Investigating the Cultural Ecosystem Services of Urban Water Bodies and their use in Environmental and Land Use Planning

调查城市水体的文化生态系统服务及其在环境和土地利用规划中的利用

• 批准号: 2322277
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Imperial College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2322277
• 关键词: Investigating; Cultural; Ecosystem; Services; Urban

Bodies of freshwater, such as rivers, lakes and canals, serveas defining features of human settlement, are amongst themost biodiverse habitats on earth (Dudgeon et al, 2006) andhave significant importance to people, providing spiritual andinspirational values, recreational opportunities, favourableaesthetics and educational opportunities (MillenniumEcosystem Assessment, 2005). However, their value hasoften been overlooked with urbanisation and changes in landuse posing a significant threat to the services they provide(Everard and Moggridge). This PhD project will work with theEnvironment Agency to investigate the non-material benefitshumans obtain from urban blue spaces, such as health andwellbeing and to identify how this information could be usedin environmental and land use planning. This will support thedelivery of England's policy framework for freshwatermanagement.Natural environments within towns and cities has beenshown to have positive effects on health inequalities, mentalhealth, recreation and life satisfaction. Therefore, designingtowns and cities with this in mind could help to overcome theunhealthy lifestyles and increased chronic diseases that areassociated with increased urbanisation (Dora & Phillips,2000; Passchier-Vermeer & Passchier, 2000; WHO, 2009),whilst at the same time protecting the environment andpromoting sustainability.To date most investigations of the health benefits of naturalenvironments have typically not differentiated between blueand green space (Völker & Kistemann, 2011). Therefore,more research is needed to understand how urban bluespace contributes to health and wellbeing in order for thesustainable management of these resources.Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES) are the "nonmaterialbenefits people obtain from ecosystems through spiritualenrichment, cognitive development, reflection, recreation,and aesthetic experiences" (MA, 2005). Recent work hasproposed and applied frameworks to assess CES focusing onthe contribution that aspects of environmental spaces andcultural practices make to three aspects of wellbeing;identity, experiences and capabilities (Fish et al., 2016a; Fishet al., 2016b; Bryce et al., 2016). However, these have only3 / 13been applied in designated areas such as national parks,nature improvement areas and marine protected areas (Fishet al., 2016b; Bryce et al., 2016) which has overlooked urbanareas and everyday activities that have the potential toaffect the wellbeing of the increasing urban population. ThisPhD will investigate characteristics of urban blue space thatpeople visit and value, the cultural practices associated andthe benefits people obtain from urban water bodies in termsof identity and experiences. Working with the EnvironmentAgency it will then go on to review the CES framework,methods used to apply it and its use in environmental andland use planning.12 Project description: pleasecopy/paste/write a full description of theproposed project here, outlining its aims,proposed methodology, timescales andplans for dissemination and knowledgeexchange, both between the project andexternal partner and with wider audiences

河流、湖泊和运河等淡水水体是人类住区的典型特征，是地球上生物多样性最丰富的栖息地之一（Dudgeon等人，2006年），对人类具有重要意义，提供了精神和精神价值、娱乐机会、有利的美学和教育机会（千年生态系统评估，2005年）。然而，它们的价值往往被忽视，城市化和土地利用的变化对它们提供的服务构成了重大威胁（Everard和Moggridge）。这个博士项目将与环境署合作，调查人类从城市蓝色空间中获得的非物质利益，如健康和福祉，并确定如何将这些信息用于环境和土地利用规划。这将支持英格兰淡水管理政策框架的实施。城镇和城市内的自然环境已被证明对健康不平等、心理健康、娱乐和生活满意度有积极影响。因此，在设计城镇和城市时考虑到这一点，有助于克服不健康的生活方式和与城市化进程相关的慢性病（Dora &菲利普斯，2000年; Passchier-Vermeer & Passchier，2000年;世卫组织，2009年），同时保护环境和促进可持续发展。迄今为止，大多数对自然环境健康益处的调查通常没有区分介于蓝色和绿色空间之间（Völker & Kistemann，2011）。文化生态系统服务（CES）是“人们通过精神丰富、认知发展、反思、娱乐和审美体验从生态系统中获得的非物质利益”（MA，2005）。最近的工作提出并应用了评估CES的框架，重点关注环境空间和文化习俗对福祉的三个方面的贡献：身份，经验和能力（Fish等人，2016a; Fishet al.，2016 b; Bryce等人，2016年）。然而，这些方法只在指定的地区，如国家公园、自然改善区和海洋保护区应用了3/13（Fishet al.，2016 b; Bryce等人，2016年），它忽视了城市地区和日常活动，有可能影响不断增加的城市人口的福祉。本博士将调查人们参观和重视的城市蓝色空间的特征，相关的文化习俗以及人们从城市水体中获得的身份和经验。项目描述：请在此处复制/粘贴/撰写拟议项目的完整描述，概述其目标、拟议方法、时间表以及项目与外部合作伙伴之间以及与更广泛受众之间的传播和知识交流计划