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dc.contributor.authorLampinen, Jussi
dc.contributor.authorTuomi, Maria
dc.contributor.authorBucharova, Anna
dc.contributor.authorCancellieri, Laura
dc.contributor.authorCasado-Arzuaga, Izaskun
dc.contributor.authorDeák, Balázs
dc.contributor.authorEriksson, Ove
dc.contributor.authorFernández de Manuel, Beatriz
dc.contributor.authorFilibeck, Goffredo
dc.contributor.authorKowarik, Ingo
dc.contributor.authorPons, Xavier
dc.contributor.authorSchröder, Roland
dc.contributor.authorSperandii, Marta Gaia
dc.contributor.authorValkó, Orsolya
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-19T08:42:15Z
dc.date.available2021-04-19T08:42:15Z
dc.date.issued2020-10-31
dc.description.abstractGrasslands are widespread elements of urban greenspace providing recreational, psychological and aesthetic benefits to city residents. Two urban grassland types of contrasting management dominate urban greenspaces: frequently mown, species-poor short-cut lawns and less intensively managed, near-natural tall-grass meadows. The higher conservation value of tall-grass meadows makes management interventions such as converting short-cut lawns into tall-grass meadows a promising tool for urban biodiversity conservation. The societal success of such interventions, however, depends on identifying the values urban residents assign to different types of urban grasslands, and how these values translate to attitudes towards greenspace management. Using 2027 questionnaires across 19 European cities, we identify the assigned values that correlate with people's personal greenspace use and their preferences for different types of urban grasslands to determine how these values relate to the agreement with a scenario of converting 50% of their cities’ short-cut lawns into tall-grass meadows. We found that most people assigned nature-related values, such as wildness, to tall-grass meadows and utility-related values, such as recreation, to short-cut lawns. Positive value associations of wildness and species richness with tall-grass meadows, and social and nature-related greenspace activities, positively correlated with agreeing to convert short-cut lawns into tall-grass meadows. Conversely, disapproval of lawn conversion correlated with positive value associations of cleanliness and recreation potential with short-cut lawns. Here, people using greenspaces for nature-related activities were outstandingly positive about lawn conversion. The results show that the plurality of values assigned to different types of urban grasslands should be considered in urban greenspace planning. For example, tall-grass meadows could be managed to also accommodate the values associated with short-cut lawns, such as tidiness and recreation potential, to support their societal acceptance.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLampinen, Tuomi, Bucharova, Cancellieri, Casado-Arzuaga, Deák, Eriksson, Fernández de Manuel, Filibeck, Kowarik, Pons, Schröder, Sperandii, Valkó. Acceptance of near-natural greenspace management relates to ecological and socio-cultural assigned values among European urbanites. Basic and Applied Ecology. 2020en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1888090
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.baae.2020.10.006
dc.identifier.issn1439-1791
dc.identifier.issn1618-0089
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/20927
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.journalBasic and Applied Ecology
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/GREENSURGE/603567/Norway/Green Infrastructure and Urban Biodiversity for Sustainable Urban Development and the Green Economy//en_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2020 The Author(s)en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Ecology: 488en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Økologi: 488en_US
dc.titleAcceptance of near-natural greenspace management relates to ecological and socio-cultural assigned values among European urbanitesen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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