Abstract
Meléndez-Ackerman, E. J., R. Santiago-Bartolomei, C. P. Vila-Ruiz, L. E. Santiago, D. García-Montiel, J. C. Verdejo-Ortiz, H. Manrique-Hernández, and E. Hernández-Calo. 2014. Socioeconomic drivers of yard sustainable practices in a tropical city. Ecology and Society 19(3): 20. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06563-190320
Highlights
There is a growing consensus that urban green areas are just as necessary as protected areas in the provision of ecosystem services and in the implementation of conservation strategies worldwide (Puppim de Oliveira et al 2010, Colding 2011, McDonnell 2011)
Our results showed that ownership status and the resident’s age appeared to be important influences on vegetation and yard characteristics within the Río Piedras watershed (RPWS) once variation in yard size was taken into account
The range of variation in overall sustainable yard practices as defined by vegetation quality, quantity, and green cover at the residential scale on this tropical watershed was ample, but most yards fell on the low end of the yard green infrastructure (YGI) index
Summary
There is a growing consensus that urban green areas are just as necessary as protected areas in the provision of ecosystem services and in the implementation of conservation strategies worldwide (Puppim de Oliveira et al 2010, Colding 2011, McDonnell 2011). A rising interest in the ecosystem services provided by urban green infrastructure has propelled the development of guidelines or recommendations by a variety of organizations for the design and maintenance of urban green areas, whether public or private, such that these services can be maximized (Town and Country Planning Association 2004, Benedict and McMahon 2006, Sustainable Sites Initiative 2009) Many of these guidelines are consistent with current views on sustainable gardening practices and yard management (Cross and Spencer 1996, Tallamy 2007). Evaluating the degree to which residential yard areas within cities maintain sustainable vegetation practices requires the characterization of yard features, e.g., tree cover, extent of green space, and number species, and an assessment of how these vary in relation to each other
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