Local perceptions of ecosystem services across multiple ecosystem types in Spain

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Authors

  • Marina García-Llorente
  • Antonio J. Castro
  • Cristina Quintas-Soriano
  • Elisa Oteros-Rozas
  • Irene Iniesta-Arandia
  • José A. González
  • David García del Amo
  • Marta Hernández-Arroyo
  • Izaskun Casado-Arzuaga
  • Ignacio Palomo
  • Erik Gómez-Baggethun
  • Miren Onaindia
  • Carlos Montes
  • Berta Martín-López

Combining socio-cultural valuations of ecosystem services with ecological and monetary assessments is critical to informing decision making with an integrative and multi-pronged approach. This study examined differences in the perceptions of ecosystem service supply and diversity across eight major ecosystem types in Spain and scrutinized the social and ecological factors shaping these perceptions. First, we implemented 1932 face-to-face questionnaires among local inhabitants to assess perceptions of ecosystem service supply. Second, we created an ecosystem service diversity index to measure the perceived diversity of services considering agroecosystems, Mediterranean mountains, arid systems, two aquatic continental systems, coastal ecosystems and two urban ecosystems. Finally, we examined the influence of biophysical, socio-demographic and institutional factors in shaping ecosystem service perceptions. Overall, cultural services were the most widely perceived, followed by provisioning and regulating services. Provisioning services were most strongly associated with agroecosystems, mountains and coastal systems, whereas cultural services were associated with urban ecosystems and regulating services were specifically linked with agroecosystems, mountains and urban recreational areas. The highest service diversity index values corresponded to agroecosystems, mountains and wetlands. Our results also showed that socio-demographic factors, such as place of origin (urban vs. rural) and educational level, as well as institutional factors, such as management and access regimes, shaped the perception of ecosystem services.

Original languageEnglish
Article number0330
JournalLand
Volume9
Issue number9
Number of pages20
ISSN2073-445X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 18.09.2020

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    Research areas

  • Environmental planning - ecosystem service diversity, governance, local communities, place-based approach, socio-cultural valuation, social perception

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