TY - JOUR A1 - Kamjunke, Norbert A1 - Schmidt, Katja A1 - Pflugmacher, Stephan A1 - Mehner, Thomas T1 - Consumption of cyanobacteria by roach (Rutilus rutilus) : useful or harmful to the fish? N2 - 1. The ability of roach to use cyanobacterial food is generally believed to be one reason for the dominance of roach over perch in eutrophic European lakes. The aim of this study was to test whether cyanobacteria really are a suitable food for juvenile roach. Special attention was paid to differences between the two cyanobacteria species Aphanizomenon and Microcystis which are common in eutrophic lakes and are ingested by roach there. 2. We performed growth and behaviour experiments with juvenile roach fed with zooplankton and the different cyanobacteria. Growth rate with Aphanizomenon was lower than with Daphnia but significantly higher than without food, whereas growth rate with Microcystis was as low as without food. 3. In cultivation experiments of roach faeces, Microcystis was found not to have been digested and grew exponentially after passing through the gut whereas Aphanizomenon stayed at low biomass. Differences in growth were not related to the toxin content of cyanobacteria. Investigations of roach motility showed no differences whether fed Aphanizomenon or Microcystis. 4. In contrast to Microcystis, Aphanizomenon can be regarded as a suitable food source for juvenile roach probably due to its better digestability. We conclude that the ability to feed on cyanobacteria is not a general competitive advantage for roach, but the outcome depends on the species composition of the cyanobacteria. Y1 - 2002 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Schmidt, Katja A1 - Sachse, René A1 - Walz, Ariane T1 - Current role of social benefits in ecosystem service assessments T2 - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe N2 - Ecosystem services have a significant impact on human wellbeing. While ecosystem services are frequently represented by monetary values, social values and underlying social benefits remain under explored. The purpose of this study is to assess whether and how social benefits have been explicitly addressed within socio-economic and socio-cultural ecosystem services research, ultimately allowing a better understanding between ecosystem services and human well-being. In this paper, we reviewed 115 international primary valuation studies and tested four hypotheses associated to the identification of social benefits of ecosystem services using logistic regressions. Tested hypotheses were that (1) social benefits are mostly derived in studies that assess cultural ecosystem services as opposed to other ecosystem service types, (2) there is a pattern of social benefits and certain cultural ecosystem services assessed simultaneously, (3) monetary valuation techniques go beyond expressing monetary values and convey social benefits, and (4) directly addressing stakeholder's views the consideration of social benefits in ecosystem service assessments. Our analysis revealed that (1) a variety of social benefits are valued in studies that assess either of the four ecosystem service types, (2) certain social benefits are likely to co-occur in combination with certain cultural ecosystem services, (3) of the studies that employed monetary valuation techniques, simulated market approaches overlapped most frequently with the assessment of social benefits and (4) studies that directly incorporate stakeholder's views were more likely to also assess social benefits. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 915 KW - literature review KW - non-monetary valuation KW - monetary valuation KW - social valuation Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-442024 SN - 1866-8372 IS - 915 SP - 49 EP - 64 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Schmidt, Katja A1 - Walz, Ariane A1 - Jones, Isobel A1 - Metzger, Marc J. T1 - The sociocultural value of upland regions in the vicinity of cities in comparison with urban green spaces T2 - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe N2 - Mountain and upland regions provide a wide range of ecosystem services to residents and visitors. While ecosystem research in mountain regions is on the rise, the linkages between sociocultural benefits and ecological systems remain little explored. Mountainous regions close to urban areas provide numerous benefits to a large number of individuals, suggesting a high social value, particularly for cultural ecosystem services. We explored and compared visitors' valuation of ecosystem services in the Pentland Hills, an upland range close to the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, and urban green spaces within Edinburgh. Based on 715 responses to user surveys in both study areas, we identified intense use and high social value for both areas. Several ecosystem services were perceived as equally important in both areas, including many cultural ecosystem services. Significant differences were revealed in the value of physically using nature, which Pentland Hills users rated more highly than those in the urban green spaces, and of mitigation of pollutants and carbon sequestration, for which the urban green spaces were valued more highly. Major differences were further identified for preferences in future land management, with nature-oriented management preferred by about 57% of the interviewees in the Pentland Hills, compared to 31% in the urban parks. The study highlights the substantial value of upland areas in close vicinity to a city for physically using and experiencing nature, with a strong acceptance of nature conservation. