Linking Ecosystem Services with Cultural Landscape Research

• DOI: 10.14512/gaia.19.4.9
• Publication Date: 2017-03-25T07:04:46Z
• Authors: Harald Schaich; Claudia Bieling; Tobias Plieninger
• Keywords: Cultural landscape; Total human ecosystem; Ecosystem valuation

The concept of ecosystem services facilitates the valuation multiple from ecosystems and landscapes, identification trade-offs between different land use scenarios, also informs decision making in planning. Unfortunately, cultural have been mostly neglected within framework. This could result trade-off assessments which are biased mislead management landscape However, research approaches proven valuable assessment nonmaterial values services. In this paper, we compare objectives, approaches, methodologies adopted by through a bibliographic research. Both communities investigate human dimension landscapes and, hence, study same object. A closer link two would enrich possibly sharpen both approaches. particular, on such as aesthetics or heritage provide results methods for comprehensive