Parcel Management and Perceived Ecosystem Services and Disservices in the Exurbs of a Midwestern County in the United States
| Autor: | Ryan Mendoza, Aura Muniz Torres, Michelle D. Boone, Andrew Freund, Amélie Y. Davis, Sarah Lynn Dumyahn |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0106 biological sciences
yard decisions exurban 0211 other engineering and technologies Biodiversity 02 engineering and technology Woodland 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Ecosystem services exurbia coupled natural–human systems Ecosystem Recreation Environmental planning Nature and Landscape Conservation human–environment interaction Global and Planetary Change small ponds Ecology Land use exurbs Agriculture rural sprawl 021107 urban & regional planning Incentive Geography urban ecosystems peri-urban Urban ecosystem |
| Zdroj: | Land Volume 10 Issue 5 Land, Vol 10, Iss 448, p 448 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2073-445X |
| DOI: | 10.3390/land10050448 |
| Popis: | Exurban development is a prominent land use in the United States of America, particularly in the Midwest, where much of it occurs on farmland and remnant woodlands. While exurbanization may affect ecosystem services, its impact could be modulated by management decisions made by residents. We aimed to uncover how exurban residents in a midwestern county perceived ecosystem services and disservices provided by their property based on 26 semi-structured interviews of landowners on parcels between 1 and 20 acres with a pond in unincorporated areas. We found the ecosystem services people associated most with their land are classified as cultural services (dominated by recreation services), while the most common mentioned disservices were classified as regulating disservices. Many ecosystem services that would be categorized as supporting or regulating services were not mentioned by interviewees, including microclimate stabilization, carbon sequestration, disease regulation, and maintenance of genetic diversity. Residents spent an average of 1.4 h/acre each week managing their properties. However, as parcel size and forest cover increased, the residents reported managing less surface area. Our study suggested that residents cultivate landscape features that directly benefit them and view many of the services that benefit regional biodiversity and ecosystem processes as disservices, which, to rectify, may require coordinated landscape-level management or local policies/incentives. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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