| Title: |
Conceptualising cultural ecosystem services: a novel framework for research and critical engagement |
| Authors: |
Fish, Rob; Church, Andrew; Winter, Michael |
| Contributors: |
University of Kent; University of Brighton; University of Exeter |
| Publisher Information: |
Elsevier |
| Publication Year: |
2021 |
| Collection: |
University of Bedfordshire Repository |
| Subject Terms: |
cultural ecosystem services; ecosystem assessment; theory; methods; interdisciplinarity; Subject Categories::F810 Environmental Geography |
| Description: |
The construction of culture as a class of ecosystem service presents a significant test of the holistic ambitions of an ecosystems approach to decision making. In this paper we explore the theoretical challenges arising from efforts to understand ecosystems as objects of cultural concern and consider the operational complexities associated with understanding how, and with what consequences, knowledge about cultural ecosystem services are created, communicated and accounted for in real world decision making. We specifically forward and develop a conceptual framework for understanding cultural ecosystem services and related benefits in terms of the environmental spaces and cultural practices that arise from interactions between humans and ecosystems. The types of knowledge, and approaches to knowledge production, presumed by this relational, non-linear and place-based perspective on cultural ecosystem services are discussed and reviewed. The framework not only helps navigate more fully the challenge of operationalising ‘cultural ecosystem services’ but points to a more relational understanding of the ecosystem services framework as a whole. Extending and refining understanding through more ambitious engagements in interdisciplinarity remains important. ; UK Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the Welsh Government, the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), and Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). ; ©2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY/4.0/). This research was funded through the UK National Ecosystem Assessment Follow-On (Work Package 5: Cultural ecosystem services and indicators) funded by the UK Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the Welsh Government, the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), and Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| ISBN: |
978-2-212-04161-3; 2-212-04161-6 |
| Relation: |
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212041616303138?via%3Dihub#ab0005; http://hdl.handle.net/10547/625127; Ecosystem Services |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.09.002 |
| Availability: |
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/625127; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.09.002 |
| Rights: |
Green - can archive pre-print and post-print or publisher's version/PDF ; Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International ; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.863A512D |
| Database: |
BASE |