Mapping recreation and aesthetic value of ecosystems in the Bilbao Metropolitan Greenbelt (northern Spain) to support landscape planning

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作者
Izaskun Casado-Arzuaga
Miren Onaindia
Iosu Madariaga
Peter H. Verburg
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[1] University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU,Plant Biology and Ecology Department
[2] County Council of Bizkaia,Environment Department
[3] VU University Amsterdam,Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM)
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Landscape Ecology | 2014年 / 29卷
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Peri-urban ecosystems; Cultural ecosystem services; Social participation; GIS; Spatially explicit indicators; Supply; Demand; Land use management;
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This paper presents a method to quantify cultural ecosystem services (ES) and their spatial distribution in the landscape based on ecological structure and social evaluation approaches. The method aims to provide quantified assessments of ES to support land use planning decisions. A GIS-based approach was used to estimate and map the provision of recreation and aesthetic services supplied by ecosystems in a peri-urban area located in the Basque Country, northern Spain. Data of two different public participation processes (frequency of visits to 25 different sites within the study area and aesthetic value of different landscape units) were used to validate the maps. Three maps were obtained as results: a map showing the provision of recreation services, an aesthetic value map and a map of the correspondences and differences between both services. The data obtained in the participation processes were found useful for the validation of the maps. A weak spatial correlation was found between aesthetic quality and recreation provision services, with an overlap of the highest values for both services only in 7.2 % of the area. A consultation with decision-makers indicated that the results were considered useful to identify areas that can be targeted for improvement of landscape and recreation management.
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页码:1393 / 1405
页数:12
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