Evaluation of cultural ecosystem services: A review of methods

Xin Cheng, Sylvie Van Damme, Luyuan Li and Pieter Uyttenhove

Ecosystem Services, 2019, vol. 37, issue C, -

Abstract: Cultural ecosystem services (CES) refer to the nonmaterial benefits people obtain from ecosystems, and they have direct influence on quality of life. Although the concept of CES has been well accepted, they are rarely fully investigated. A significant barrier is the method for evaluating CES. This paper conducts a literature review of CES evaluation methods. Our aims are the following: to provide an overview of existing CES evaluation methods, to classify them, to analyze them, to highlight important challenges and to offer suggestions for future study.

Keywords: Cultural ecosystem services; Evaluation methods; Monetary; Non-monetary; Stated preference; Revealed preference (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2019.100925

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