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 920 KW - ecosystem services KW - mountains near cities KW - urban green spaces KW - social valuation KW - perception KW - preferences in land management KW - Scotland Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-442010 SN - 1866-8372 IS - 920 SP - 465 EP - 474 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schmidt, Katja A1 - Sachse, Rene A1 - Walz, Ariane T1 - Current role of social benefits in ecosystem service assessments JF - Landscape and urban planning : an international journal of landscape ecology, planning and design N2 - Ecosystem services have a significant impact on human wellbeing. While ecosystem services are frequently represented by monetary values, social values and underlying social benefits remain underexplored. The purpose of this study is to assess whether and how social benefits have been explicitly addressed within socio-economic and socio-cultural ecosystem services research, ultimately allowing a better understanding between ecosystem services and human well-being. In this paper, we reviewed 115 international primary valuation studies and tested four hypotheses associated to the identification of social benefits of ecosystem services using logistic regressions. Tested hypotheses were that (1) social benefits are mostly derived in studies that assess cultural ecosystem services as opposed to other ecosystem service types, (2) there is a pattern of social benefits and certain cultural ecosystem services assessed simultaneously, (3) monetary valuation techniques go beyond expressing monetary values and convey social benefits, and (4) directly addressing stakeholdeŕs views the consideration of social benefits in ecosystem service assessments. Our analysis revealed that (1) a variety of social benefits are valued in studies that assess either of the four ecosystem service types, (2) certain social benefits are likely to co-occur in combination with certain cultural ecosystem services, (3) of the studies that employed monetary valuation techniques, simulated market approaches overlapped most frequently with the assessment of social benefits and (4) studies that directly incorporate stakeholder's views were more likely to also assess social benefits. KW - Literature review KW - Non-monetary valuation KW - Monetary valuation KW - Social valuation Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.01.005 SN - 0169-2046 SN - 1872-6062 VL - 149 SP - 49 EP - 64 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schmidt, Katja A1 - Walz, Ariane A1 - Jones, Isobel A1 - Metzger, Marc J. T1 - The Sociocultural Value of Upland Regions in the Vicinity of Cities in Comparison With Urban Green Spaces JF - Mountain research and development KW - Ecosystem services KW - mountains near cities KW - urban green spaces KW - social valuation KW - perception KW - preferences in land management KW - Scotland Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-16-00044.1 SN - 0276-4741 SN - 1994-7151 VL - 36 SP - 465 EP - 474 PB - American Geophysical Union CY - Lawrence ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schmidt, Katja A1 - Walz, Ariane A1 - Martin-Lopez, Berta A1 - Sachse, Rene T1 - Testing socio-cultural valuation methods of ecosystem services to explain land use preferences JF - Ecosystem Services : Science, Policy and Practice N2 - Socio-cultural valuation still emerges as a methodological field in ecosystem service (ES) research and until now lacks consistent formalisation and balanced application in ES assessments. In this study, we examine the explanatory value of ES values for land use preferences. We use 563 responses to a survey about the Pentland Hills regional park in Scotland. Specifically, we aim to (1) identify clusters of land use preferences by using a novel visualisation tool, (2) test if socio-cultural values of ESs or (3) user characteristics are linked with land use preferences, and (4) determine whether both socio-cultural values of ESs and user characteristics can predict land use preferences. Our results suggest that there are five groups of people with different land use preferences, ranging from forest and nature enthusiasts to traditionalists, multi-functionalists and recreation seekers. Rating and weighting of ESs and user characteristics were associated with different clusters. Neither socio-cultural values nor user characteristics were