Spatial literacy influences stakeholder’s recognition and mapping of peri-urban and urban ecosystem services

Escobedo, Francisco J.; Bottin, Marius; Cala, Daniela; Montoya, Diego L. Sandoval

doi:10.1007/s11252-020-00962-y

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“…An urban agglomeration is an important aspect and endpoint of urbanization for rural hinterlands. The impact of the social, economic, and land development processes caused by rapid regional urbanization on ecosystem services is a research topic of academic concern [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]. It is predicted that in the first 50 years of the 21st century, urban development will eventually result in 60-70% degradation of ecosystem services worldwide.…”

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Spatial Responses of Ecosystem Service Value during the Development of Urban Agglomerations

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Sun

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This study analyzed data from 1995, 2005, and 2015 using mathematical calculations, spatial analysis, and a geographically weighted regression model. The results showed that from 1995 to 2015, the comprehensive regional development degree (RDD) of urban agglomeration in the middle of Jilin Province increased overall, with the average RDD increasing from 0.250 in 1995 to 0.323 in 2015. Especially in Changchun, a sub-provincial city, the RDD increased by nearly one-third, and the gap between this and other cities has been increasing. However, the ecosystem service value (ESV) decreased overall, with the average ESV decreasing from 108.3 in 1995 to 105.4 in 2015, and showed a strong spatial correlation. The maximum quantile in southeast–northwest direction was 1.712, with good homogeneity. The spatial influence coefficient of the RDD on the ESV showed a trend from positive to negative in the northwest–southeast direction. This value decreased continuously while the negative agglomeration area was gradually expanding, corresponding to the stressful effects of the RDD on ESV. The results of this study can provide a reference for urban planning and development as well as encourage reasonable regional spatial planning to ensure the sustainable development of urban agglomerations.

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Spatial Responses of Ecosystem Service Value during the Development of Urban Agglomerations

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“…In practice, however, it was not possible to estimate how participants comprehended SVs, their landscapes, spatial scales, and land-cover classes, because the spatial literacy of people can affect this process (cf. Escobedo et al 2020). In addition, the number of points assigned to each SV, as well as the locations where participants live and/or work could affect their choices.…”

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Spatial analysis of landscape social values in multifunctional landscapes of the Upper Missouri River Basin

2021

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The Upper Missouri River Basin (UMRB) was used as a study region to examine how the spatial distribution of social values (SVs) people hold for their landscapes overlaps with ecoregions of the UMRB and how the results can be interpreted to inform regional-scale strategic landscape management for optimizing the production of ecosystem services. The methods include a survey of residents about their landscape SVs across the UMRB and a multistage spatial analysis of eleven georeferenced SVs linked to ecosystem services and human activities in the region. The results show agriculture, recreation, and conservation are, respectively, the most significant activities that people value in landscapes of the UMRB. An overlapping area was identified between hotspots of recreation, tourism, and cultural activities on the one hand and conservation on the other hand. A large overlap was found between landscapes of social importance (i.e., landscapes where residents value the land) and ecoregion junctions (i.e., the meeting points of ecoregions). More than one-fourth of the mapped points were no more than 5 km from the meeting points of ecoregions, meaning ecoregion junctions are highly attractive to residents, and therefore, subject to a variety of human activities. It was also shown that although distance to the place of residence may influence the spatial distribution of mapped points, proximity to ecoregion junctions is a stronger factor for predicting the locations people value on landscapes. These findings have important implications for food and energy production, cultural ecosystem services, and biodiversity across landscapes of the UMRB.

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“…However, there are much fewer studies from such countries, particularly using online technologies in more urban settings. Further, very little is known about the spatial and cognitive abilities of participants in these contexts (Escobedo et al 2020).…”

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“…Other PPGIS-related literature has also noted participant's inability to precisely locate and map landscapes and points of interest related to ecosystem processes (Escobedo et al 2020). Such studies regarding people's understanding of landscapes and ecosystem processes also assume a priori that participants have sufficient cartographic or geographic information and knowledge, to make them spatially literate (Aggrey et al 2021;Do et al 2020;García-Díez et al 2020;Reilly et al 2018).…”

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“…More recently, online resources (e.g., web and mapping tools, geo-browsers) and social media are being used as part of these participatory processes to capture information regarding spatial planning and for other decision-making tasks (Mosso et al 2020). Online surveys are more common, however, their integration with interactive spatially explicit information acquisition options are scarce (Escobedo et al 2020). The use of these online, web-based surveys with interactive maps and images could potentially be used to: increase sample size, maintain respondent's privacy, minimize influence by other participants, increase respondents participation, and even improve the ability to capture and assess respondent's cognitive recognition of landscape attributes and positional accuracy of features (McCall and Dunn 2012).…”

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Evaluating the role of spatial landscape literacy in public participation processes and opinions on environmental issues and ecosystem services

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Little is known about how spatial literacy influences mapping and decision-making related to environmental management and ecosystem services. We assessed the role of spatial landscape literacy in participatory environmental management and ecosystem service assessments in peri-urban Bogota, Colombia. Spatial landscape literacy (SL) was evaluated by testing stakeholder's ability to locate specific landscapes and landmarks. We then assessed if opinions on environmental decisions and ecosystem services were significantly related to SL. We used an online instrument to capture 2,397 respondent's socioeconomic characteristics, SL, ecosystem service perceptions, and opinions concerning relevant environmental issues. We evaluated and measured respondents' self-perceived SL and ability to locate four landscapes in an integrated online map. Positional accuracy was calculated using a Spatial Landscape Literacy Index (SLI). We then tested for effects of sociodemographics on SLI, modeled the relationship between socio-demographics and SL, and tested the relationship between respondents' SL and their opinions on relevant environmental issues and ecosystem services. We found that about 75% of the respondents correctly located 2 of the 4 landscapes. The SLI model was also poorly predicted by socio-demographic variables. However, we found significant relationships between SLI and opinions concerning the environment. No relationship was found between respondents' levels of active participation in local governance and SLI. Overall, SL was little affected by education levels. Participatory processes using maps should ideally measure SL and not assume a priori that participants are spatially literate. Further research is needed to evaluate how spatial technologies and understanding stakeholder's values towards the environment can democratize participatory-based decision-making.

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Spatial literacy influences stakeholder’s recognition and mapping of peri-urban and urban ecosystem services

Cited by 17 publications

References 37 publications

Spatial Responses of Ecosystem Service Value during the Development of Urban Agglomerations

Spatial Responses of Ecosystem Service Value during the Development of Urban Agglomerations

Spatial analysis of landscape social values in multifunctional landscapes of the Upper Missouri River Basin

Evaluating the role of spatial landscape literacy in public participation processes and opinions on environmental issues and ecosystem services

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