Cultural ecosystem services as revealed through short stories from residents of the Swabian Alb (Germany)

Claudia Bieling

Ecosystem Services, 2014, vol. 8, issue C, 207-215

Abstract: Nonmaterial benefits related to ecosystems, termed cultural ecosystem services (CES), are the least understood element of the now widely applied ecosystem services framework. Providing an inductive view on CES, this paper presents a hermeneutical in-depth analysis of 14 short stories in which local residents articulate their thoughts on life in the Swabian Alb biosphere reserve (Germany).

Keywords: Cultural landscape; Grounded theory; Hermeneutics; Landscape values; Narrative analysis; Sense of place (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2014.04.002

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