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Agricultural landscapes, ecosystem services and regional competitiveness—Assessing drivers and mechanisms in nine European case study areas

Agricultural landscapes, ecosystem services and regional competitiveness—Assessing drivers and mechanisms in nine European case study areas
Land Use Policy Volume 76

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Date of publication
June 2018
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lupj:S0264837717311833
Pages
12

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.

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Schaller, Lena
Targetti, Stefano
Villanueva, Anastasio J.
Zasada, Ingo
Kantelhardt, Jochen
Arriaza, Manuel
Bal, Tufan
Fedrigotti, Valérie Bossi
Giray, F. Handan
Häfner, Kati
Majewski, Edward
Malak-Rawlikowska, Agata
Nikolov, Dimitre
Paoli, Jean-Christophe
Piorr, Annette
Rodríguez-Entrena, Macario
Ungaro, Fabrizio
Verburg, Peter H.
van Zanten, Boris
Viaggi, Davide

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