title: Capturing multiple values of ecosystem services shaped by environmental worldviews: a spatial analysis.
abstract: Two related approaches to valuing nature have been advanced in past research including the study of ecosystem services and psychological investigations of the factors that shape behavior. Stronger integration of the insights that emerge from these two lines of enquiry can more effectively sustain ecosystems, economies, and human well-being. Drawing on survey data collected from outdoor recreationists on Santa Cruz Island within Channel Islands National Park, U.S., our study blends these two research approaches to examine a range of tangible and intangible values of ecosystem services provided to stakeholders with differing biocentric and anthropocentric worldviews. We used Public Participation Geographic Information System methods to collect survey data and a Social Values for Ecosystem Services mapping application to spatially analyze a range of values assigned to terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems in the park. Our results showed that preferences for the provision of biological diversity, recreation, and scientific-based values of ecosystem services varied across a spatial gradient. We also observed differences that emerged from a comparison between survey subgroups defined by their worldviews. The implications emanating from this investigation aim to support environmental management decision-making in the context of protected areas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Recreation, Sport and Tourism, College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1206 South Fourth St., Champaign, IL 61820, USA. Electronic address: cvanripe@illinois.edu.
authors.forename: Carena J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Van Riper
authors.affiliation: Human Dimensions of Natural Resources Laboratory, Department of Recreation, Park & Tourism Sciences, 600 John Kimbrough Blvd., Mailstop: 2261, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 7783, USA.
authors.forename: Gerard T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Kyle
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044822:Biodiversity; D003256:Community Participation; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003625:Data Collection; D003657:Decision Making; D017753:Ecosystem; D058735:Environmental Policy; D005260:Female; D040362:Geographic Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011998:Recreation; D062206:Spatial Analysis; D014481:United States
keywords: Ecosystem services; New ecological paradigm; Outdoor recreation; Protected areas; Public participation geographic information systems