Stakeholders’ perceptions on the role of urban green infrastructure in providing ecosystem services for human well-being

Nastran, Mojca (author), Pintar, Marina (author), Železnikar, Špela (author), Cvejić, Rozalija (author)

The perception of linkages between ecosystem services (ES) and the urban green infrastructure (UGI) is evaluated, and their impact on human well-being (WB) is defined. Using a theoretical approach, the UGI’s specific contribution to WB is calculated as the sum of the products of (a) the number of perceived ES per ES group and the WB weight factor divided by the product of (b) the number of respondents and (c) the sum of the products of ES and the WB weight factor. Stakeholders demand more ES than the perceived ES supply from all types of UGI, especially for the social relations component of WB. The highest number of perceived ES and greatest impact on all WB components is provided by urban forests. This method could be helpful in acknowledging ES and involving stakeholders not previously familiar with the ES concept with the aim of introducing ES into UGI governance.

• Language: English
• Keywords: participatory ecosystem services assessment, well-being, urban ecosystem, millennium ecosystem assessment, urban green infrastructure
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: BF - Biotechnical Faculty
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2022
• Number of pages: 14 str.
• Numbering: Vol. 11, iss. 2, art. 299
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-134982
• UDC: 63
• ISSN on article: 2073-445X
• DOI: 10.3390/land11020299
• COBISS.SI-ID: 97594371
• Publication date in RUL: 16.02.2022

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Land
• Shortened title: Land
• Publisher: MDPI
• ISSN: 2073-445X
• COBISS.SI-ID: 523256345

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.
• Licensing start date: 16.02.2022

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: mestni ekosistem, ekosistemske storitve, dobro počutje, ocena ekosistema, urbano okolje, zelena infrastruktura

Projects

• Funder: EC - European Commission
• Funding programme: FP7
• Project number: 603567
• Name: Green Infrastructure and Urban Biodiversity for Sustainable Urban Development and the Green Economy
• Acronym: GREEN SURGE