Urban biodiversity, ecosystems and the city. Insights from 50 years of the Berlin School of urban ecology

Landscape and Urban Planning, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 240, С. 104877 - 104877

Опубликована: Сен. 6, 2023

Язык: Английский

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Promoting urban biodiversity for the benefit of people and nature

Опубликована: Март 25, 2025

In an increasingly urbanized world, urban biodiversity is people's primary contact with nature. However, as cities expand and densify, green blue spaces their are under pressure, risking declines in liveability. This Review discusses the benefits of multiple challenges it faces, identifies opportunities pathways towards developing sustainable, biodiverse for both humans The substantial biological richness that areas can harbour helps to mitigate environmental pressures, address adapt climate change, human health well-being. challenged by competition space, pressures declining engagement residents Understanding underlying mechanisms informs efforts create maintain high-quality blue–green infrastructure. Biodiversity-sensitive socially inclusive governance planning key biodiverse, cities. Urban policies should move cross-sectional approaches coordinate sectors such health, education, design. Developing shared environments nature contributes global conservation offers solutions social faced underpins ecosystem services cities, but faces from activities, nature, inadequate systems. provided biodiversity, its promotion conservation.

Язык: Английский

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The good, the bad, and the unseen: wild mammal encounters influence wildlife preferences of residents across socio-demographic gradients

Ecology and Society, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 29(3)

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024

As natural habitats decline and wildlife adapts to increasing anthropogenic disturbance, it is crucial understand human-wildlife relationships in residential areas. However, relevant studies are limited mostly focused on single cities. To address this knowledge gap, we investigated people's preferences for seeing wild mammals areas by conducting analyzing an online survey distributed across Germany (n = 2997 participants). Our results revealed that preferred species (squirrels, hedgehogs, hares, roe deer) were frequently encountered, whereas unpreferred those encountered (rats, martens), as well rarely (wild boar, coypus, raccoons). We also found a moderately positive correlation between the number of encounters with them being humans. Finally, some socio-demographic variables, particularly gender, garden access, urbanity, significantly related human preferences. Based our results, propose tailoring management promote attributes biodiversity ambassadors, while addressing ways mitigate negative perceptions associated species.

Язык: Английский

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What informs human–nature connection? An exploration of factors in the context of urban park visitors and wildlife

People and Nature, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 6(1), С. 230 - 244

Опубликована: Янв. 8, 2024

Abstract Human–nature connection (HNC) is a concept derived from investigating the formulation and extent of an individual's identification with natural world. This relationship often characterized as emotional bond to nature that develops contextualized, physical interactions individual, beginning in childhood. outcome presents complexity evaluating development HNC but suggests optimism pathways for enhancing lifelong HNC. As urban populations increase, there growing recognition worldwide potential green space cultivate thus shape environmental identity residents. The results online survey 560 visitors three community parks (managed primarily provide variety physical, social cultural opportunities) conservation protect native plants wildlife) Madison, Wisconsin, USA, were used investigate Linear mixed effects models evaluated visitors' function their (1) literacy sentiment about wildlife species, (2) park experience, (3) number frequency nine childhood adult recreation experiences, (4) demographics. Across response groups, experiences was significantly associated HNC, this positive association persisted multiple activities. Furthermore, species sentiment, visiting ‘Nature’, frequent extended visitation also by type. Our research demonstrates importance enhancement provides evidence differences expression particular attributes views wildlife. Read free Plain Language Summary article on Journal blog.

