An empirical review of cultural ecosystem service indicators

Hernández‐Morcillo, Mónica; Plieninger, Tobias; Bieling, Claudia

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.01.013

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“…Second, ecosystem assessments have explicitly incorporated sense of place as an ecosystem service in its own right (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2005, Hausman et al 2016) and as a quantitative indicator (see Hernández-Morcillo et al 2013). In particular, it has been used in the realm of cultural ecosystem services, which include intangible values that are difficult to measure (Butler andOluoch-Kosura 2006, Chan et al 2012), partly because of the subjective and place-based variation of cultural ecosystem services (e.g., Daniel et al 2012, Milcu et al 2013.…”

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The contribution of sense of place to social-ecological systems research: a review and research agenda

Masterson¹,

Stedman²,

Enqvist³

et al. 2017

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ABSTRACT. To develop and apply goals for future sustainability, we must consider what people care about and what motivates them to engage in solving sustainability issues. Sense of place theory and methods provide a rich source of insights that, like the socialecological systems perspective, assume an interconnected social and biophysical reality. However, these fields of research are only recently beginning to converge, and we see great potential for further engagement. Here, we present an approach and conceptual tools for how the sense of place perspective can contribute to social-ecological systems research. A brief review focuses on two areas where relation to place is particularly relevant: stewardship of ecosystem services, and responses to change in social-ecological systems. Based on the review, we synthesize specific ways in which sense of place may be applied by social-ecological systems researchers to analyze individual and social behaviors. We emphasize the importance of descriptive place meanings and evaluative place attachment as tools to study the patterned variation of sense of place within or among populations or types of places and the implications for resilience and transformative capacity. We conclude by setting out an agenda for future research that takes into account the concerns of resilience thinking such as the effects of dynamic ecology, interactions between temporal and spatial scales, and the interplay of rapid and incremental change on sense of place and place-related behaviors. This future research agenda also includes concerns from the broader sense of place literature such as the importance of structural power relationships on the creation of place meanings and how scaling up a sense of place may influence pro-environmental behavior.

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Section: Sense Of Place In Assessment Of Ecosystem Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

The contribution of sense of place to social-ecological systems research: a review and research agenda

Masterson¹,

Stedman²,

Enqvist³

et al. 2017

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“…The value of cultural ecosystem services can be substantial, particularly in urbanized landscapes where the importance of recreation and well-being may outweigh other ecosystem services, such as local food or natural resource production (Bolund and Hunhammar 1999). Despite their importance, cultural ecosystem services remain poorly understood as they are commonly intangible and subjective, making them difficult to analyze and quantitatively value alongside biophysical or economic metrics (Hernández-Morcillo et al 2013;Satz et al 2013;Pleasant et al 2014). The often intangible nature of cultural ecosystem services also makes it difficult to quantify how their values may change through time, compared to tangible provisioning and regulating ecosystem services (e.g., Ray et al 2011).…”

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“…The cultural values that a society attaches to a habitat depend on interactions between the environment and the people (Hernández-Morcillo et al 2013). Habitat Jharyathri Thiagarajah and Shermaine K. M. Wong are Joint first authors.…”

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“…Ecosystem services are generally categorized within the broad groups of provisioning, regulating, supporting, and cultural services (MEA 2005). Cultural ecosystem services describe the predominantly non-material benefits that people gain from nature, such as recreation, education, spiritual enrichment, inspiration, cultural heritage, and aesthetic experiences (MEA 2005;Hernández-Morcillo et al 2013). The value of cultural ecosystem services can be substantial, particularly in urbanized landscapes where the importance of recreation and well-being may outweigh other ecosystem services, such as local food or natural resource production (Bolund and Hunhammar 1999).…”

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

Thiagarajah

Wong

Richards

et al. 2015

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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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“…This is because they are complex and multi-faceted, and it can be difficult to develop appropriate spatial indicators to represent them (Daniel et al, 2012;Hernández-Morcillo et al, 2013;Martínez-Harms and Balvanera, 2012). Therefore, there is a need for further research concerning the quantification and spatial distribution of the provision and supply of CES, to provide data to support more integrated land use planning (e.g.…”

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Effects of extreme natural events on the provision of ecosystem services in a mountain environment: The importance of trail design in delivering system resilience and ecosystem service co-benefits

Tomczyk

White

Ewertowski

2016

Journal of Environmental Management

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An empirical review of cultural ecosystem service indicators

Cited by 495 publications

References 59 publications

The contribution of sense of place to social-ecological systems research: a review and research agenda

The contribution of sense of place to social-ecological systems research: a review and research agenda

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

Effects of extreme natural events on the provision of ecosystem services in a mountain environment: The importance of trail design in delivering system resilience and ecosystem service co-benefits

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