TY - JOUR

T1 - Contributing to the cultural ecosystem services and human wellbeing debate

T2 - A case study application on indicators and linkages

AU - Wangai, Peter Waweru

AU - Burkhard, Benjamin

AU - Kruse, Marion

AU - Müller, Felix

N1 - Funding Information: This work is part of a PhD project funded by the Catholic Academic Exchange Service (KAAD) organization in Germany. We thank Friends of Karura Forest (FKF), Kenya Forest Service (KFS), Surveys of Kenya, and the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) for their cooperation and contribution during the research. We specially thank our colleagues in the Department of Ecosystem Management, Kiel University. We sincerely thank the anonymous interviewees and experts who dedicated their time to participate in the piloting and interview sessions. Finally, we thank the editorial team of the Journal Landscape Online and the anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments that highly improved the quality of this article. Publisher Copyright: © The Authors 2017. Copyright: Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

PY - 2017

Y1 - 2017

N2 - Inadequacies in the indication of cultural ecosystem services (CES) are a hindrance in assessing their comprehensive impacts on human wellbeing. Similarly, uncertainties about the quantity and quality of CES, in real time and space, have hampered the ability of resource managers to precisely take responsive management actions. The aim of the study is to demonstrate, how CES indicators can be identified and qualified in order to link CES to human wellbeing, and to integrate them into the 'ecosystem services cascade' and the Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) models. A case study methodology is applied at the Nairobi-Kiambu (Kenya) peri-urban area. Primary data on CES was collected in the case study through survey, field observations and matrix tables. Secondary data originates from literature analysis. Results show that the participatory identification of CES and human wellbeing indicators could improve their transparency and comprehensibility. The environmental policy formulation and implementation processes have been demonstrated. The tripartite framework of CES-human wellbeing-DPSIR has demonstrated more linkages and feedbacks than initially indicated in the cascade model. For policy formulation and implementation, appropriate communication of results is mandatory. This is illustrated by a terminology that enables the transfer of scientific messages to stakeholders, especially for the local people. The conclusion indicates the importance of consistency in qualifying CES and human wellbeing indicators even at this time of urgency to bridge the gaps existing in CES and human wellbeing research.

AB - Inadequacies in the indication of cultural ecosystem services (CES) are a hindrance in assessing their comprehensive impacts on human wellbeing. Similarly, uncertainties about the quantity and quality of CES, in real time and space, have hampered the ability of resource managers to precisely take responsive management actions. The aim of the study is to demonstrate, how CES indicators can be identified and qualified in order to link CES to human wellbeing, and to integrate them into the 'ecosystem services cascade' and the Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) models. A case study methodology is applied at the Nairobi-Kiambu (Kenya) peri-urban area. Primary data on CES was collected in the case study through survey, field observations and matrix tables. Secondary data originates from literature analysis. Results show that the participatory identification of CES and human wellbeing indicators could improve their transparency and comprehensibility. The environmental policy formulation and implementation processes have been demonstrated. The tripartite framework of CES-human wellbeing-DPSIR has demonstrated more linkages and feedbacks than initially indicated in the cascade model. For policy formulation and implementation, appropriate communication of results is mandatory. This is illustrated by a terminology that enables the transfer of scientific messages to stakeholders, especially for the local people. The conclusion indicates the importance of consistency in qualifying CES and human wellbeing indicators even at this time of urgency to bridge the gaps existing in CES and human wellbeing research.

KW - DPSIR-framework

KW - Human wellbeing

KW - Indicator selection

KW - Interviews

KW - Kenya

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85019723852&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.3097/LO.201750

DO - 10.3097/LO.201750

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85019723852

VL - 50

SP - 1

EP - 27

JO - Landscape Online

JF - Landscape Online

SN - 1865-1542

IS - 1

ER -