Язык: Английский

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Hunters’ Acceptability of Lethal Management Methods Used to Control Invasive Wild Pigs ( Sus scrofa ) in Alabama

Society & Natural Resources, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 18

Опубликована: Янв. 6, 2025

Lethal control of wild pigs generates controversy due to stakeholder perceptions pig-related damages and uses. Our research aimed 1) examine hunter acceptability lethal pig management methods; 2) identify underlying patterns in how hunters conceptualize management; 3) determine the relative influence various factors on acceptability. Results from an online survey Alabama revealed that most were accepting methods except for toxicants. also two distinct dimensions acceptability, characterized by government-implemented landowner-implemented methods. The top government model included four key factors, with wildlife acceptance capacity having largest effect. landowner five attitudes Findings suggest avenues further investigation influencing hunters' highlight importance considering who implements method when measuring

Язык: Английский

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Psychological drivers of conservation policy support: A systematic scoping review of quantitative evidence

Journal for Nature Conservation, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 126910 - 126910

Опубликована: Март 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Renaturing cities: from utopias to contested realities and futures

Urban forestry & urban greening, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 86, С. 127999 - 127999

Опубликована: Июнь 12, 2023

Renaturing urban environments is a transformative pathway for sustainability that can be leveraged collaborative research and planning to reverse long trends of ecosystem degradation. People-nature connections need reinforced enable the successful uptake upscale renaturing practices. Improving people's understanding, perception, emotions towards nature therefore key. In this paper, we discuss how human knowledge values enabled through renaturing. Besides, required transitions in processes support

Язык: Английский

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Identifying opportunities for invasive species management: an empirical study of stakeholder perceptions and interest in invasive species

Biological Invasions, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 26(8), С. 2561 - 2577

Опубликована: Май 14, 2024

Abstract Invasive species are one of the main reasons for decline in global biodiversity. When it comes to management invasive species, stakeholders who directly involved with this issue play a particularly important role, as they engaged and can also influence public’s perception. This study therefore investigates how different stakeholder groups Germany perceive species. In total, more than 2200 people were surveyed, belonging nine that contact (hunters members hunting associations, farmers, environmental conservation organizations, allotment garden clubs, animal welfare supporters, divers, employees zoological gardens, administrative regulatory authority, speleologists). It was found number plant roughly correctly estimated all groups, but economic damage caused by substantially underestimated. mentioned, mainly conspicuous mammals or plants listed (e.g. Procyon lotor Impatiens glandulifera ). surveyed there notable level interest commonly regarded issues. While these results offer valuable insights into stakeholders’ perspectives on highlight need improvement. particular, is greater education about inconspicuous spread them.

Язык: Английский

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INVESTIGACIONES MULTIDISCIPLINARIAS RELACIONADAS CON LAS EMOCIONES EN LAS CIENCIAS AGRÍCOLAS Y BIOLÓGICAS

Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 27(1)

Опубликована: Янв. 30, 2024

<p><strong>Background</strong>: Emotions can be defined as a temporary state aroused by relevant external biological stimuli, either adverse or positive that have specific effects on the organism both in body and mind. Research has focused emotions grown exponentially even areas such agronomy biology. <strong>Objective</strong>: This research aimed to explore current emotions, order achieve better understanding of how they been addressed field agricultural sciences. <strong>Methodology</strong>: VOSviewer software was used conduct co-occurrence analysis 792 articles related published Elsevier® Scopus® database, countries most, scientific journals, institutions were also analyzed. <strong>Main findings:</strong> The results show United States is most productive country. In early stages, functioning human brain characterized, later, studies with cognitive, physiological psychological approach carried out recent years, consumer behavior. <strong>Implications</strong>. study contributes their implications different aspects, nutrition, health emotional well-being; highlighting need for multidisciplinary approximation complexity occurs agroecosystems, particularly those tropical subtropical zones face considerable gaps respect other regions. <strong>Conclusions:</strong> It concluded having an impact perception intentions society acquire goods services provided from agri-food sector.</p>

Язык: Английский

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Cultural inception of invasive species

Опубликована: Сен. 2, 2024

1. Many invasive alien species gradually become embedded within local cultures. Such can increasingly be perceived by society as familiar and native elements of the social-ecological system integral parts 2. Here, we explore this phenomenon define it cultural inception. Cultural inception greatly hinder our ability to successfully manage species, reducing public support their management contributing secondary introductions. 3. Furthermore, affect societal values identities, lead erosion homogenization diversity. also modify or displace uses even extinction. 4. We present main mechanisms inception, its drivers major implications, provide key recommendations for conservation biological

Язык: Английский

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