Ecosystem services in managing residential landscapes: priorities, value dimensions, and cross-regional patterns

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dc.contributor.authorLarson, K. L.en
dc.contributor.authorNelson, Kristen C.en
dc.contributor.authorSamples, S. R.en
dc.contributor.authorHall, Sharon J.en
dc.contributor.authorBettez, Neilen
dc.contributor.authorCavender-Bares, Jeannineen
dc.contributor.authorGroffman, Peter M.en
dc.contributor.authorGrove, J. Morganen
dc.contributor.authorHeffernan, James B.en
dc.contributor.authorHobbie, Sarah E.en
dc.contributor.authorLearned, Jenniferen
dc.contributor.authorMorse, Jennifer L.en
dc.contributor.authorNeill, Christopheren
dc.contributor.authorOgden, Laura A.en
dc.contributor.authorO'Neil-Dunne, Jarlath P.M.en
dc.contributor.authorPataki, Diane E.en
dc.contributor.authorPolsky, Colinen
dc.contributor.authorChowdhury, Rinku Royen
dc.contributor.authorSteele, Meredith K.en
dc.contributor.authorTrammell, Tara L. E.en
dc.contributor.departmentSchool of Plant and Environmental Sciencesen
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-24T18:49:50Zen
dc.date.available2020-04-24T18:49:50Zen
dc.date.issued2016-03en
dc.description.abstractAlthough ecosystem services have been intensively examined in certain domains (e.g., forests and wetlands), little research has assessed ecosystem services for the most dominant landscape type in urban ecosystems-namely, residential yards. In this paper, we report findings of a cross-site survey of homeowners in six U.S. cities to 1) examine how residents subjectively value various ecosystem services, 2) explore distinctive dimensions of those values, and 3) test the urban homogenization hypothesis. This hypothesis posits that urbanization leads to similarities in the social-ecological dynamics across cities in diverse biomes. By extension, the thesis suggests that residents' ecosystem service priorities for residential landscapes will be similar regardless of whether residents live in the humid East or the arid West, or the warm South or the cold North. Results underscored that cultural services were of utmost importance, particularly anthropocentric values including aesthetics, low-maintenance, and personal enjoyment. Using factor analyses, distinctive dimensions of residents' values were found to partially align with the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment's categories (provisioning, regulating, supporting, and cultural). Finally, residents' ecosystem service priorities exhibited significant homogenization across regions. In particular, the traditional lawn aesthetic (neat, green, weed-free yards) was similarly important across residents of diverse U.S. cities. Only a few exceptions were found across different environmental and social contexts; for example, cooling effects were more important in the warm South, where residents also valued aesthetics more than those in the North, where low-maintenance yards were a greater priority.en
dc.description.adminPublic domain – authored by a U.S. government employeeen
dc.description.notesThis work was supported by the MacroSystems Biology Program in the Emerging Frontiers Division of the Biological Sciences Directorate at the National Science Foundation (NSF) under grants EF-1065548, 1065737, 1065740, 1065741, 1065772, 1065785, 1065831, 121238320. The work arose from research funded by grants from the NSF Long-Term Ecological Research Program supporting work in Baltimore (DEB-0423476), Phoenix (BCS-1026865), Plum Island (Boston) (OCE-1058747), Cedar Creek (Minneapolis-St Paul) (DEB-0620652), and Florida Coastal Everglades (Miami) (DBI-0620409). This research was also supported by the NSF-funded Decision Center for a Desert City II: Urban Climate Adaptation (SES-0951366). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of NSF.en
dc.description.sponsorshipMacroSystems Biology Program in the Emerging Frontiers Division of the Biological Sciences Directorate at the National Science Foundation (NSF) [EF-1065548, 1065737, 1065740, 1065741, 1065772, 1065785, 1065831, 121238320]; NSFNational Science Foundation (NSF) [DEB-0423476, SES-0951366]; Phoenix [BCS-1026865]; Plum Island (Boston) [OCE-1058747]; Cedar Creek (Minneapolis-St Paul) [DEB-0620652]; Florida Coastal Everglades (Miami) [DBI-0620409]en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-015-0477-1en
dc.identifier.eissn1573-1642en
dc.identifier.issn1083-8155en
dc.identifier.issue1en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/97900en
dc.identifier.volume19en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsCC0 1.0 Universalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/en
dc.subjectLawnsen
dc.subjectResidential landscapesen
dc.subjectLand managementen
dc.subjectHuman valuesen
dc.subjectEcosystem servicesen
dc.subjectUrban sustainabilityen
dc.titleEcosystem services in managing residential landscapes: priorities, value dimensions, and cross-regional patternsen
dc.title.serialUrban Ecosystemsen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
dc.type.dcmitypeStillImageen

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