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Published March 26, 2015 | Version v1
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The role of cultural ecosystem services in landscape management and planning

Creators

  • 1. Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
  • 2. Chair of Societal Transition and Agriculture, University of Hohenheim, Schloss Museumsfluegel Ost, 70593 Stuttgart, Germany
  • 3. Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark / Department of Geography and Geology, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland
  • 4. Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences Group, The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen AB15 8QH, United Kingdom
  • 5. Department of Environmental Studies, Sapientia HungarianUniversity of Transylvania, Calea Turzii No. 4, 400193 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  • 6. Department of Environmental Studies, Ursinus College, P.O. Box 1000, Collegeville, PA 19426, USA
  • 7. Social-Ecological Systems Laboratory, Universidad Autónoma deMadrid, Cantoblanco s/n, 28049 Madrid, Spain
  • 8. Institute for Water, Environment and Health, United Nations University (UNU-INWEH), 175 Longwood Road, Hamilton, ON L8P 0A1, Canada
  • 9. Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark / Social-Ecological Systems Laboratory, Universidad Autónoma deMadrid, Cantoblanco s/n, 28049 Madrid, Spain
  • 10. Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark / Barbara Hardy Institute and School of Commerce, University of South Australia, P.O. Box 190, Stirling, SA 5152, Australia
  • 11. School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Drummond Street, Edinburgh EH8 9XP, United Kingdom
  • 12. Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, 130 Mulford Hall MC 3110, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

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Abstract

There is increasing concern that the ecosystem services approach puts emphasis on optimizing a small number of services, which may jeopardize environmental sustainability. One potential solution is to bring cultural ecosystem services more strongly into the foreground. We synthesize recent empirical evidence and assess what consideration of cultural ecosystem services adds to landscape management and planning. In general, cultural ecosystem services incentivize the multifunctionality of landscapes. However, depending on context, cultural ecosystem services can either encourage the maintenance of valuable landscapes or act as barriers to necessary innovation and transformation. Hence, cultural ecosystems services are not uncontested, as seen through the three analytical lenses of landowner behavior, cultural practices of communities, and landscape planning.

Notes

This text is a preprint. Please cite as: Plieninger T., C. Bieling, N. Fagerholm, A. Byg, T. Hartel, P. Hurley, C. A López-Santiago, N. Nagabhatla, E. Oteros-Rozas, C.M. Raymond, D. van der Horst, L. Huntsinger (2015): The role of cultural ecosystem services in landscape management and planning. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 14: 28-33. The original publication is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2015.02.006.

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HERCULES – Sustainable futures for Europe’s HERitage in CULtural landscapES: Tools for understanding, managing, and protecting landscape functions and values 603447
European Commission