TY - JOUR
T1 - Societal benefits from agricultural landscapes in Girona, Catalonia
AU - Soy-Massoni, Emma
AU - Bieling, Claudia
AU - Langemeyer, Johannes
AU - Varga, Diego
AU - Sáez, Marc
AU - Pintó, Josep
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was carried out within the framework of PLAYA project, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (CGL2013-49061-C3-3-R). It also received funding from the 7th Framework Program of the European Commission project 'Operationalization of Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services' (Open-NESS) (FP7-Grant agreement: 308428) and from the University of Girona through a BR scholarship (BR 2012/46).
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2016.
Copyright:
Copyright 2016 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - Taking into account the perceptions of locals as well as visitors to La Plana de l’Empordà, a region in Girona (Spain) undergoing an agricultural intensification process, this study attempts to explore the linkages between agricultural landscapes and human well-being by performing open, single-question interviews with 241 respondents. The results show a high perception of cultural ecosystem services as benefits from agricultural landscapes, although differences across respondent groups and across a rural–urban gradient suggest important trade-offs. Our results demonstrate that potential conflicts in the study area might emerge between a rural view on agricultural landscapes and a more productionoriented landscape appreciation. We consider it relevant to take into account potential social conflicts due to the new social composition in Mediterranean rural areas where different perceptions regarding the delivery of ecosystem services coexist.
AB - Taking into account the perceptions of locals as well as visitors to La Plana de l’Empordà, a region in Girona (Spain) undergoing an agricultural intensification process, this study attempts to explore the linkages between agricultural landscapes and human well-being by performing open, single-question interviews with 241 respondents. The results show a high perception of cultural ecosystem services as benefits from agricultural landscapes, although differences across respondent groups and across a rural–urban gradient suggest important trade-offs. Our results demonstrate that potential conflicts in the study area might emerge between a rural view on agricultural landscapes and a more productionoriented landscape appreciation. We consider it relevant to take into account potential social conflicts due to the new social composition in Mediterranean rural areas where different perceptions regarding the delivery of ecosystem services coexist.
KW - Agricultural landscapes
KW - Human well-being
KW - Mediterranean rural areas
KW - Perception
KW - Potential social conflicts
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U2 - 10.1177/0030727016650772
DO - 10.1177/0030727016650772
M3 - Article
VL - 45
SP - 100
EP - 110
JO - Outlook on Agriculture
JF - Outlook on Agriculture
SN - 0030-7270
IS - 2
ER -