An expression of multiple values: The relationship between community, landscape and natural resource
Journal article
Authors | Smith, Darrell, Convery, Ian, Ramsey, Andrew and Kouloumpis, Viktor |
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Abstract | To aid political and institutional decision making in the sustainable use of natural resources the value of ecological, socio-cultural and economic assets has increasingly been communicated in terms of monetary units. Despite reliance upon natural resources, the impact of human activities has now reached a stage where cumulative losses are forcing society to re-appraise the evaluation process and how to better incorporate these values in to the decision-making process. This paper examines the attributes of value held by natural resources within ecological, socio-cultural and economic value domains from the perspective of a rural UK community. Here we reflect upon the continued primacy of monetary valuation of natural resource using two approaches, a scaled preference-based value typology and a place-based map measure. We demonstrate that the societal relationships which inform the evaluation of natural resources are both multi-faceted and hierarchical. Moreover, whilst aware of the utilitarian character of society’s relationship with natural resource, the societal value-for-natural-resource relationship is primarily expressed using social-ecological qualities. These results add weight to the call for a new approach towards natural resource evaluation and how these values contribute to the sustainability agenda. New methods of evaluation must adopt multiple values that extend beyond a solely economic-based commodification concern to encompass the human relationship with the resource itself. Wherein, a multi-faceted approach to attributing value to natural resource, set within an experiential framework, can provide a focal point for discussion and the decision-making process. |
Keywords | Natural Resource Evaluation; Preference Based Value; Map-based value; Value typology; Social-economic systems; Economic value |
Year | 2016 |
Journal | Rural Landscapes: Society, Environment, History |
Publisher | Stockholm University Press |
ISSN | 2002-0104 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.16993/rl.31 |
Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/620680 |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
hdl:10545/620680 | |
Publication dates | 24 Oct 2016 |
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Deposited | 31 Oct 2016, 11:47 |
Contributors | University of Derby |
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https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/940qy/an-expression-of-multiple-values-the-relationship-between-community-landscape-and-natural-resource
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