Integrated Multi-Level Assessment of Ecosystem Services (ES): The Case of the Casal del Marmo Agricultural Park Area in Rome (Italy)

Davide Marino, Giampiero Mazzocchi (), Davide Pellegrino and Veridiana Barucci
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Davide Marino: Department of Biosciences and Territory, University of Molise, 86090 Pesche, Italy
Giampiero Mazzocchi: Council for Agricultural Research and the Analysis of Agricultural Economic, 00187 Rome, Italy
Davide Pellegrino: Agriconsulting, 00189 Rome, Italy
Veridiana Barucci: Sustainable Development Foundation, 00198 Rome, Italy

Land, 2022, vol. 11, issue 11, 1-15

Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the role of the ES assessment within a “place-based policy-mix model” for urban planning testing and integrating three ES assessment methodologies: (1) mapping and assessment, (2) expert-based evaluation and (3) social perception. The results indicate that (1) mapping assessment provides higher values to the regulating ecosystem services, (2) expert-based evaluation provides slightly lower values to the regulating ecosystem services and (3) social perception highlights the importance of cultural ES but tends to underestimate other ecosystem functions. These three methodologies translate into sectorial and nondialoguing policies for which decisions are made on partial and nonintegrated information. In order to design integrated policies with a view to the sustainability of the local food system, our results indicate that the planning of urban and peri-urban agricultural areas should rely on tools capable of integrating both spatial mapping methods and human-based assessment methodologies.

Keywords: agricultural park; ecosystem services; Rome; urban agriculture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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