Exploring Visitor Patterns in Island Natural Parks: The Relationship Between Photo Locations, Trails, and Land Use DOI Creative Commons

Eva Calicis,

Jorge Costa, Augusto Pérez Albertí

et al.

Land, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(12), P. 2003 - 2003

Published: Nov. 25, 2024

Overcrowding in national parks and protected areas can cause irreversible damage to the environment, compromising quality of soil, water, wildlife, vegetation. Thus, it is critical for park managers have detailed information on visitor activities spatial dynamics order prioritise actions capable mitigating undesirable impacts most frequently visited areas. In this article, we use georeferenced trails photographs from Wikiloc Flickr web platforms determine visitation patterns Atlantic Islands Galicia National Park (AINP) 2008 2023. Maps showing trail usage intensity distribution according land allowed us identify frequented uses by visitors highest tourist pressure within AINP. The results show that vary between platforms. Shrubland (37%) marine cliffs (27%) were photographed visitors, while artificial (14%) users. Cíes island emerges as popular destination, evidenced greater number compared Ons, Sálvora, Cortegada. This study shows how social media data, specifically geotagged Flickr, support complement monitoring impact

Language: Английский

How do urban park features affect cultural ecosystem services: Quantified evidence for design practices DOI
Yanan Wang, Xiaoxiao Shi, Kejun Cheng

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Urban forestry & urban greening, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 76, P. 127713 - 127713

Published: Aug. 24, 2022

Language: Английский

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Understanding the sentiment associated with cultural ecosystem services using images and text from social media DOI Creative Commons
Ilan Havinga, Diego Marcos, P.W. Bogaart

et al.

Ecosystem Services, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 65, P. 101581 - 101581

Published: Dec. 12, 2023

Social media is increasingly being employed to develop Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES) indicators. The image-sharing platform Flickr has been one of the most popular sources data. Most large-scale studies, however, tend only use number images as a proxy for CES due challenges associated with processing large amounts this data but does not fully represent benefit generated by ecosystems in terms positive experiences expressed users text. To address gap, we apply several Computer Vision (CV) and natural language (NLP) models link estimates Great Britain based on content sentiment measures using accompanying text, compare our results national, geo-referenced survey recreational well-being England. We find that aesthetic quality landscape presence particular wildlife more sentiment. However, also different physical settings correlate sometimes strongly related social activities than many factors. Still, significant associations between these measures, Our findings illustrate integrating analysis measurement can capture some benefits media. additional detail provided novel techniques help meaningful indicators land management.

Language: Английский

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Spatiotemporal characteristics of human activity and land use on ecosystem service functions in mountainous areas of Northeast Guizhou, Southwest China DOI

Quan Wang,

Xuepiao Bai

Ecological Engineering, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 212, P. 107473 - 107473

Published: Dec. 4, 2024

Language: Английский

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A trail-based approach using crowdsourced data to assess recreationists' preferences for landscape DOI Creative Commons
Abdesslam Chai-allah, Nathan Fox, Gilles Brunschwig

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Landscape and Urban Planning, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 233, P. 104700 - 104700

Published: Feb. 7, 2023

Language: Английский

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The future of crowd-sourced cultural ecosystem services assessments DOI
Johannes Langemeyer, Andrea Ghermandi, Bonnie L. Keeler

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Ecosystem Services, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 60, P. 101518 - 101518

Published: Feb. 20, 2023

Language: Английский

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Crowdsourced Indicators of Flora and Fauna Species: Comparisons Between iNaturalist Records and Field Observations DOI Creative Commons
Hyuksoo Kwon, Bumsuk Seo, Jungin Kim

et al.

Land, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 14(1), P. 169 - 169

Published: Jan. 15, 2025

Cultural ecosystem services provide intangible benefits such as recreation and aesthetic enjoyment but are difficult to quantify compared provisioning or regulating services. Recent technologies offer alternative indicators, social media data, identify popular locations their features. This study demonstrates how large volumes of citizen science data can be analyzed reveal patterns human interactions with nature through unconventional, scalable methods. By applying spatial statistical methods, from the platform iNaturalist ground-truth visitation data. To minimize bias, records grouped by taxonomic information applied metropolitan area Seoul, South Korea (2005–2022). The included in were investigated using a standard global biodiversity database. results show effectively public preferences for scenic locations, offering novel approach mapping cultural when traditional unavailable. method highlights potential large-scale citizen-generated conservation, urban planning, policy development. However, challenges like bias user-generated content, uneven coverage, over- under-representation remain. Addressing these issues integrating additional metadata—such time visit, demographics, seasonal trends—could deeper insights into human–nature interactions. Overall, proposed opens up new possibilities non-traditional sources assess map services, providing valuable conservation efforts, environmental

Language: Английский

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Advancing social‐ecological restoration through elicitation of cultural ecosystem services and landscape feature perceptions in restored quarries: a Flickr data analysis DOI Creative Commons
Kamila Svobodová, Ping Chang, Anton Stahl Olafsson

et al.

