Preferences for cultural urban ecosystem services: Comparing attitudes, perception, and use

Bertram, Christine; Rehdanz, Katrin

doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2014.12.011

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“…It includes the research studies focused on the general identification of the population preferences for certain attributes of green spaces and those focused specifically on the identification of the attributes more significantly related to use frequency. These studies have identified a wide range of people's preferences on urban park attributes, such as cleanliness, tranquility, naturalness, or the presence of adequate facilities [22][23][24][25][26]. For instance, in a recent publication, Bertram & Rehdanz [23] summarized visitors' perception of park characteristics in four main groups: naturalness, relating to all characteristics associated with the biodiversity of the urban parks; neatness, including the characteristics that make a park convenient and safe for visits; sociability, relating to the characteristics that are important to meet other people; and spaciousness, which refers to structural characteristics, namely the park size.…”

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Preferences for Urban Green Space Characteristics: A Comparative Study in Three Portuguese Cities

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Many studies have argued that a better understanding of people's preferences about public urban green spaces may inform urban planners to effectively provide and manage urban green spaces to meet users' needs. The aim of this study is to examine urban residents preferred public green space characteristics and investigate whether similarities and differences can be highlighted in three different Portuguese cities. Through a web-based questionnaire based on the best-worst scaling (BWS) method, residents of Lisbon, Porto and Évora (n = 750) were asked to select the most and least important public green space characteristic among thirteen attributes. The results suggest a consensus about some green space characteristics across cities but also the existence of some local variations in city residents' preferences. Overall, this study can support public authorities and urban planners as they strive to effectively design and manage urban green spaces to meet users' needs.

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Preferences for Urban Green Space Characteristics: A Comparative Study in Three Portuguese Cities

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“…They can be divided into supporting services, e.g., [3,4], regulating services, e.g., [5,6], provisioning services [7] and cultural services, e.g., [8]. The ascendency of urban agriculture over the past 20 or so years has re-introduced cities, and the greenspaces within them, as places that can successfully provide provisioning services (sustenance) to urban residents across the globe, with variation in cultural and geographical contexts [9].…”

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Urban Foraging in Berlin: People, Plants and Practices within the Metropolitan Green Infrastructure

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Gathering wild plants in cities (urban foraging) is likely an important, but understudied human-nature interaction globally. As large European cities are critically understudied in this regard, we performed in-depth ethnography-based interviews in Berlin, Germany, to shed light on the cultural background of foragers, their motivations and which plants and fungi are gathered for which purposes. Results demonstrate multiple uses of 125 taxa, mostly frequently-occurring species but also some Red List species, from a range of formal and informal greenspace types. Both native and non-native species were gathered, with significant differences in use patterns. Use for food was most common, followed by medicinal uses, and personal enjoyment was a frequent motivation, indicating that urban foraging combines provisioning and cultural ecosystem services. Familial and childhood foraging exposure were common, pointing to influences of early-in-life exposure on later-in-life activities and transgenerational aspects of the practice. Results further suggest legacy effects from the post-war and communist eras on foraging knowledge. Although non-commercial foraging is allowed in Berlin, over-harvesting was not evident. Interviews indicate that stewardship of urban biodiversity is common among foragers. Results thus suggest considering urban foraging as a promising vehicle for linking humans with nature when developing a biodiverse urban green infrastructure.

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“…Ecosystem services (ES) are defined as benefits that people obtain directly or indirectly from ecosystems, which are usually classified as provisioning, regulating, or cultural [1][2][3][4]. In this sense, wetlands provide a wide range of ES that contribute to human well-being [5][6][7][8], including algae and fish, ornamental species, natural disaster mitigation, microclimate regulation, aesthetic value, and tourism, among many others [1,9,10].…”

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Social Perception of Ecosystem Services in a Coastal Wetland Post-Earthquake: A Case Study in Chile

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Natural disasters can cause abrupt disturbances in coastal wetlands, affecting the social perception of ecosystem services (ES). The Tubul-Raqui coastal wetland is one of the most important wetlands in south-central Chile. Rich in biodiversity, these wetlands provide ES to a population of 2238 inhabitants. The recent M W = 8.8 earthquake of 2010 caused a coastal uplift of 1.4 m and substantial morphological, social, and environmental changes. This paper analyzes the social perceptions of the inhabitants of the village of Tubul-Raqui following a large earthquake disturbance with regards to ES provision frequency and their future changes. A statistically representative semi-structured survey was conducted (175 valid surveys) and the data interpreted through factor analysis and statistical tests for independent categorical variables. The perception of cultural and regulating services was significantly greater than that of provisioning services, which were probably the most affected by the earthquake. Residents identified habitat for species, recreation, and hazard regulation as the most important ES. Perception was influenced by the categorical variables of gender, age, and ethnicity; for example, hazard regulation services varied strongly by gender. According to the respondents, the availability of ES will remain stable (50%) or decrease (40%) in the next 50 years, mainly due to anthropogenic drivers; the effect of natural disasters was not mentioned among the main drivers of change.

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Preferences for cultural urban ecosystem services: Comparing attitudes, perception, and use

Cited by 187 publications

References 20 publications

Preferences for Urban Green Space Characteristics: A Comparative Study in Three Portuguese Cities

Preferences for Urban Green Space Characteristics: A Comparative Study in Three Portuguese Cities

Urban Foraging in Berlin: People, Plants and Practices within the Metropolitan Green Infrastructure

Social Perception of Ecosystem Services in a Coastal Wetland Post-Earthquake: A Case Study in Chile

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