Public perception of landscape restoration along a degraded urban streamside

Özgüner, Halil; Eraslan, Sehriban; Yılmaz, Sevgi

doi:10.1002/ldr.1043

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“…Positive interactions of people with natural areas can promote an affinity for the environment and its conservation and improvement (Spirn 1988, Purcell et al 2002, Turner et al 2004, Beatley 2011, Özgüner et al 2012. The USR framework uses increased flexibility for setting ecological and societal objectives (by avoiding an ecologically focused reference-condition approach) to achieve additional ecological and societal outcomes.…”

Section: Urban Stream Renovationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Urban stream renovation: incorporating societal objectives to achieve ecological improvements

Smith¹,

Hawley²,

Neale

et al. 2016

Freshwater Science

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Pervasive human impacts on urban streams make restoration to predisturbance conditions unlikely. The effectiveness of ecologically focused restoration approaches typically is limited in urban settings because of the use of a reference-condition approach, mismatches between the temporal and spatial scales of impacts and restoration activities, and lack of an integrative approach that incorporates ecological and societal objectives. Developers of new frameworks are recognizing the opportunities for and benefits from incorporating societal outcomes into urban stream restoration projects. Social, economic, cultural, or other benefits to local communities are often opportunistic or arise indirectly from actions intended to achieve ecological outcomes. We propose urban stream renovation as a flexible stream improvement framework in which short-term ecological and societal outcomes are leveraged to achieve long-term ecological objectives. The framework is designed to provide additional opportunities for beneficial outcomes that are often unattainable from ecologically focused restoration approaches. Urban stream renovation uses an iterative process whereby short-term ecological and societal outcomes generate public support for future actions, which may provide opportunities to address catchment-level causes of impairment that often exist across broad temporal scales. Adaptive management, education, and outreach are needed to maintain long-term public engagement. Thus, future work should focus on understanding how ecological and societal contexts interact, how to assess societal outcomes to maintain stewardship, developing new methods for effective education and outreach, and multidisciplinary collaborations. We discuss potential abuses and the importance of linking societal outcomes to long-term ecological objectives.

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Section: Urban Stream Renovationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Urban stream renovation: incorporating societal objectives to achieve ecological improvements

Smith¹,

Hawley²,

Neale

et al. 2016

Freshwater Science

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“…Monarca et al ., ; El Baroudy, ). Finally, socioeconomic factors in peri‐urban areas impact the environment more rapidly than in rural areas (Aguilar & Santos, ; Özgüner et al ., ).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 97%

Soil degradation in environmentally sensitive areas driven by urbanization: an example from Southeast Europe

Salvati¹,

Karamesouti

Kosmas

2014

Soil Use and Management

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Rapid urbanization together with policy ineffectiveness in controlling urban growth is often associated to soil and land degradation in both the developing and developed world. The present study analyses the relationship between urban expansion and soil degradation in an arid Mediterranean region (Attica, Greece) where the compact settlement pattern has been replaced by low-density urban development. The study area is one of the most densely populated areas in the Mediterranean basin that has experienced an impressive growth in population during the last 60 yr. Low-density, dispersed urban settlements developed during the last decade (2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010) occupy primarily land at medium-low soil quality. However, the overall quality conditions of vegetation, climate and soil assessed by our study shows that urban expansion consumed high-quality land previously classified as non-vulnerable to desertification. By contrast, compact urban settlements have consumed land of intermediate or even high soil quality, but experience poor climatic and vegetation conditions that are classified as highly vulnerable to desertification. Regional planning should incorporate multi-dimensional indicators of soil, climate and vegetation quality to evaluate the environmental impact of urban expansion.

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“…Integrating both knowledge bases encourages the investigation of potential uncertainties, the development of a more rigorous analysis (Reed, ; Mekuria & Aynekulu, ; Jones et al, ; Tesfaye et al, ; Mulale et al, ) and enhances the planning process effectiveness (Gadgil & Ede, ; Bewket & Sterk, ; Reed et al, ; Reynolds et al, ; Nabahungu & Visser, ; Fleskens & Stringer, ). Previous studies have shown that integration between science and local knowledge positively influences the social, economic and environmental aspects of local communities (Özgüner et al, ; Karltun et al, ; Nabahungu & Visser, ; Sop & Oldeland, ; Bisaro et al, ; De Pina Tavares et al, ). In addition, public participation in policy making has important advantages in the democratic development and implementation of management actions.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Stakeholders' Perceptions about Fire Impacts on Lithuanian Protected Areas

2014

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The aim of this work is to study Lithuanian stakeholders' perceptions of fire impacts in protected areas. For this study, the stakeholders consisted of foresters, ecologists and farmers. A clear understanding of the opinions of stakeholders about fire effects on environmental, social and economic aspects of Lithuanian protected areas will allow an assessment of the stakeholders' reaction to fire policy, including government measures towards fire prevention, suppression and application of prescribed fire to landscape management. The results showed that stakeholders in general think that fire is not a threat to Lithuania and to the ecological processes in the protected areas. However, they agree that fires have negative impacts on soil properties and fertility but are not to an irremediable or irrecoverable extent. Stakeholders disagree that fire has positive consequences for agricultural and cattle activities but agreed that vegetation recovers quickly. They do not see fire as a social and economic problem, do not agree that prescribed fire could be used to landscape management, and believe that mechanical thinning is a better management tool than prescribed fire. Stakeholders agree that fire does not have negative impacts on the biodiversity. These opinions depended on the age group of the respondent but especially on the respondent's professional occupation.

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Public perception of landscape restoration along a degraded urban streamside

Cited by 39 publications

References 37 publications

Urban stream renovation: incorporating societal objectives to achieve ecological improvements

Urban stream renovation: incorporating societal objectives to achieve ecological improvements

Soil degradation in environmentally sensitive areas driven by urbanization: an example from Southeast Europe

Stakeholders' Perceptions about Fire Impacts on Lithuanian Protected Areas

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