Using social media to quantify nature-based tourism and recreation

Wood, Spencer A.; Guerry, Anne D.; Silver, Jessica M.; Lacayo, Martin

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“…Similar geodemographic analysis in the USA demonstrated the importance of analyzing the target population of every form of social media, as stressed by Duggan and Brenner (2013) and Li et al (2013). Because cultural and social differences strongly influence CES-related preferences (Wood et al 2013, López-Santiago et al 2014, UK-NEA 2014, and engagement with open space and nature is ethnically bounded (Agyeman 1990), we would expect such analysis to yield useful results. The social components of photo-sharing websites provide another level of investigation.…”

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“…Their metric was based on the number of photographers for each 1 km² area. Wood et al (2013) used pictures from Flickr (http://flickr.com) to evaluate visitation in 836 predetermined cultural and touristic sites worldwide. In another use of Flickr, Richards and Friess (2015) focused on a small-scale analysis in a park, developing the spatial analysis further to include the analysis of environments and focal points.…”

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Using crowdsourced imagery to detect cultural ecosystem services: a case study in South Wales, UK

Gliozzo¹,

Pettorelli²,

Haklay³

2016

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ABSTRACT. Within ecological research and environmental management, there is currently a focus on demonstrating the links between human well-being and wildlife conservation. Within this framework, there is a clear interest in better understanding how and why people value certain places over others. We introduce a new method that measures cultural preferences by exploring the potential of multiple online georeferenced digital photograph collections. Using ecological and social considerations, our study contributes to the detection of places that provide cultural ecosystem services. The degree of appreciation of a specific place is derived from the number of people taking and sharing pictures of it. The sequence of decisions and actions taken to share a digital picture of a given place includes the effort to travel to the place, the willingness to take a picture, the decision to geolocate the picture, and the action of sharing it through the Internet. Hence, the social activity of sharing pictures leaves digital proxies of spatial preferences, with people sharing specific photos considering the depicted place not only "worth visiting" but also "worth sharing visually." Using South Wales as a case study, we demonstrate how the proposed methodology can help identify key geographic features of high cultural value. These results highlight how the inclusion of geographical user-generated content, also known as volunteered geographic information, can be very effective in addressing some of the current priorities in conservation. Indeed, the detection of the most appreciated nonurban areas could be used for better prioritization, planning, and management.

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Using crowdsourced imagery to detect cultural ecosystem services: a case study in South Wales, UK

Gliozzo¹,

Pettorelli²,

Haklay³

2016

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“…A second important aspect is that not only ES capacity but also ES demand is likely affected by landscape configuration. Studies on aesthetics and recreation often account for the landscape configuration in demand parameters such as accessibility (Guo et al 2001;Chan et al 2006;Chen et al 2009;Larondelle and Haase 2013;Nahuelhual et al 2013) or visitation rates (Wood et al 2013). Other research has more strongly focused on the effects of landscape configuration on ES flows arguing that ES flows are more strongly impacted than ES capacity (Mitchell et al 2015a, b).…”

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Effects of landscape configuration on mapping ecosystem service capacity: a review of evidence and a case study in Scotland

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Context Humans structure landscapes for the production of food, fibre and fuel, commonly resulting in declines of non-provisioning ecosystem services (ESs). Heterogeneous landscapes are capable of providing multiple ESs, and landscape configuration-spatial arrangement of land cover in the landscape-is expected to affect ES capacity. However, the majority of ES mapping studies have not accounted for landscape configuration. Objectives Our objective is to assess and quantify the relevance of configuration for mapping ES capacity. A review of empirical evidence for configuration effects on the capacity of ten ESs reveals that for four ESs configuration is relevant but typically ignored in ES quantification. For four ESs we quantify the relevance of configuration for mapping ESs using Scotland as a case study. Methods Each ES was quantified through modelling, respectively ignoring or accounting for configuration. The difference in ES capacity between the two ES models was determined at multiple spatial scales. Results Configuration affected the capacity of all four ESs mapped, particularly at the cell and watershed scale. At the scale of Scotland most local effects averaged out. Flood control and sediment retention responded strongest to configuration. ESs were affected by different aspects of configuration, thus requiring specific methods for mapping each ES. Conclusions Accounting for configuration is important for the assessment of certain ESs at the cell and watershed scale. Incorporating configuration in landscape management provides opportunities for spatial optimization of ES capacity, but the diverging response of ESs to configuration suggests that accounting for configuration involves trade-offs between ESs.

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“…com) for the names of four mangrove sites in Singapore: ''Sungei Buloh,'' ''Chek Jawa,'' ''Berlayer Creek,'' and ''Pasir Ris mangrove.'' The volume of photographs as a proxy of visitation rates has previously been used as an indicator of cultural ecosystem service values generally (Wood et al 2013;Casalegno et al 2013), though recent studies have begun to use Flickr to determine types of cultural ecosystem services that are valued by the user (Richards and Friess 2015). In this study the cultural ecosystem services that were represented by each photograph were inferred, using the same method and seven categories used by the archival photographs above (''Analysis of past and presentday cultural ecosystem services'' section; Table 2; Fig.…”

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Historical and contemporary cultural ecosystem service values in the rapidly urbanizing city state of Singapore

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Cultural ecosystem services are a function of people and place, so may change as a location transitions from rural to urban. Singapore has undergone rapid urbanization after its independence in 1965, with a concomitant decline in natural habitat extent and accessibility. Using coastal mangrove forests as a case study habitat, changing cultural values were explored with a novel array of techniques, including qualitative archival analysis (photographs, oral histories), current sources (publically uploaded social media photographs), and surveys of (a) the general public and (b) visitors to publically accessible mangroves. Cultural value changed through time, with a significant transition from intrinsic, intrapersonal values (spiritual, cultural heritage) to instrumental, interpersonal values (recreation, education). Additionally, cultural value varied between different mangroves depending on their public accessibility, and the evolving degree of human interaction with the ecosystem as urban development occured. Cultural values change as development transitions, though mangroves still play an important cultural role in a heavily urbanized environment.

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Using social media to quantify nature-based tourism and recreation

Cited by 577 publications

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Using crowdsourced imagery to detect cultural ecosystem services: a case study in South Wales, UK

Using crowdsourced imagery to detect cultural ecosystem services: a case study in South Wales, UK

Effects of landscape configuration on mapping ecosystem service capacity: a review of evidence and a case study in Scotland

Historical and contemporary cultural ecosystem service values in the rapidly urbanizing city state of Singapore

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