Capturing landscape values in peri-urban Satoyama forests

Diversity of visitors' perceptions and implications for future value assessments

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ID19586152
AutoresBarbara Kovács (0000-0002-0196-7163, Instituto Politécnico Nacional), Yuta Uchiyama (0000-0001-7363-896X, Kobe University), Y Miyake (0000-0003-3246-243X, The University of Tokyo), Jay Mar D Quevedo (0000-0003-1940-4462, The University of Tokyo), Ryo Kohsaka (0000-0001-6822-4340, The University of Tokyo, autor de correspondencia)
Año2022
Volumen10
Páginas100339
Fecha de publicación2022-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTrees Forests and People (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2666-7193 • E-ISSN: 2666-7193
EditorialElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.tfp.2022.100339
OpenAlexW4298008010
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas71

Peri-urban Satoyama forests in Japan provide multiple or bundles of cultural ecosystem services (CES), yet, visitors’ perceptions of CES are not well established. There is a need to explore these perceptions in order to provide comprehensive information to forest managers. This study aims to address this knowledge gap by exploring the profiles of visitors of peri-urban Satoyama forests and their perceived importance of CES using a landscape value (LV) typology table. Nine LVs of Kaisho Forest in Aichi, Japan were assessed using face-to-face questionnaires on socio-demographic variables, forest use, and a photograph-based approach, which were analyzed using descriptive statistics, quantitative cross-tabulation, multiple response analyses, and geocoding. Results showed that the forest is visited mostly by married elderly people from Aichi Prefecture who were engaged in forest bathing or birdwatching. Forest use patterns, like frequency, duration of the visit, and group size, presented a significant relation to demographic variables, like marital status or gender. Furthermore, the study showed how visitors ́ LV perceptions were weighted towards natural and aesthetic values. The socio-cultural Satoyama forest elements displayed a more detailed value perception where recreational, therapeutic, spiritual, cultural-historic, and educational values were also assigned. The LV perception enhances a comprehensive description of the perceived positive effects of visiting such forests. Hence, we concluded that visitors gain positive effects on mental and emotional health and spirituality as part of CES. Forest managers can reflect and accommodate diverse landscape value typology as a tool for monitoring visitors’ perceptions

Environmental resource management · Forest management · Geography · Marital status · Perception · Population · Recreation · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Typology · Demography · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Psychology · Urban Agriculture and Sustainability · Urban Green Space and Health · Ecology · Forestry