Restoration Ecology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 19, 2025

With increasing urbanization and demand for construction materials, quarries have become central to the recovery of degraded landscapes into spaces that offer ecological, but also social benefits. While ecological restoration has long been investigated, integrated social‐ecological post‐quarrying remains underexplored. The overall aim this study is advance by assessing how cultural ecosystem services (CES) landscape features (LF) are represented in media posts about Germany, Denmark, Czech Republic. We focus on concepts CES LF investigate interactions between humans restored ecosystems. Using a mixed‐methods approach, we analyzed 1,660 geotagged photographs from 50 across three regions: Berlin, Roskilde, Karst. Flickr data were elicit richness identify popular quarries. Our results indicate rehabilitated exhibit higher than abandoned or operational ones, accessibility significantly influences public engagement. demonstrates once primarily industrial sites, can evolve vibrant systems provide diverse CES. It points potential designing efforts perspective. Such an approach provides insights perceptions urban may inform future strategies.

Language: Английский

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Powerful flowers: Public perception of grassland aesthetics is strongly related to management and biodiversity DOI Open Access
Valentin H. Klaus, Nathan Fox, Franziska Richter

et al.

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 28, 2025

Abstract Temperate grasslands provide various cultural ecosystem services that are appreciated in diverse ways. Capturing these appreciations requires different methodological approaches, such as questionnaire surveys and social media analyses. In this study, we combined the potential of both approaches to capture two aspects what people appreciate agricultural grasslands, i.e., aesthetic quality differently managed plant communities objects frequently found grassland-based images. The complementary showed preferred colourful flower- species-rich over grass-dominated fertilised swards. Social analysis highlighted mainly photographed flowers, followed by livestock and/or wildlife, but depended also on platform used. conclusion, people’s appreciation was clearly related intensity grassland management level biodiversity, with a preference for extensively flowers wildlife. Yet, significant differences between (i) conservationists professionals communities, (ii) common visitors naturalists their content. Our results suggest extensive ecological restoration can be used increase enhancing richness forbs, other attractive Thus, targeted is necessary maintain enhance attractiveness landscapes subsequently health benefits associated human-nature contacts.

Language: Английский

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Exploring Suitable Urban Plant Structures for Carbon-Sink Capacities DOI Creative Commons

Hyeseon Eom,

Yeeun Shin,

Sang‐Woo Lee

et al.

Land, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 14(4), P. 849 - 849

Published: April 13, 2025

Urban parks, a type of urban green space, help mitigate environmental pollution and climate change by absorbing storing atmospheric carbon. Optimizing their carbon-sink capacity requires thoughtful plant community design considering multiple factors. This study analyzed South Korean parks using QGIS i-Tree Eco, integrating satellite imagery with field surveys at both spatial tree scales. Park spaces were classified into six types based on the biotope criteria established in this study. Random forest regression was applied to each identify key variables influencing annual carbon sequestration storage. The relationship between maturity examined for ten dominant species, offering insights selection. Higher coverage more deciduous species linked efficiency While variable importance varied slightly across types, density most influential sequestration, diameter breast height age These findings provide integrated short-term long-term storage, as well strategic directions structuring communities ecosystems. offers empirical evidence designing carbon-efficient contributing sustainable landscape strategies.

Language: Английский

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Ecosystem Services: A Social and Semantic Network Analysis of Public Opinion on Twitter DOI Open Access
Stefano Bruzzese, Wasim Ahmed, Simone Blanc

et al.

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 19(22), P. 15012 - 15012

Published: Nov. 15, 2022

Social media data reveal patterns of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours users on a range topics. This study analysed 4398 tweets gathered between 17 January 2022 3 February related to ecosystem services, using the keyword hashtag "ecosystem services". The Microsoft Excel plugin, NodeXL was used for social semantic network analysis. results loosely dense in which information is conveyed slowly, with homogeneous, medium-sized subgroups typical community cluster structure. Citizens, NGOs, governmental administrations emerged as main gatekeepers network. Various themes such protection natural capital sustainable production services; nature-based solutions protect human structures wellbeing against hazards; socio-ecological systems interaction beings environment; focus specific services storage atmospheric CO2 provision food. In conclusion, perception role can help policymakers forest managers outline implement efficient management strategies plans.

Language: Английский

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