The Effects of Aquaculture and Marine Conservation on Cultural Ecosystem Services: An Integrated Hedonic – Eudaemonic Approach

TY - JOUR

T1 - The Effects of Aquaculture and Marine Conservation on Cultural Ecosystem Services

T2 - An Integrated Hedonic – Eudaemonic Approach

AU - Spanou, Elisavet

AU - Kenter, Jasper O.

AU - Graziano, Marcello

N1 - © 2020 The Authors. Funding Information: Dr. Jasper Kenter was supported in this work by the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Marine Ecosystem Services Research Programme under grant reference NE/L003058/1. Dr. Tim O'Higgins advised and assisted in the GIS analysis and use of the digital elevation model for Argyll and Bute. Funding Information: Dr. Jasper Kenter was supported in this work by the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Marine Ecosystem Services Research Programme under grant reference NE/L003058/1 . Dr. Tim O'Higgins advised and assisted in the GIS analysis and use of the digital elevation model for Argyll and Bute. Publisher Copyright: © 2020 The Authors Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

PY - 2020/10

Y1 - 2020/10

N2 - Understanding the cultural contributions of ecosystems is essential for recognising how environmental policy impacts on human well-being. We developed an integrated cultural ecosystem services (CES) valuation approach involving non-monetary valuation through a eudaemonic well-being questionnaire and monetary valuation through hedonic pricing. This approach was applied to assess CES values on the west coast of Scotland. The impact of scenic area and marine protected area (MPA) designations on CES values and potential trade-offs with aquaculture, an increasingly important provisioning ecosystem service in the region, were investigated. Results confirmed a eudaemonic well-being value structure of seven factors: engagement and interaction with nature, place identity, therapeutic value, spiritual value, social bonds, memory/transformative value, and challenge and skill. Visibility of, but not proximity to aquaculture negatively influenced housing prices. In contrast, proximity to MPAs and visibility of scenic areas increased property values. All eudaemonic well-being value factors were positively and significantly associated with scenic areas and a subset of these with MPAs. The integration of the two methods can provide decision-makers with a more comprehensive picture of CES values, their relation to conservation policies and interactions and trade-offs with other activities and services.

AB - Understanding the cultural contributions of ecosystems is essential for recognising how environmental policy impacts on human well-being. We developed an integrated cultural ecosystem services (CES) valuation approach involving non-monetary valuation through a eudaemonic well-being questionnaire and monetary valuation through hedonic pricing. This approach was applied to assess CES values on the west coast of Scotland. The impact of scenic area and marine protected area (MPA) designations on CES values and potential trade-offs with aquaculture, an increasingly important provisioning ecosystem service in the region, were investigated. Results confirmed a eudaemonic well-being value structure of seven factors: engagement and interaction with nature, place identity, therapeutic value, spiritual value, social bonds, memory/transformative value, and challenge and skill. Visibility of, but not proximity to aquaculture negatively influenced housing prices. In contrast, proximity to MPAs and visibility of scenic areas increased property values. All eudaemonic well-being value factors were positively and significantly associated with scenic areas and a subset of these with MPAs. The integration of the two methods can provide decision-makers with a more comprehensive picture of CES values, their relation to conservation policies and interactions and trade-offs with other activities and services.

KW - Aquaculture

KW - Cultural ecosystem services

KW - Eudaemonic well-being

KW - Hedonic pricing

KW - Integrated valuation

KW - Marine ecosystem services

KW - Relational values

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85086829045&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106757

DO - 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106757

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85086829045

SN - 0921-8009

VL - 176

JO - Ecological Economics

JF - Ecological Economics

M1 - 106757

ER -