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Examining ecosystem services and disservices through deliberative socio-cultural valuation [PDF]
SN Social Sciences, 2022 AbstractThe deliberative socio-cultural valuation of ecosystem services (ES) and disservices (EDS) is an understudied area of ES and EDS research. Participatory methods have been applied to ES and EDS valuation, but little is known on how these approaches could reveal and form shared values and impact decision-making.
Dalton Erick Baltazar
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Testing socio-cultural valuation methods of ecosystem services to explain land use preferences
Ecosystem Services, 2017 Socio-cultural valuation still emerges as a methodological field in ecosystem service (ES) research and until now lacks consistent formalisation and balanced application in ES assessments. In this study, we examine the explanatory value of ES values for land use preferences.
Katja Schmidt +2 more
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Socio-cultural and economic valuation of ecosystem services provided by Mediterranean mountain agroecosystems. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The aim of this work was to elucidate the socio-cultural and economic value of a number of ecosystem services delivered by mountain agroecosystems (mostly grazing systems) in Euro-Mediterranean regions.
Alberto Bernués +3 more
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Socio-cultural valuation of whale ecosystem services in Skjálfandi Bay, Iceland [PDF]
Ecological Economics, 2021 Abstract The study examines the socio-cultural values of multiple ecosystem services (ES) sourced from whales in Skjalfandi Bay, North Iceland, with many beneficiaries living in and visiting the town of Husavik. The study begins to address the research gap in non-monetary valuation of marine ecosystem services.
Laura Malinauskaite +2 more
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Incorporation of Socio-Cultural Values in Damage Assessment Valuations of Contaminated Lands in the Niger Delta [PDF]
Land, 2014 Damages on contaminated land have been mostly assessed for developments subsisting on the land, neglecting the goods and services derived from the land which possess only socio-cultural values.
Victor A. Akujuru, Les Ruddock
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An Analysis of the Worldwide Research on the Socio-Cultural Valuation of Forest Ecosystem Services [PDF]
Sustainability, 2022 The socio-cultural valuation of forest ecosystem services is a useful tool to generate knowledge and help balance the different interests of stakeholders with respect to the management of these services. The aim of this study is to analyse the evolution of global research on the economic valuation of forest ecosystem services through a review of the ...
Juan F Velasco-Muñoz +2 more
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Sustainability, 2022 The socio-cultural value of urban parks has rarely been studied, and this could be why they are undervalued and not given significant attention in city planning. This study presents the socio-cultural valuation (SCV) of the ecosystem services (ES) and disservices (EDS) of the Jose Rizal Plaza in Calamba City, The Philippines.
Dalton Erick Baltazar +2 more
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Ecosystem Services, 2021 Abstract This study investigates values and narratives of urban biodiversity in the highly culturally and biologically diverse city Cape Town, South Africa. Local expressions of values of biodiversity are explored, in the context of the challenge of accounting for diverse values of biodiversity through a green infrastructure approach.
Sanna Stålhammar
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Ecosystems and People, 2022 Long-term livestock grazing has shaped landscapes, biodiversity, societies, cultures, and economies in the North Atlantic over time. However, overgrazing has become a major environmental sustainability challenge for this region, covering the Faroe ...
Laura N.H. Verbrugge +8 more
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Reconstructing a typology of approaches to navigating diversity: a comparative qualitative study of German nursing teams [PDF]
BMC NursingBackground Germany faces a severe nursing shortage, increasingly addressed by international recruitment. This shift results in growing socio-cultural and educational diversity within nursing teams.
Lisa Peppler +3 more
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