Uncovering ecosystem service bundles through social preferences

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Uncovering ecosystem service bundles through social preferences. / Martín-López, Berta; Iniesta-Arandia, Irene; García-Llorente, Marina et al.
In: PLoS ONE, Vol. 7, No. 6, e38970, 18.06.2012.

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Martín-López, B, Iniesta-Arandia, I, García-Llorente, M, Palomo, I, Casado-Arzuaga, I, Del Amo, DG, Gómez-Baggethun, E, Oteros-Rozas, E, Palacios-Agundez, I, Willaarts, B, González, JA, Santos-Martín, F, Onaindia, M, López-Santiago, C & Montes, C 2012, 'Uncovering ecosystem service bundles through social preferences', PLoS ONE, vol. 7, no. 6, e38970. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038970

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Martín-López, B., Iniesta-Arandia, I., García-Llorente, M., Palomo, I., Casado-Arzuaga, I., Del Amo, D. G., Gómez-Baggethun, E., Oteros-Rozas, E., Palacios-Agundez, I., Willaarts, B., González, J. A., Santos-Martín, F., Onaindia, M., López-Santiago, C., & Montes, C. (2012). Uncovering ecosystem service bundles through social preferences. PLoS ONE, 7(6), Article e38970. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038970

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Martín-López B, Iniesta-Arandia I, García-Llorente M, Palomo I, Casado-Arzuaga I, Del Amo DG et al. Uncovering ecosystem service bundles through social preferences. PLoS ONE. 2012 Jun 18;7(6):e38970. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038970

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title = "Uncovering ecosystem service bundles through social preferences",
abstract = "Ecosystem service assessments have increasingly been used to support environmental management policies, mainly based on biophysical and economic indicators. However, few studies have coped with the social-cultural dimension of ecosystem services, despite being considered a research priority. We examined how ecosystem service bundles and trade-offs emerge from diverging social preferences toward ecosystem services delivered by various types of ecosystems in Spain. We conducted 3,379 direct face-to-face questionnaires in eight different case study sites from 2007 to 2011. Overall, 90.5% of the sampled population recognized the ecosystem's capacity to deliver services. Formal studies, environmental behavior, and gender variables influenced the probability of people recognizing the ecosystem's capacity to provide services. The ecosystem services most frequently perceived by people were regulating services; of those, air purification held the greatest importance. However, statistical analysis showed that socio-cultural factors and the conservation management strategy of ecosystems (i.e., National Park, Natural Park, or a non-protected area) have an effect on social preferences toward ecosystem services. Ecosystem service trade-offs and bundles were identified by analyzing social preferences through multivariate analysis (redundancy analysis and hierarchical cluster analysis). We found a clear trade-off among provisioning services (and recreational hunting) versus regulating services and almost all cultural services. We identified three ecosystem service bundles associated with the conservation management strategy and the rural-urban gradient. We conclude that socio-cultural preferences toward ecosystem services can serve as a tool to identify relevant services for people, the factors underlying these social preferences, and emerging ecosystem service bundles and trade-offs.",
keywords = "Sustainability Science, Environmental planning, Transdisciplinary studies",
author = "Berta Mart{\'i}n-L{\'o}pez and Irene Iniesta-Arandia and Marina Garc{\'i}a-Llorente and Ignacio Palomo and Izaskun Casado-Arzuaga and {Del Amo}, {David Garc{\'i}a} and Erik G{\'o}mez-Baggethun and Elisa Oteros-Rozas and Igone Palacios-Agundez and B{\'a}rbara Willaarts and Gonz{\'a}lez, {Jos{\'e} A.} and Fernando Santos-Mart{\'i}n and Miren Onaindia and Cesar L{\'o}pez-Santiago and Carlos Montes",
year = "2012",
month = jun,
day = "18",
doi = "10.1371/journal.pone.0038970",
language = "English",
volume = "7",
journal = "PLoS ONE",
issn = "1932-6203",
publisher = "Public Library of Science",
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RIS

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T1 - Uncovering ecosystem service bundles through social preferences

AU - Martín-López, Berta

AU - Iniesta-Arandia, Irene

AU - García-Llorente, Marina

AU - Palomo, Ignacio

AU - Casado-Arzuaga, Izaskun

AU - Del Amo, David García

AU - Gómez-Baggethun, Erik

AU - Oteros-Rozas, Elisa

AU - Palacios-Agundez, Igone

AU - Willaarts, Bárbara

AU - González, José A.

