Aligning landscape structure with ecosystem services along an urban–rural gradient. Trade-offs and transitions towards cultural services

Herrero-Jáuregui, Cristina; Arnaiz-Schmitz, Cecilia; Herrera, Lorena; Smart, Simon M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2750-7832; Montes, Carlos; Pineda, Francisco D.; Fe Schmitz, Maria. 2019 Aligning landscape structure with ecosystem services along an urban–rural gradient. Trade-offs and transitions towards cultural services. Landscape Ecology, 34 (7). 1525-1545. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-018-0756-3

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Abstract/Summary

Context: Urban–rural gradients provide a suitable framework for studying the provision of urban and rural ecosystem services (ES), linked to social welfare. Landscape structure (LS) changes along urban–rural gradients but our understanding of the effects of LS on ES remains at an early stage. Objectives: We have quantified the relationship between changes in LS and ES supply along an urban–rural gradient in Central Spain, and compared the intensity of change with the land conservation status, degree of urbanization and proximity to Madrid city. Methods: We inferred the provision of ES at municipality level based on proxies from socio-economic data and land use maps, and characterized LS through metrics calculated from Corine land cover maps at two dates. We used Canonical Correspondence Analysis and Generalized Linear Models to analyse the data. Results There was a marked tendency for change in 20 years towards heterogeneous and poorly connected landscapes. This structural change appeared associated with trade-offs in ES, consisting of a loss of provisioning and regulating services inherent to agricultural and silvo-pastoral landscapes in favour of tourist-cultural and accommodation services, recently demanded by a growing urban population.intensity of this change was favoured by urbanization processes, the proximity to the city, and restrictive protection measures linked to supramunicipal land management conservation plans. Conclusions: Our results question the effectiveness of long-term conservation measures taken in Spain to protect cultural landscapes. The innovative approach we use to analyse LS–ES coupling along urban–rural gradients provides a powerful tool for social-ecological land planning.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-018-0756-3
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Soils and Land Use (Science Area 2017-)
ISSN:	0921-2973
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Additional Keywords:	land planning, landscape metrics, land use-land cover change, protected areas, social-ecological systems, urban sprawl
NORA Subject Terms:	Ecology and Environment
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Date made live:	30 Jan 2019 11:45 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/522026

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-018-0756-3

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Soils and Land Use (Science Area 2017-)

ISSN:

0921-2973

Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:

Publisher link (see Related URLs) provides a read-only full-text copy of the published paper.

Additional Keywords:

land planning, landscape metrics, land use-land cover change, protected areas, social-ecological systems, urban sprawl