Investigating public preferences for managing Lake Champlain using a choice experiment

Smyth, Robyn L.; Watzin, Mary C.; Manning, Robert E.

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.12.016

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“…Potential benefits from green infrastructure and the possibility of outdoor recreational activities are limited in many cities due to the low occurrence of good quality green space [18,19] and variations in people s preferences [20]. Studies on recreational ecosystem services (RES) have focused on recognizing components of habitats that people want to experience [21] or habitat components that could be enhanced to improve recreation [9,22,23]. In this paper, we focus on RES associated with urban lakes and their neighborhood.…”

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High Biodiversity of Green Infrastructure Does Not Contribute to Recreational Ecosystem Services

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Urban lakes, especially those of natural origin, provide ecosystem services, recreation being one of the most important and highly valued by city dwellers. Fulfilling the needs of city residents to relax and have contact with nature has become a priority in urbanized areas and has been proven to positively affect people's health and well-being. The recreational potential of water bodies was identified to be the most important aspect of ecosystem services to the residents of the neighboring areas. An assessment of recreational ecosystem services (RES) provisioning to society based on the real time spent by the citizens and housing values in the urban-rural gradient revealed that the economic benefits of lakes differ in urbanized, suburban and rural landscapes. The growth of cities has led to an increased population density in the surroundings of ecologically valuable areas, resulting in higher pressure from visitors seeking recreational areas. Along with urbanization, the impoverishment of ecosystem functions takes place, limiting their capability to provide ecosystem services. In this work, the provisioning of recreational ecosystem services of 28 floodplain lakes located along the urban-rural gradient of the Warsaw agglomeration was assessed. The relationship between the ecological value of the water bodies, measured using naturalness indices, and the recreational ecosystem services they can provide was assessed. The results showed that the floodplain lakes located along the urban-rural gradient are of great importance to the citizens due to their recreational potential. The provisioning of recreational ecosystem services is poorly connected with the ecological characteristics of the floodplain lakes. Only hemeroby was significantly correlated with provisioning, and there was no relationship with factors such as naturalness of vegetation or water quality, demonstrating that public preference was not generally influenced by high ecological quality. These data should be available to potential buyers and be integrated in spatial planning management plans in order to shape future housing policy.

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“…Desde visitantes a organizações, diversas tipologias têm sido questionadas acerca da aceitação e proposta de novas opções de gestão (Randle & Hoye, 2016;Smyth, Watzin, & Manning, 2009), acerca do entendimento e aceitação da implementação de AP e das vantagens do desenvolvimento do turismo nestas (Haukeland, 2011), acerca dos benefícios económicos gerados pelo turismo (Xu et al, 2009), as procuras dos turistas por infraestruturas (Haukeland, Grue, & Veisten, 2010), problemas ambientais (Puczkó & Rátz, 2000), problemas sociais (Mann & Absher, 2008) entre outros.…”

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A participação de stakeholders no planeamento e gestão do turismo e da recreação em áreas protegidas: Fundamentos sobre o processo participativo

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Carvalhinho

Soares

2016

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A participação de stakeholders no planeamento e gestão do turismo e da recreação em áreas protegidas:Fundamentos sobre o processo participativo ResumoO turismo e a recreação em áreas protegidas têm vindo a tornar-se cada vez mais relevantes a nível internacional e nacional. Neste sentido, é importante que estas áreas assumam princípios de planeamento e gestão destas práticas, de forma a melhor se enquadrarem neste crescimento e contribuírem para o desenvolvimento sustentável dos territórios onde se inserem. Neste domínio, surge a gestão participativa como uma condição essencial para o alcance dos princípios da sustentabilidade. Este artigo reflete um trabalho de revisão de literatura, com vista a uma melhor compreensão dos fundamentos que regem estes processos. A reflexão daqui derivante realça a importância de, a par de aspetos processuais, se considerar de forma mais aprofundada um conhecimento do perfil dos stakeholders, assente na comunicação ativa e legitimação para a participação. Considera-se que um conhecimento adequado do seu perfil e perspetivas acerca dos vários domínios do processo, poderá reduzir os problemas mais comuns derivantes da sua implementação. Palavras-chave:Turismo, recreação, áreas protegidas, stakeholders, processos participativos. AbstractTourism and recreation in protected areas is becoming increasingly relevant at an international and national level. Therefore, it is important that these areas adopt principles of planning and management of tourism and recreation practices in order to better fit in this growth and contribute to the sustainable development of the territories. Regarding management, we found participatory management as an essential condition for the achievement of sustainability principles. This article reflects a literature review regarding a better understanding of the fundamentals governing these processes. The reflections made in this article stress, along with procedural aspects, the importance of a profound understanding of the stakeholders profile, based on active communication and legitimacy to participate. It considers that an adequate understanding of the stakeholders profile and perspectives about the several factors of the management process may reduce the most common problems deriving from its implementation.

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“…Potential benefits from green infrastructure and the possibility of outdoor recreational activities are limited in many cities due to the low occurrence of good quality green space [18][19] and variations in people′s preferences [20]. Studies on recreational ecosystem services (RES) have focused on recognizing components of habitats that people want to experience [21] or habitat components that could be enhanced to improve recreation [9,22,23]. In this paper we focus on recreational ecosystem services (RES) associated with informal urban greenspace [24,25].…”

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High Biodiversity of Green Infrastructure Does Not Contribute to Recreational Ecosystem Services

Sikorska¹,

Sikorski²,

Hopkins³

2017

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Urban lakes, especially those of natural origin, provide ecosystem services, recreation being one of the most important and highly valued by the city dwellers. Fulfilling the need of city residents to relax and have contact with nature has become a priority in urbanized areas and has been proved to positively affect people's health and well-being. The recreational potential of water bodies was identified to be most important aspect of ecosystem services to the residents of the neighboring areas. Assessment of recreational ecosystem services (RES) provisioning to society based on the real time spent by the citizens, in the rural-urban gradient allowed us to show how the economic benefits of lakes differ in urbanized, suburban and rural landscapes. Growth of cities has led to increased population density in the surroundings of ecologically valuable areas, resulting in higher pressure from visitors seeking recreational values. Along with urbanization, the impoverishment of ecosystem functions takes place limiting their capability to provide ecosystem services. In this work provisioning of recreational ecosystem services of 28 floodplain lakes located in urban-rural gradient of Warsaw agglomeration was assessed. The relation between the ecological value of the water bodies, measured using naturalness indices, and the ecosystem services they can provide was assessed. The results showed that the floodplain lakes located along the urban-rural gradient are of a great importance to the citizens due to their recreational potential. However the provisioning of recreational ecosystem services is poorly connected with the ecological value of the floodplain lakes and the economic benefits are of a greatest importance in objects included in the urban green spaces.

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Investigating public preferences for managing Lake Champlain using a choice experiment

Cited by 43 publications

References 21 publications

High Biodiversity of Green Infrastructure Does Not Contribute to Recreational Ecosystem Services

High Biodiversity of Green Infrastructure Does Not Contribute to Recreational Ecosystem Services

A participação de stakeholders no planeamento e gestão do turismo e da recreação em áreas protegidas: Fundamentos sobre o processo participativo

High Biodiversity of Green Infrastructure Does Not Contribute to Recreational Ecosystem Services

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