Public Participatory Mapping of Cultural Ecosystem Services: Citizen Perception and Park Management in the Parco Nord of Milan (Italy)

Claudia Canedoli, Craig Bullock, Marcus J. Collier, Deirdre Joyce and Emilio Padoa-Schioppa
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Claudia Canedoli: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, piazza della Scienza 1, 20126 Milano, Italy
Craig Bullock: School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
Marcus J. Collier: School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College, Dublin 8, Ireland
Deirdre Joyce: School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
Emilio Padoa-Schioppa: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, piazza della Scienza 1, 20126 Milano, Italy

Sustainability, 2017, vol. 9, issue 6, 1-27

Abstract: Ecosystem services may be underestimated, and consequently threatened, when land-use planning and management decisions are based on inadequate information. Unfortunately, most of the studies aimed to evaluate and map cultural ecosystem services (CES) are not used for actual decision support therefore there is a gap in the literature about its use in practice. This study aimed to reduce this gap by: (i) mapping CES perceived by city park users through participatory mapping (PPGIS); (ii) mapping CES arising from park management (management perception); (iii) comparing citizens and park management perception to identify matches or mismatches; and (iv) discussing the utility of the data acquired and the methodology proposed to inform urban planning. The methodology presented in this study resulted in data directly informative for urban planning. It provided spatially explicit data about perceived cultural services of the park as well as information about the matching or mismatching patterns about cultural services provision comparing the users’ view with the management dimension. This research demonstrated a way to use the potential of ES mapping to inform urban planning and explored the local management demand for CES mapping, showing this to be a valuable tool for effective integration into actual decision making.

Keywords: cultural ecosystem services; land use planning; public participatory GIS; urban park; Milan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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