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Published July 14, 2016 | Version v1
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Assessing linkages between ecosystem services, land-use and well-being in an agroforestry landscape using public participation GIS

  • 1. Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Fredriksberg C, Denmark; and Department of Geography and Geology, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland
  • 2. Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Fredriksberg C, Denmark; and Social and Participatory Action Research Group, Department of Anthropology, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
  • 3. Environment and Sustainability Institute, School of Geography, University of Exeter, UK
  • 4. Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Fredriksberg C, Denmark
  • 5. Forestry School, University of Extremadura, Plasencia 10600, Spain

Description

While a number of studies have applied public participation GIS (PPGIS) approaches to the spatial assessment of ecosystem services, few have considered the associations between the spatial distribution of ecosystem services and the context-specific nature of self-reported well-being. In this study, we engage the general public to identify and map a range of ecosystem services that originate in place-based, local knowledge and explore the context-dependent nature of subjective well-being. We con- ducted a PPGIS survey with 219 local residents in a Spanish agroforestry (dehesa) landscapes and analysed the spatial patterns of mapped ecosystem services, their relation to land cover, protected area and common land patterns. In addition, we explored the landscape values contributing to people’s well-being; and the relationships between ecosystem services in different land covers, landscape values and socio-demographic characteristics. A mosaic of landscape types (i.e., the landscape) provided more ecosystem services (especially cultural and provisioning) to people compared with the individual land system of agroforestry. However, land tenure and public access significantly guided the spatial practices and values of the people beyond the preferred landscape types. The contribution of the landscape to well-being is largely related to values based on interactions among people and the landscape, as tranquillity/relaxation and people-people interactions such as being with family and friends. We discuss the specific contribution of agroforestry landscapes to the provision of ecosystem services and human well- being. We conclude that the integration of the applied methods of social-cultural assessment on the one hand links to ecosystem services frameworks but on the other hand represents a more holistic conceptualisation of people’s benefits from landscapes.

Notes

This text is a preprint. Please cite as: Fagerholm N., E. Oteros-Rozas, C.M. Raymond, M. Torralba, G. Moreno, T. Plieninger (2016): Assessing linkages between ecosystem services, land-use and well-being in an agroforestry landscape using public participation GIS. Applied Geography 74: 30-46. The original publication is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2016.06.007.

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Funding

AGFORWARD – AGFORWARD 613520
European Commission
HERCULES – Sustainable futures for Europe’s HERitage in CULtural landscapES: Tools for understanding, managing, and protecting landscape functions and values 603447
European Commission