suitable predictors for land use preferences. While several studies have explored land use preferences by identifying socio-cultural values in the past, our findings imply that in this case study ES values inform about general perceptions but do not replace the assessment of land use preferences. (C) 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license. KW - Non-monetary valuation KW - Values KW - Visitors KW - Landscape visualisation KW - Visualisation tool Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.07.001 SN - 2212-0416 VL - 26 SP - 270 EP - 288 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - THES A1 - Schmidt, Katja T1 - Assessing, testing, and implementing socio-cultural valuation methods to operationalise ecosystem services in land use management T1 - Berücksichtigung, Überprüfung und Implentierung sozio-kultureller Bewertungsmethoden für die Operationalisierung von Ökosystemleistungen im Landschaftsmanagement N2 - Ecosystem services (ESs) are defined as the contributions that ecosystems make to human wellbeing and are increasingly being used as an approach to explore the importance of ecosystems for humans through their valuation. Although value plurality has been recognised long before the mainstreaming of ESs research, socio-cultural valuation is still underrepresented in ESs assessments. It is the central goal of this PhD dissertation to explore the ability of socio-cultural valuation methods for the operationalisation of ESs research in land management. To address this, I formulated three research objectives that are briefly outlined below and relate to the three studies conducted during this dissertation. The first objective relates to the assessment of the current role of socio-cultural valuation in ESs research. Human values are central to ESs research yet non-monetary socio-cultural valuation methods have been found underrepresented in the field of ESs science. In regard to the unbalanced consideration of value domains and conceptual uncertainties, I perform a systematic literature review aiming to answer the research question: To what extent have socio-cultural values been addressed in ESs assessments. The second objective aims to test socio-cultural valuation methods of ESs and their relevance for land use preferences by exploring their methodological opportunities and limitations. Socio-cultural valuation methods have only recently become a focus in ESs research and therefore bear various uncertainties in regard to their methodological implications. To overcome these uncertainties, I analysed responses to a visitor survey. The research questions related to the second objective were: What are the implications of different valuation methods for ESs values? To what extent are land use preferences explained by socio-cultural values of ESs? The third objective addressed in this dissertation is the implementation of ESs research into land management through socio-cultural valuation. Though it is emphasised that the ESs approach can assist decision making, there is little empirical evidence of the effect of ESs knowledge on land management. I proposed a way to implement transdisciplinary, spatially explicit research on ESs by answering the following research questions: Which landscape features underpinning ESs supply are considered in land management? How can participatory approaches accounting for ESs be operationalised in land management? The empirical research resulted in five main findings that provide answers to the research questions. First, this dissertation provides evidence that socio-cultural values are an integral part of ESs research. I found that they can be assessed for provisioning, regulating, and cultural services though they are linked to cultural services to a greater degree. Socio-cultural values have been assessed by monetary and non-monetary methods and their assessment is effectively facilitated by stakeholder participation. Second, I found that different methods of socio-cultural valuation revealed different information. Whereas rating revealed a general value of ESs, weighting was found more suitable to identify priorities across ESs. Value intentions likewise differed in the distribution of values, generally implying a higher value for others than for respondents themselves. Third, I showed that ESs values were distributed similarly across groups with differing land use preferences. Thus, I provided empirical evidence that ESs values and landscape values should not be used interchangeably. Fourth, I showed which landscape features important for ESs supply in a Scottish regional park are not sufficiently accounted for in the current management strategy. This knowledge is useful for the identification of priority sites for land management. Finally, I provide an approach to explore how ESs knowledge elicited by participatory mapping can be operationalised in land management. I demonstrate how stakeholder knowledge and values can be used for the identification of ESs hotspots and how these hotspots can