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Biodiversity and cultural ecosystem benefits in lowland landscapes in southern England
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King, Helen P., Morris, Joe, Graves, Anil, Bradbury, Richard B., McGinlay, James and Bullock, James M. (2017) Biodiversity and cultural ecosystem benefits in lowland landscapes in southern England. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 53 . pp. 185-197. doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2017.08.002 ISSN 0272-4944.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2017.08.002
Abstract
Evidence of the link between biodiversity and cultural ecosystem benefits (CEB) is scarce. Participatory workshops were used to explore perceptions of CEB attributable to biodiversity in lowland arable and semi-natural grassland landscapes in southern England. Increased biodiversity was found to be associated with greater perceived benefit, mainly at the habitat and landscape scale. It was, however, difficult to separate the effects of biodiversity from those of abiotic and human-made features, all of which combined to provide an important sense of place. Furthermore, CEB were strongly linked with supporting infrastructure, notably public access. It was observed that CEB were generated through socio-psychological 'pathways' as people interacted with environmental settings, such as acquiring knowledge, feeling regenerated and communicating with others. CEB were also attributed to provisioning and regulatory services, questioning the validity of partitioning cultural services. The findings have implications for practitioners designing programmes to enhance nature's contribution to people.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > School for Cross-faculty Studies Faculty of Arts > School for Cross-faculty Studies > Institute for Global Sustainable Development |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Environmental Psychology | ||||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0272-4944 | ||||||||
Official Date: | November 2017 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 53 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 185-197 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jenvp.2017.08.002 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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