Uses and perceptions of forests by people living in urban areas — findings from selected empirical studies

Schmithüsen, F.; Wild-Eck, Stephan

doi:10.1007/bf02769152

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“…Decision makers -managers and policy makers -who are in charge of forest planning and management, can fi nd a valuable support in making their decisions from the empirical fi ndings concerning people's perception of forests (Vierikko & Kohl 2009, De Meo et al 2011). In such a way, they can integrate their professional knowledge with information on local people's preferences for forests (Schmithüsen and Wild-Eck 2000).…”

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The attractiveness of forests: preferences and perceptions in a mountain community in Italy

Meo

Paletto²,

Cantiani

2015

Ann. For. Res.

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Abstract. The analysis of the perception and preferences of local communities is a fundamental aspect to increase the social sustainability and to reduce the conflicts between forest users. The knowledge of people's perception of forest resources is important for decision makers, when implementing management strategies and this is particularly relevant in mountainous area, characterized by a strong link between local communities and forest. The paper focuses on the analysis of people's perception and preferences regarding the recreational value of forests. The research has been carried out by means of a case study, the Municipality of Trento, located in the Centre East sector of the Italian Alps. This area was chosen on the grounds of its geographical location and of the historical links that exist between local communities and forest resources. The sample included 1,000 randomly selected families and the method of investigation used was a structured selfreported questionnaire. The data were processed taking into account the relationship between people's perception and the main social characteristics of respondents (gender and age); this allowed statistical differences among groups to be highlighted. Forest attractiveness has been investigated considering: (i) forest accessibility, (ii) forest stand characteristics, (iii) visitor facilities and infrastructures. The results show that people prefer the open mixed forests with an irregular structure and some visitor facilities such as paths and refreshment points. Besides, people like to have facilities in the forests, but at the same time would like these forests to be little frequented by other visitors, in order to have a greater feeling of naturalness.

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The attractiveness of forests: preferences and perceptions in a mountain community in Italy

Meo

Paletto²,

Cantiani

2015

Ann. For. Res.

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“…The land use classification method was supervised Maximum Likelihood Classification (Strahler 1980) for 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010and 2015 The methodology for accuracy assessment incorporated is both primary and secondary sources of information (Foody 2002). Field observation was the basis of the study with a Global Positioning System (GPS) Garmin navigation device, used for collecting the ground truths primary data for verification.…”

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“…Thus, there was necessity to include the parameters related to and applicable in the area of interest. Increased knowledge about the interaction between conservation of natural resources, influence of forest, conservation of water availability in the catchment and perception of local peoples' participation in conservation activities are integrated components (Schmithüsen and Wild-Eck 2000;Dolisca et al 2007). …”

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Assessment of regional changes for enhancing water availability

Thakur

Khanal²,

Poudyal

2017

Environ Syst Res

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Background:The land use plays a crucial role for a particular watershed along with many other identified and accepted factors. Momentarily, land cover practices are unorganised in most river basins of Nepal. The study aims at land cover classification, mapping of the changes over the last 25 years, an assessment of the accuracy for land cover classification, consolidation of the people's perception of the ongoing work, studying trends in the temperature and precipitation pattern in the last 30 years in the area composed by 4 watersheds of the districts of Kaski and Tanahun of Chitwan Annapurna Landscape region, Nepal.Results: This research depicted that the land cover practice is changing in the areas of study. In most of the cases, the share of open broadleaved forest is higher. In case of closed broadleaved forest, it has improved in the recent years. Chhabdi Khola and Guhe Khola watersheds show an increase in overall forest cover and decrease in percentage of agricultural lands. Overall, despite changing climate, rise of temperature and declining of rainfall pattern, the vegetation cover shows an increasing tendency which may have positive effects for the water availability in the Kaski and Tanahun regions. Conclusions:The following research endeavoured to connect knowledge and people's perception in order to understand the implications related to land use management and possibly to improve water availability for society. The investigation includes integrated land use changes, vegetation cover, climatic trends and potential of this knowledge implementation for local people, farmers, regional and national governing agencies.

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“…According to Schmithüsen and Wild-Eck [9], technicians base their decisions on their own personal knowledge and professional experience. If it is necessary, they try to compensate for the fact that they lack direct knowledge of public opinion.…”

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Balancing Economic Development and Environmental Conservation for a New Governance of Alpine Areas

Cantiani

Geitner

Haida³

et al. 2016

Sustainability

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Abstract:In the Alpine environment, Man has always been directly dependent on mountain ecosystems. Social mechanisms have created specific models of governance, capable of assuring the persistence of ecosystems and their capacity to provide essential goods and services. In recent decades, however, dramatic changes have occurred, such as climate change and changes in land use. The complexity common to all linked human-natural environment systems is extremely marked in the Alpine areas and this makes it difficult to understand how resilient these systems may be. Many research questions arise, in particular as to the comprehension and quantification of the impact of changes on the capacity of ecosystems to produce goods and services in a sustainable way, and the possibility of local mechanisms of governance to adapt to both current and future changes. Reasons and effects of change are analysed from the perspective of the specific issues of governance. The importance of the Ecosystems Services (ESs) concept is acknowledged and the necessity for a dynamic assessment of ESs, taking into account people's values and expectations, is particularly stressed. Through a careful analysis of selected papers and case studies, the main gaps in current knowledge are identified and directions for further research are provided.

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Uses and perceptions of forests by people living in urban areas — findings from selected empirical studies

Cited by 33 publications

References 14 publications

The attractiveness of forests: preferences and perceptions in a mountain community in Italy

The attractiveness of forests: preferences and perceptions in a mountain community in Italy

Assessment of regional changes for enhancing water availability

Balancing Economic Development and Environmental Conservation for a New Governance of Alpine Areas

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