be compared to current management priorities. This dissertation helps to bridge current gaps of ESs science by advancing the understanding of the current role of socio-cultural values in ESs research, testing different methods and their relevance for land use preferences, and implementing ESs knowledge into land management. If and to what extent ESs and their values are implemented into ecosystem management is mainly the choice of the management. An advanced understanding of socio-cultural valuation methods contributes to the normative basis of this management, while the proposal for the implementation of ESs in land management presents a practical approach of how to transfer this type of knowledge into practice. The proposed methods for socio-cultural valuation can support guiding land management towards a balanced consideration of ESs and conservation goals. N2 - Das Konzept der Ökosystemleistungen (ÖSL) wird in der Wissenschaft seit einigen Jahren vermehrt verwendet, um die Beiträge von Ökosystemen zum menschlichen Wohlbefinden zu bewerten. Das Konzept der ÖSL sieht vor, dass dabei viele verschiedene Wertkategorien gleichberechtigt zum Tragen kommen. Dazu gehören etwa ökonomische, ökologische und sozio-kulturelle Werte, die zu integrieren sind. Diesem Anspruch zum Trotz wird jedoch bislang der Bereich der sozio-kulturellen Werte zugunsten monetärer Werte in der Wissenschaft weitgehend vernachlässigt. Zudem müssen Wege gefunden werden, das Wissen über ÖSL und deren Werte in der Landschafts- und Raumplanung umzusetzen und damit praktisch nutzbar zu machen. Es ist das Ziel der vorliegenden Dissertation, die Eignung von sozio-kulturellen Bewertungsmethoden für die Operationalisierung von ÖSL in Landschafts- und Raumplanung zu untersuchen. Hierfür wurden drei Forschungsschwerpunkte verfolgt. (1) Es wurde untersucht, inwieweit gegenwärtige ÖSL-Bewertungsstudien sozio-kulturelle Werte berücksichtigen. (2) Verschiedene sozio-kulturelle Bewertungsmethoden für ÖSL wurden daraufhin geprüft, inwieweit sie geeignet sind, die Landschaftspräferenzen unterschiedlicher Nutzergruppen offenzulegen und (3) wurde ein Ansatz entwickelt, um die ÖSL-Forschung in die Landschafts- und Raumplanung zu implementieren. (1) Mittels einer Literaturanalyse konnte gezeigt werden, dass sozio-kulturelle Werte bei der Bewertung von produktiven, regulierenden und kulturellen ÖSL erhoben werden, wobei ein engerer Zusammenhang zwischen sozio-kulturellen Werten und kulturellen ÖSL festgestellt wurde. Zwischen sozio-kulturellen Werten und kulturellen Leistungen konnten einige Überlappungen aber auch zahlreiche Unterschiede aufgezeigt werden, was auf eine Trennung der beiden Bereiche hinweist. Darüber hinaus konnte gezeigt werden, dass sich nicht-monetäre Bewertungsmethoden besonders für die Erhebung sozio-kultureller Werte eignen wobei auch monetäre Bewertungsmethoden sozio-kulturelle Werte erfassen, vor allem mittels simulierter Marktansätze (z.B. Zahlungsbereitschaft, Choice Experimente). Die Arbeit zeigte zudem, dass Studien, welche Stakeholder oder die Öffentlichkeit beteiligten, häufiger ebenfalls sozio-kulturelle Werte erhoben. (2) Bei einer Besucherbefragung in einem schottischen Regionalpark führten unterschiedliche Methoden zu unterschiedlichen Ergebnissen. Die Bewertung von ÖSL auf einer 5-Punkteskala führte zu einer allgemeinen Einschätzung über die Wichtigkeit der verschiedenen ÖSL während eine Gewichtung der Leistungen (Verteilung von insgesamt 100 Punkten auf 9 ÖSL) eine relative Einschätzung über die Wichtigkeit der ÖSL und deren Prioritäten ermöglichte. Verschiedene Werteintentionen lieferten ähnlich unterschiedliche Ergebnisse, wobei persönliche Werte differenzierter und allgemein höher ausfielen als gesellschaftliche Werte. Zudem konnte gezeigt werden, dass sozio-kulturelle Werte für ÖSL ähnlich zwischen fünf Gruppen mit unterschiedlichen Landschaftspräferenzen verteilt waren. Die Arbeit liefert demnach empirische Belege dafür, dass es sich bei ÖSL und Landschaftspräferenzen um zwei Konzepte handelt, die nicht untereinander austauschbar sind. (3) Für die Entwicklung eines Ansatzes zur Implementierung von ÖSL-Forschung in die Landschafts- und Raumplanung wurde ein Methodenmix verwendet. Es wurden Ergebnisse eines Stakeholderworkshops verwendet bei dem ÖSL von Stakeholdern kartiert wurden. Mittels dieser Kartierung wurden Landschaftseigenschaften untersucht, die eine besondere Bedeutung für die Bereitstellung der ÖSL haben. Es wurde weiterhin untersucht, inwieweit diese Landschaftseigenschaften im derzeitigen Management Plan priorisiert werden. Die Diskrepanz zwischen Landschaftseigenschaften, die zentral für die Bereitstellung von ÖSL sind, und denen, die derzeit im Management Plan berücksichtigt werden, kann Aufschluss über mögliche Zielkonflikte geben und kann zudem dabei helfen, künftige Planungsprioritäten festzulegen, etwa indem Vorranggebiete für bestimmte ÖSL ausgewiesen werden. Diese Arbeit untersucht die Eignung von sozio-kulturellen Bewertungsmethoden für die