Abstract
Ecosystem services depend on the interrelation between people and the environment, and people are increasingly recognizing the social value of ecosystem services. Based on humans needs related to the values of ecosystem services, riparian greenways, properly planned and managed for resiliency, could provide great opportunities for social ecological change and transformation toward sustainability. We focus on the ecosystem service values of such greenways based on resilience in urban communities. The purpose of this study is to assess the social value of ecosystem services for resilient riparian greenway planning and management based on a survey of residents living near the Yangjaecheon riparian greenway in Gwacheon, South Korea. First, cluster analysis was performed with data from 485 completed surveys to identify different groups of respondents. Importance-performance analysis (IPA) was then applied to develop planning and management guidance for the riparian greenway based on group characteristics. Two distinct groups were identified: the Strong Social Value of Ecosystem Services group and the Neutral Social Value of Ecosystem Services group. Different distributions were found between the two groups based on gender and residency period, and significant differences were also found for age and familiarity with the riparian greenway. The results show what each group perceived to be important and how well the riparian greenway met their expectations regarding ecosystem services. These results indicate the perceived value of ecosystem services on the basis of the group characteristics, helping establish the direction for resilient riparian greenway planning and management approaches.
Highlights
Riparian greenways are vegetated linear corridors formed by the connection of two or more vegetation buffer strips that are established along a river [1]
The purpose of this study is to assess the social value of ecosystem services for resilient riparian greenway planning and management in urban communities
The results revealed that the S-SVES group had a significantly higher familiarity than the N-SVES
Summary
Riparian greenways are vegetated linear corridors formed by the connection of two or more vegetation buffer strips that are established along a river [1]. Such greenways are based on natural resources [2], and they serve as the backbone of local and regional greenway networks [3], which are partly the result of a deep-rooted affinity that people have for watercourses in their communities. Fabos [6,7] suggested the following three objectives for greenways: (1) nature protection, because maintaining existing levels of biodiversity. Public Health 2020, 17, 3261; doi:10.3390/ijerph17093261 www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph
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