Resource description:
Clarifications of the concept of socio-cultural valuation and a structured listing of the available methodologies facilitate a better integration of socio-cultural values in ecosystem service assessments and help researchers and practitioners to choose methods from the available portfolio. We therefore provide: 1.) a conceptual framework, that sheds light into the different ecological and social factors that shape socio-cultural values, 2.) an overview of quantitative and qualitative methods to assess socio-cultural values, highlighting their strengths and weaknesses, and 3.) a framework to integrate socio-cultural ecosystem service assessments with ecological and economic assessments.
Author/Contact:
Peter H. Verburg
VU University Amsterdam
De Boelelaan 1087
1081 HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Peter.verburg@vu.nl
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Requirements:
- none
Advantages:
- Clarification of how socio-cultural values can be defined
- Overview of suitability of different methods for the collection of socio-cultural values
- For every method advantages are listed
Constraints:
- For every method constraints are listed
DOI reference:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.03.007
Licence:
- Free, no licence
Development stage:
- Full, working product