Contributing to the cultural ecosystem services and human wellbeing debate: a case study application on indicators and linkages

Abstract: Inadequacies in the indication of cultural ecosystem services (CES) are a hindrance in assessing their comprehensive impacts on human wellbeing. Similarly, uncertainties about the quantity and quality of CES, in real time and space, have hampered the ability of resource managers to precisely take responsive management actions. The aim of the study is to demonstrate, how CES indicators can be identified and qualified in order to link CES to human wellbeing, and to integrate them into the ‘ecosystem services cascade’ and the Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) models. A case study methodology is applied at the Nairobi-Kiambu (Kenya) peri-urban area. Primary data on CES was collected in the case study through survey, field observations and matrix tables. Secondary data originates from literature analysis. Results show that the participatory identification of CES and human wellbeing indicators could improve their transparency and comprehensibility. The environmental polic.... https://www.landscape-online.org/index.php/lo/article/view/30

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• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

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• Bibliographic citation: Contributing to the cultural ecosystem services and human wellbeing debate: a case study application on indicators and linkages ; volume:50 ; day:29 ; month:03 ; year:2017 ; Landscape online ; 50 (29.03.2017)

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• Creator: Wangai, Peter Waweru ; Burkhard, Benjamin ; Kruse, Marion ; Müller, Felix

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• DOI: 10.3097/LO.201750
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020060816182297558236
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.