban tree canopy cover and ecosystem services across United States cities

Examining the distributional equity of urban tree canopy cover and ecosystem services across United States cities

Role of Multicultural Identity in Landscape Perception and Methodological Possibilities of Its Interdisciplinary Analysis

The importance of green spaces to public health: a multi‐continental analysis

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