TY - JOUR

T1 - Cultural ecosystem services provided by urban green change along an urban-periurban gradient

AU - Riechers, Maraja

AU - Strack, Micha

AU - Barkmann, Jan

AU - Tscharntke, Teja

N1 - Funding Information: The research was funded by the Foundation under Public Law of Georg-August-Universität Göttingen and Bundesamt für Naturschutz (UFOPLAN FKZ: 3513 830300). Publisher Copyright: © 2018 by the authors.

PY - 2019/1/26

Y1 - 2019/1/26

N2 - Urbanization by densification is globally increasing and endangers maintenance of urban green and associated social-ecological systems. Cultural ecosystem services play a crucial role in human well-being, especially in urban areas. We analyzed perceived importance of cultural ecosystem services provided by green space in Berlin along an urban-periurban gradient. Based on extensive pretests, we designed a standardized questionnaire and conducted 558 face-to-face interviews. B using multiple regressions and principal component analysis, we show that perceived importance of cultural ecosystem services and patterns of urban green use are affected by an urbanization gradient and associated changes in population density. Important cultural ecosystem services decreases in urban core areas with higher population density, whereas people in periurban areas with more available green spaces exhibit a greater valuation of nature. In contrast, social relations and cultural diversity had the highest importance in the urban core, while cultural heritage, education, natural awareness, recreation, and aesthetical appreciation were higher valued in the less populated periurban areas, suggesting two bundles of cultural ecosystem services.

AB - Urbanization by densification is globally increasing and endangers maintenance of urban green and associated social-ecological systems. Cultural ecosystem services play a crucial role in human well-being, especially in urban areas. We analyzed perceived importance of cultural ecosystem services provided by green space in Berlin along an urban-periurban gradient. Based on extensive pretests, we designed a standardized questionnaire and conducted 558 face-to-face interviews. B using multiple regressions and principal component analysis, we show that perceived importance of cultural ecosystem services and patterns of urban green use are affected by an urbanization gradient and associated changes in population density. Important cultural ecosystem services decreases in urban core areas with higher population density, whereas people in periurban areas with more available green spaces exhibit a greater valuation of nature. In contrast, social relations and cultural diversity had the highest importance in the urban core, while cultural heritage, education, natural awareness, recreation, and aesthetical appreciation were higher valued in the less populated periurban areas, suggesting two bundles of cultural ecosystem services.

KW - Bundles

KW - Ecosystem service

KW - Nature perceptions

KW - Spatial planning

KW - Urban green spaces

KW - Urban sustainability

KW - Sustainability Science

KW - Environmental planning

KW - Transdisciplinary studies

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U2 - 10.3390/su11030645

DO - 10.3390/su11030645

M3 - Journal articles

AN - SCOPUS:85060588139

VL - 11

JO - Sustainability

JF - Sustainability

SN - 2071-1050

IS - 3

M1 - 645

ER -