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Acceptance of near-natural greenspace management relates to ecological and socio-cultural assigned values among European urbanites

Autoři	LAMPINEN Jussi TUOMI Marta FISCHER Leonie K. NEUENKAMP Lena ALDAY Josu G. BUCHAROVA Anna CANCELLIERI Laura CASADO-ARZUAGA Izaskun ČEPLOVÁ Natálie CERVERÓ Lluisa DEÁK Balász ERIKSSON Ove FELLOWES Mark D. E. FERNÁNDEZ DE MANUEL Beatriz FILIBECK Goffredo GONZÁLEZ-GUZMÁN Adrián HINOJOSA Belen M. KOWARIK Ingo LUMBIERRES Belén MIGUEL Ana PARDO Rosa PONS Xavier RODRÍGUEZ-GARCÍA Encarna SCHRÖDER Roland SPERANDII Marta Gaia UNTERWEGER Philipp VALKÓ Orsolya VÁZQUEZ Victor KLAUS Valentin H.
Rok publikování	2021
Druh	Článek v odborném periodiku
Časopis / Zdroj	Basic and Applied Ecology
Fakulta / Pracoviště MU	Přírodovědecká fakulta
Citace
www	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1439179120301146
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2020.10.006
Klíčová slova	Urban biodiversity conservation; lawn management; nature-related values; urban grasslands; ecological restoration; socio-ecological systems; green infrastructure; urban greenspace
Popis	Grasslands 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.