AU - Santos-Martín, Fernando

AU - Onaindia, Miren

AU - López-Santiago, Cesar

AU - Montes, Carlos

PY - 2012/6/18

Y1 - 2012/6/18

N2 - Ecosystem service assessments have increasingly been used to support environmental management policies, mainly based on biophysical and economic indicators. However, few studies have coped with the social-cultural dimension of ecosystem services, despite being considered a research priority. We examined how ecosystem service bundles and trade-offs emerge from diverging social preferences toward ecosystem services delivered by various types of ecosystems in Spain. We conducted 3,379 direct face-to-face questionnaires in eight different case study sites from 2007 to 2011. Overall, 90.5% of the sampled population recognized the ecosystem's capacity to deliver services. Formal studies, environmental behavior, and gender variables influenced the probability of people recognizing the ecosystem's capacity to provide services. The ecosystem services most frequently perceived by people were regulating services; of those, air purification held the greatest importance. However, statistical analysis showed that socio-cultural factors and the conservation management strategy of ecosystems (i.e., National Park, Natural Park, or a non-protected area) have an effect on social preferences toward ecosystem services. Ecosystem service trade-offs and bundles were identified by analyzing social preferences through multivariate analysis (redundancy analysis and hierarchical cluster analysis). We found a clear trade-off among provisioning services (and recreational hunting) versus regulating services and almost all cultural services. We identified three ecosystem service bundles associated with the conservation management strategy and the rural-urban gradient. We conclude that socio-cultural preferences toward ecosystem services can serve as a tool to identify relevant services for people, the factors underlying these social preferences, and emerging ecosystem service bundles and trade-offs.

AB - Ecosystem service assessments have increasingly been used to support environmental management policies, mainly based on biophysical and economic indicators. However, few studies have coped with the social-cultural dimension of ecosystem services, despite being considered a research priority. We examined how ecosystem service bundles and trade-offs emerge from diverging social preferences toward ecosystem services delivered by various types of ecosystems in Spain. We conducted 3,379 direct face-to-face questionnaires in eight different case study sites from 2007 to 2011. Overall, 90.5% of the sampled population recognized the ecosystem's capacity to deliver services. Formal studies, environmental behavior, and gender variables influenced the probability of people recognizing the ecosystem's capacity to provide services. The ecosystem services most frequently perceived by people were regulating services; of those, air purification held the greatest importance. However, statistical analysis showed that socio-cultural factors and the conservation management strategy of ecosystems (i.e., National Park, Natural Park, or a non-protected area) have an effect on social preferences toward ecosystem services. Ecosystem service trade-offs and bundles were identified by analyzing social preferences through multivariate analysis (redundancy analysis and hierarchical cluster analysis). We found a clear trade-off among provisioning services (and recreational hunting) versus regulating services and almost all cultural services. We identified three ecosystem service bundles associated with the conservation management strategy and the rural-urban gradient. We conclude that socio-cultural preferences toward ecosystem services can serve as a tool to identify relevant services for people, the factors underlying these social preferences, and emerging ecosystem service bundles and trade-offs.

KW - Sustainability Science

KW - Environmental planning

KW - Transdisciplinary studies

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DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0038970

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AN - SCOPUS:84862502587

VL - 7

JO - PLoS ONE

JF - PLoS ONE

SN - 1932-6203

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