Operationalisierung von ÖSL in Landschafts- und Raumplanung. In diesem Zusammenhang liefert die Arbeit neue Erkenntnisse darüber, inwiefern derzeit sozio-kulturellen Werten in ÖSL-Bewertungsstudien berücksichtigt werden. Sie zeigt Möglichkeiten und Grenzen von verschiedenen anerkannten sozio-kulturellen Bewertungsmethoden auf und ermöglicht ein besseres Verständnis über deren Abgrenzung zu Landschaftspräferenzen. Schließlich präsentiert diese Arbeit einen komplexen methodischen Ansatz, um ÖSL-Forschung in die Landschafts- und Raumplanung zu integrieren. KW - non-monetary valuation KW - participatory mapping KW - PPGIS KW - landscape preferences KW - nicht-monetäre Bewertung KW - PPGIS KW - Landschaftspräferenzen Y1 - 2017 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-411049 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schmidt, Katja A1 - Martin-Lopez, Berta A1 - Phillips, Peter M. A1 - Julius, Eike A1 - Makan, Neville A1 - Walz, Ariane T1 - Key landscape features in the provision of ecosystem services BT - Insights for management JF - Land use policy N2 - Whereas ecosystem service research is increasingly being promoted in science and policy, the utilisation of ecosystem services knowledge remains largely underexplored for regional ecosystem management. To overcome the mere generation of knowledge and contribute to decision-making, scientists are facing the challenge of articulating specific implications of the ecosystem service approach for practical land use management. In this contribution, we compare the results of participatory mapping of ecosystem services with the existing management plan for the Pentland Hills Regional Park (Scotland, UK) to inform its future management plan. By conducting participatory mapping in a workshop with key stakeholders (n = 20), we identify hotspots of ecosystem services and the landscape features underpinning such hotspots. We then analyse to what extent these landscape features are the focus of the current management plan. We found a clear mismatch between the key landscape features underpinning the provision of ecosystem services and the management strategy suggested. Our findings allow for a better understanding of the required focus of future land use management to account for ecosystem services. KW - Participatory mapping KW - PPGIS KW - Landscape features KW - Content analysis KW - Land use management KW - Operationalisation Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.12.022 SN - 0264-8377 SN - 1873-5754 VL - 82 SP - 353 EP - 366 PB - Elsevier CY - Oxford ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Thieken, Annegret A1 - Dierck, Julia A1 - Dunst, Lea A1 - Göpfert, Christian A1 - Heidenreich, Anna A1 - Hetz, Karen A1 - Kern, Julia A1 - Kern, Kristine A1 - Lipp, Torsten A1 - Lippert, Cordine A1 - Meves, Monika A1 - Niederhafner, Stefan A1 - Otto, Antje A1 - Rohrbacher, Christian A1 - Schmidt, Katja A1 - Strate, Leander A1 - Stumpp, Inga A1 - Walz, Ariane T1 - Urbane Resilienz gegenüber extremen Wetterereignissen – Typologien und Transfer von Anpassungsstrategien in kleinen Großstädten und Mittelstädten (ExTrass) BT - Verbundvorhaben „Zukunftsstadt“ (Definitionsprojekt) N2 - Weltweit verursachen Städte etwa 70 % der Treibhausgasemissionen und sind daher wichtige Akteure im Klimaschutz bzw. eine wichtige Zielgruppe von Klimapolitiken. Gleichzeitig sind Städte besonders stark von möglichen Auswirkungen des Klimawandels betroffen: Insbesondere extreme Wetterereignisse wie Hitzewellen oder Starkregenereignisse mit Überflutungen verursachen in Städten hohe Sachschäden und wirken sich negativ auf die Gesundheit der städtischen Bevölkerung aus. Daher verfolgt das Projekt ExTrass das Ziel, die städtische Resilienz gegenüber extremen Wetterereignissen in enger Zusammenarbeit mit Stadtverwaltungen, Strukturen des Bevölkerungsschutzes und der Zivilgesellschaft zu stärken. Im Fokus stehen dabei (kreisfreie) Groß- und Mittelstädte mit 50.000 bis 500.000 Einwohnern, insbesondere die Fallstudienstädte Potsdam, Remscheid und Würzburg. Der vorliegende Bericht beinhaltet die Ergebnisse der 14-monatigen Definitionsphase von ExTrass, in der vor allem die Abstimmung eines Arbeitsprogramms im Mittelpunkt stand, das in einem nachfolgenden dreijährigen Forschungsprojekt (F+E-Phase) gemeinsam von Wissenschaft und Praxispartnern umgesetzt werden soll. Begleitend wurde eine Bestandsaufnahme von Klimaanpassungs- und Klimaschutzstrategien/-plänen in 99 deutschen Groß- und Mittelstädten vorgenommen. Zudem wurden für Potsdam und Würzburg Pfadanalysen für die Klimapolitik durchgeführt. Darin wird insbesondere die Bedeutung von Schlüsselakteuren deutlich. Weiterhin wurden im Rahmen von Stakeholder-Workshops Anpassungsherausforderungen und aktuelle Handlungsbedarfe in den Fallstudienstädten identifiziert und Lösungsansätze erarbeitet, die in der F+E-Phase entwickelt und getestet werden sollen. Neben Maßnahmen auf gesamtstädtischer Ebene und auf Stadtteilebene wurden Maßnahmen angestrebt, die die Risikowahrnehmung, Vorsorge