TY - JOUR
T1 - Agricultural landscapes, ecosystem services and regional competitiveness—Assessing drivers and mechanisms in nine European case study areas
AU - Schaller, Lena
AU - Targetti, Stefano
AU - Villanueva, Anastasio J.
AU - Zasada, Ingo
AU - Kantelhardt, Jochen
AU - Arriaza, Manuel
AU - Bal, Tufan
AU - Fedrigotti, Valérie Bossi
AU - Giray, F. Handan
AU - Häfner, Kati
AU - Majewski, Edward
AU - Malak-Rawlikowska, Agata
AU - Nikolov, Dimitre
AU - Paoli, Jean Christophe
AU - Piorr, Annette
AU - Rodríguez-Entrena, Macario
AU - Ungaro, Fabrizio
AU - Verburg, Peter H.
AU - van Zanten, Boris
AU - Viaggi, Davide
PY - 2018/7/1
Y1 - 2018/7/1
N2 - Agricultural landscapes affect regional development and competitiveness in a way far beyond the production of agricultural commodities. However, comprehensive assessments of the relevant cause-effects between agricultural landscape and regional competitiveness are complex and they require a range of ecological, economic and social aspects to be considered. This study proposes an stakeholder-based ‘Analytic Network Process’ applied in nine European case-study areas in order to assess the role of economic actors, ecosystem services, socio-economic benefits and regional competitiveness in the agricultural landscape system. The results reveal that agricultural food production is still perceived as a major element for creating value from landscapes. However in some case studies, the importance of non-marketable, socio-cultural and environmental public good-type ecosystem services outweighs the importance of agricultural production. Region-specific variations of cause-effect relationships are discussed and a range of drivers, related to biophysical conditions, land-use patterns, agricultural management and remoteness are identified. Our study reveals the perception of non-monetary services and their impact on regional competitiveness and provides considerations on entry points for rural policies promoting landscape valorisation.
AB - Agricultural landscapes affect regional development and competitiveness in a way far beyond the production of agricultural commodities. However, comprehensive assessments of the relevant cause-effects between agricultural landscape and regional competitiveness are complex and they require a range of ecological, economic and social aspects to be considered. This study proposes an stakeholder-based ‘Analytic Network Process’ applied in nine European case-study areas in order to assess the role of economic actors, ecosystem services, socio-economic benefits and regional competitiveness in the agricultural landscape system. The results reveal that agricultural food production is still perceived as a major element for creating value from landscapes. However in some case studies, the importance of non-marketable, socio-cultural and environmental public good-type ecosystem services outweighs the importance of agricultural production. Region-specific variations of cause-effect relationships are discussed and a range of drivers, related to biophysical conditions, land-use patterns, agricultural management and remoteness are identified. Our study reveals the perception of non-monetary services and their impact on regional competitiveness and provides considerations on entry points for rural policies promoting landscape valorisation.
KW - Analytic Network Process
KW - Common Agricultural Policy
KW - Landscape valorisation
KW - Participatory approach
KW - Rural competitiveness
KW - Stakeholders
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U2 - 10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.03.001
DO - 10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.03.001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85043470584
VL - 76
SP - 735
EP - 745
JO - Land Use Policy
JF - Land Use Policy
SN - 0264-8377
ER -