The role of local ecological knowledge in sustainable urban planning: perspectives from Finland

Yli‐Pelkonen, Vesa; Köhl, Johanna

doi:10.1080/15487733.2005.11907960

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“…Hecht and Sanders (2007) described policies and research programs concerning urban ecosystems in the United States. Yli-Pelkonen and Kohl (2005) stressed the importance of local ecological knowledge in land use planning. But it cannot be said that urbanization has only negative effects.…”

Section: Economic Developmentmentioning

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Research core and framework of sustainability science

2008

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This paper reviews recent achievements in sustainability science and discusses the research core and framework of sustainability science. We analyze and organize papers published in three selected core journals of sustainability science: Sustainability Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, and Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy. Papers are organized into three categories: sustainability and its definition, domain-oriented research, and a research framework for sustainability science. First, we provide a short history and define the basic characteristics of sustainability; then we review current efforts in the following research domains: climate, biodiversity, agriculture, fishery, forestry, energy and resources, water, economic development, health, and lifestyle. Finally, we propose a research framework for sustainability science that includes the following components: goal setting, indicator setting, indicator measurement, causal chain analysis, forecasting, backcasting, and problem-solution chain analysis. We emphasize the importance of this last component for improving situations and attaining goals.

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Section: Economic Developmentmentioning

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Research core and framework of sustainability science

2008

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“…Remnants, though small, can be used as shelters for many species (Calaça, Melo, De-Marco-Junior, Jácomo, & Silveira, 2010) and also as stepping-stones between more favorable adjacent areas, a situation which favors the movement of species in the landscape as well as their long-term persistence (Chiarello & Melo, 2001). The loss of green areas as a result of urbanization challenges us to provide/insert nearby nature into the urban matrix (Yli-Pelkonen & Kohl, 2005).…”

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<b>Human perception of the conservation and biodiversity state of forest remnants under different levels of urbanization

Grande

Ribeiro

Melo

2016

Acta Sci. Biol. Sci.

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ABSTRACT. Human perception of local environmental biodiversity and conservation may provide another dimension to understanding the ecology of urban ecosystems. This perception can vary according to the environmental urbanization level and may contribute towards its conservation. We investigated the relationship between the human perception of the conservation and state of animal richness in urban remnants and level of landscape urbanization, and between the human perception of animal richness and the remnants' area. In addition, we tested the effectiveness of interviews as the means for evaluating animal richness. The subjects' perception of the conservation of remnants did not correlate with the level of urbanization. Richness was reported as high and varied with the remnant's area -indicating maintenance of a possible species-area relationship in the studied landscape -but did not correlate with the level of urbanization. Urbanization can standardize the popular knowledge about conservation. Interviews with local residents proved to bring efficient insights into urban animal richness, especially for primates, and can be supplemented by camera-trapping. Human perception, obtained through interviews, is relevant and useful for the description of ecological aspects of urban regions and supports environmental awareness, actions, research projects, and management for conservation purposes.Keywords: popular knowledge, anthropization, urban remnants, faunal richness, ethnoecology, species-area relationship.Percepção humana sobre o estado de conservação e a biodiversidade de remanescentes florestais sob diferentes níveis de urbanização RESUMO. A percepção humana da biodiversidade e conservação do ambiente possibilita o acesso e entendimento da ecologia dos ecossistemas urbanos. Esta percepção pode variar de acordo com o nível de urbanização do ambiente e colaborar com a sua conservação. Investigamos a relação entre a percepção humana do estado de conservação e da riqueza animal de remanescentes urbanos e o grau de urbanização da paisagem; e entre a percepção humana da riqueza animal dos remanescentes e a sua área. Testamos também a eficácia de entrevistas como via de levantamento da riqueza. A percepção dos sujeitos acerca da conservação das áreas não variou com o nível de urbanização. A riqueza relatada foi alta e variou com a área do remanescente, mas não se relacionou com o nível de urbanização. A urbanização pode padronizar o conhecimento popular e a fauna remanescente pode ser suficientemente generalista e tolerante às pressões antrópicas. As entrevistas se mostraram eficientes para o levantamento da riqueza urbana, especialmente para primatas, podendo ser complementadas por armadilhamento fotográfico. A percepção humana, apreendida por entrevistas, é uma via relevante para a descrição de aspectos ecológicos das regiões urbanizadas e para fundamentar ações de sensibilização ambiental, investigação e manejo para fins de conservação.

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“…Knowledge acquisition is important in urban areas, where people possess less ecological knowledge than in other areas (McDaniel andAlley 2005, Pilgrim et al 2008) and have less experience with nature (Miller 2005). Previous studies < 0.0001 - † The probability of including zero value of coefficients within Wald confidence interval ‡ All blank (-) areas were not used in the selected model using AIC hypothesized that community-based activities may provide an opportunity to obtain ecological knowledge in urban areas (Martin et al 2013, Yli-Pelkonen andKohl 2005). This hypothesis had not been sufficiently quantitatively tested; our findings have contributed to addressing this gap.…”

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The potential of, and threat to, the transfer of ecological knowledge in urban areas: the case of community-based woodland management in Tokyo, Japan

Tsuchiya¹,

Aoyagi²,

Okuro³

et al. 2014

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ABSTRACT. Urban dwellers often have little knowledge of local ecosystems, but community groups that actively manage local ecosystems can acquire a rich ecological knowledge. Understanding the knowledge transfer process within community groups contributes to the continuous improvement of urban ecosystem management. In this paper, we address three main questions: (1) How is ecological knowledge acquisition linked to boundary and intra-group interactions? (2) Does holding knowledge mean the involvement in actual management activities? (3) Does the aging of community group members threaten the continuity of activities? We selected satoyama woodlands (seminatural woodlands) in peri-urban Tokyo, Japan as a study site. We used a mixed method approach that combined a qualitative interview with a quantitative questionnaire. We found that boundary interactions were particularly important at the start of an urban ecological management process, to obtain basic knowledge relating to management activities. Intra-group interaction contributed to knowledge transfer after the starting period. We found that participants possessing considerable ecological knowledge do not necessarily participate in management activities. Findings also indicated that the aging of group members in groups established for more than 10 years was an area of concern for the continuity of group activities. New members did not necessarily solve this aging issue. We conclude that further measures and actions are needed to ensure long-term knowledge transfer among the participants of community groups in urban ecosystem management.

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The role of local ecological knowledge in sustainable urban planning: perspectives from Finland

Cited by 61 publications

References 28 publications

Research core and framework of sustainability science

Research core and framework of sustainability science

<b>Human perception of the conservation and biodiversity state of forest remnants under different levels of urbanization

The potential of, and threat to, the transfer of ecological knowledge in urban areas: the case of community-based woodland management in Tokyo, Japan

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