und Selbsthilfefähigkeit von Unternehmen und Bevölkerung stärken können. Daher wurde der Stand der Risikokommunikation in Deutschland für das Projekt aufgearbeitet und eine erste Evaluation von Risikokommunikationswerkzeugen durchgeführt. Der Bericht endet mit einer Kurzfassung des Arbeitsprogramms 2018-2021. N2 - Cities are responsible for around 70 % of the global greenhouse gas emissions and are hence important for climate mitigation; consequently they are a crucial target group of climate policies. At the same time, cities are also severely affected by potential impacts of climate change: extreme weather events such as heat waves or heavy precipitation (pluvial floods) cause high economic losses in urban areas and have adverse effects on the health of the urban population. Therefore, the project ExTrass is aimed at measurably enhancing cities’ resilience against extreme weather events jointly with representatives of urban administrations, disaster assistance and civil society. The project focusses on small metropolises and medium-sized cities with 50,000 to 500,000 inhabitants, in particular on the case study cities of Potsdam, Remscheid and Würzburg. The report summarizes the results of a 14-month definition phase whose main purpose was to define the research program of the successive 3-year-R+D-project, to be implemented jointly by researchers and practitioners. In addition, an inventory of climate change adaptation and climate mitigation strategies and plans of 99 German metropolises and medium-sized cities was created. Moreover, an in-depth analysis of the pathways of climate policies in the cities of Potsdam and Würzburg was conducted, which particularly revealed the relevance of key personalities. Furthermore, current challenges in climate adaptation and needs for action were identified during stakeholder workshops in the case study cities. In addition, possible solutions were discussed which will be implemented and tested during the R+D-project. Besides measures on the city level and on the level of urban districts, options that improve risk awareness, preparedness and coping capacities of enterprises and residents are strived for. Thus the state-of-the-art of risk communication in Germany was reviewed for the project and a first evaluation of a serious game was performed. The report ends with a brief outline of the work program 2018-2021. KW - Klimaanpassung KW - Klimaschutz KW - Pfadanalysen KW - Stadtentwicklung KW - Hitze KW - Starkregen KW - Risikokommunikation KW - Potsdam KW - Würzburg KW - Deutschland KW - Climate Adaptation KW - Climate Mitigation KW - analysis of pathways KW - urban development KW - heat KW - pluvial flooding KW - risk communication KW - city of Potsdam KW - city of Wuerzburg KW - Germany Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-416067 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Walz, Ariane A1 - Schmidt, Katja A1 - Ruiz-Frau, Ana A1 - Nicholas, Kimberly A. A1 - Bierry, Adeline A1 - Lentsch, Aster de Vries A1 - Dyankov, Apostol A1 - Joyce, Deirdre A1 - Liski, Anja H. A1 - Marba, Nuria A1 - Rosario, Ines T. A1 - Scholte, Samantha S. K. T1 - Sociocultural valuation of ecosystem services for operational ecosystem management: mapping applications by decision contexts in Europe JF - Regional environmental change N2 - Sociocultural valuation (SCV) of ecosystem services (ES) discloses the principles, importance or preferences expressed by people towards nature. Although ES research has increasingly addressed sociocultural values in past years, little effort has been made to systematically review the components of sociocultural valuation applications for different decision contexts (i.e. awareness raising, accounting, priority setting, litigation and instrument design). In this analysis, we investigate the characteristics of 48 different sociocultural valuation applications—characterised by unique combinations of decision context, methods, data collection formats and participants—across ten European case studies. Our findings show that raising awareness for the sociocultural value of ES by capturing people’s perspective and establishing the status quo, was found the most frequent decision context in case studies, followed by priority setting and instrument development. Accounting and litigation issues were not addressed in any of the applications. We reveal that applications for particular decision contexts are methodologically similar, and that decision contexts determine the choice of methods, data collection formats and participants involved. Therefore, we conclude that understanding the decision context is a critical first step to designing and carrying out fit-for-purpose sociocultural valuation of ES in operational ecosystem management. KW - Sociocultural valuation KW - Ecosystem services KW - Local-to-regional scale KW - Operational use Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-019-01506-7 SN - 1436-3798 SN - 1436-378X VL - 19 IS - 8 SP - 2245 EP - 2259 PB - Springer CY - Heidelberg ER -