Socio-cultural valuation of Polish agricultural landscape components by farmers and its consequences

Włodarczyk-Marciniak, Renata; Frankiewicz, Piotr; Krauze, Kinga

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2020.01.017

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“…This is in stark contrast to the expected regard for cultural services, and it highlights that respondents consider the primary function of the landscape is to provide tangible outputs, and that provisioning services is the most comprehensible ES to achieve this aim. The remaining ecosystem services require increased awareness of nature and ecosystem values, and this is also proven in research results from the rural regions of other countries [55,60].…”

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confidence: 97%

“…However, they still exceeded medium values. In the literature, cultural services have the highest priority for stakeholders [50,54], or local identities assessed them as less valuable than other environmental service groups [55]. Moreover, the review of perceived ES benefits in European multi-functional landscapes found that "people's relationship with a landscape and the landscape characteristics related to accessibility" was the main determinant in cultural services assessments [56].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Perception of Ecosystem Services in Constituting Multi-Functional Landscapes in Slovakia

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Izakovičová

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Landscape provides many services for human wellbeing through its mosaic of ecosystems. Although different landscape spatial structures limit some access to these services for local residents, their demand for landscape benefits creates a crucial component in landscape planning. Herein, we evaluate the ecosystem service supply from landscape structures in four different areas of Slovakia and we identify the public preferences for these services. This evaluation was assisted by expert-based ecosystem services (ES) matrix assessment and feedback from experts and key local stakeholders. The associated land cover assessment revealed that although forests are the most important for ES delivery, followed by extensive agricultural mosaics, cultural services have the highest average supply value. In contrast, the experts and local stakeholders considered that provisioning services were the most important of all ES groups because of products available from arable land. The overall public awareness of benefits provided by nature proved relatively high, and this is a good sign for the development of multi-functional landscapes. The comparison of study sites revealed that even stakeholders living in intensively used land, with its overall low ES supply, assessed ES as very important in general. The general public could therefore be included in environmental planning to promote a more multi-functional landscape. In addition, the analysis herein will communicate gained insights to the local planners and decision-makers and confirm the importance of this ES participatory approach using top-down methodology. This may require the following measures in Slovakia: establishing an interdisciplinary group of experts for regular assessment of strategic landscape planning documents and regulatory instruments, developing key directives which establish well-balanced participatory procedures, improving open local government, and supporting down-scaled implementation of integrated landscape planning in cooperation with local action groups.

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Perception of Ecosystem Services in Constituting Multi-Functional Landscapes in Slovakia

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Izakovičová

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“…For example, Schmidt et al [128] used two interactive visualisation methods for rating and weighting to evaluate selected social and cultural functions based on a common classification of ESS [230] of Pentland Hills Regional Park, Scotland, exploring their impacts on land-use preferences from visitors' perspectives. Włodarczyk-Marciniak et al [134] conducted face-to-face interviews with 540 farmers from Central Poland, investigating the social and cultural values of the local agricultural landscape. They noted that due to the impact of the CAP, globalisation and liberalisation of markets, the leisure and recreational functions of agriculture were often neglected by farmers, so that this function was underestimated in results.…”

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Measuring Multifunctional Agricultural Landscapes

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Robinson

Bardsley

2020

Land

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Multifunctional agriculture (MFA) has attracted increased attention from academics and policymakers in recent years. Academic researchers have utilised various approaches to assess and measure the multifunctionality of agriculture and rural landscapes. This paper outlines the nature of MFA and key supporting policies, before reviewing the applied research approaches, drawing primarily from the European Union and China where specific policies on MFA have been implemented to support rural development and promote sustainable rural communities. Four distinct types of valuation of modern MFA are recognised: economic, biophysical, socio-cultural, and holistic. Following a search of both the recent and older MFA literature, evaluations of the strengths and weaknesses of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods applications are provided using examples from a range of recent studies. The review illustrates the diversity of approaches to measure MFA. While noting that many studies operate at a landscape scale, the challenge remains that the lack of commonality in the research approaches applied means it is difficult to provide effective comparisons between studies or to compare findings. A future research agenda will need to emphasise the need for more consideration of the roles of MFA research to support decision-makers, especially policy makers, but also farmers who largely make decisions for individual farms but, if considered collectively, can transform production systems at a landscape scale.

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“…Over the last 15 to 20 years, many structural changes have taken place in Polish agriculture [13,23,24]. In rural areas in Poland, an increase in the role of non-agricultural production and consumption functions can be seen, at the expense of a decreasing share of agricultural production [21].…”

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“…The appreciation grows for the interdisciplinary nature of landscape research, not only in the field of geography and other natural sciences but also in humanities and social and engineering sciences [12]. Moreover, the limited number of studies addressing post-socialist EU member states and the studies addressing specific physical components of landscapes encourage the extension of this area of research [13]. One of the gradually disappearing components of rural cultural landscapes in Poland is the scarecrow, even though it was a common sight not long ago [11].…”

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The Scarecrow as Part of Polish Rural Cultural Landscapes

Król

2020

Agriculture

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Diverse historical, cultural landscapes can be found in many parts of the world, and also in rural areas. They are a challenge for interdisciplinary research. One of the gradually disappearing components of rural cultural landscapes in Poland is the scarecrow. The objective of this paper was to analyse the role of the scarecrow in the Polish rural cultural landscape today. The field research was aimed at determining whether the scarecrow can be seen in Polish rural areas, and if yes, what the circumstances and its forms are. A site visit yielded copious photographic records of rural areas. The investigated area was selected following a literature analysis and analysis of environmental and economic conditions on the regional level in Poland. The visit demonstrated that although scarecrows are part of the cultural landscape of the Polish countryside, they are slightly more modest in their appearance than in the past. Scarecrows are placed in small, family-owned agricultural holdings that have time to uphold local traditions.

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Socio-cultural valuation of Polish agricultural landscape components by farmers and its consequences

Cited by 33 publications

References 74 publications

Perception of Ecosystem Services in Constituting Multi-Functional Landscapes in Slovakia

Perception of Ecosystem Services in Constituting Multi-Functional Landscapes in Slovakia

Measuring Multifunctional Agricultural Landscapes

The Scarecrow as Part of Polish Rural Cultural Landscapes

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