TY - JOUR
T1 - Mapping development preferences on the perceived value of ecosystem services and land use conflict and compatibility in Greater Kuala Lumpur
AU - Lourdes, Karen T.
AU - Gibbins, Chris N.
AU - Sherrouse, Ben C.
AU - Semmens, Darius J.
AU - Hamel, Perrine
AU - Sanusi, Ruzana
AU - Azhar, Badrul
AU - Diffendorfer, Jay
AU - Lechner, Alex M.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is part of a PhD research that is funded by the Faculty of Science and Engineering and the Landscape Ecology and Conservation Laboratory , School of Environmental and Geographical Sciences at the University of Nottingham Malaysia . Perrine Hamel acknowledges funding support from the National Research Foundation, Prime Minister’s Office , Singapore under award NRF-NRFF12-2020-0009 , as well as from the Nanyang Technological University.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Authors
PY - 2024/2
Y1 - 2024/2
N2 - Rapid and unplanned development can diminish the social values for ecosystem services associated with urban landscapes. Tropical Global South cities, such as Greater Kuala Lumpur (GKL), Malaysia, that are highly biodiverse, are particularly vulnerable to the fragmentation and loss of natural ecosystems. This study investigates the social values for ecosystem services in GKL, a rapidly urbanising metropolitan area in Southeast Asia and presents the novel application of the SolVES (Social Values for Ecosystem Services) tool to an urban area. A public participatory GIS (PPGIS) survey was conducted to assess residents’ development preferences and perceived distribution of social values. The study revealed two groups of respondents, using cluster analysis, each with unique development preferences - a group favouring both green and grey developments and another favouring green development but strongly opposing grey development. The two groups differed statistically in their sociodemographic characteristics, and also how they mapped different social values. Our spatial analysis of their preferences towards future urban expansion in GKL highlighted locations where there is potential for land-use conflict. For example, the favour-balanced-development group tended to value built areas over green spaces. These findings support the need to consider residents’ preferences and socioecological traits through greater public engagement in urban landscape management.
AB - Rapid and unplanned development can diminish the social values for ecosystem services associated with urban landscapes. Tropical Global South cities, such as Greater Kuala Lumpur (GKL), Malaysia, that are highly biodiverse, are particularly vulnerable to the fragmentation and loss of natural ecosystems. This study investigates the social values for ecosystem services in GKL, a rapidly urbanising metropolitan area in Southeast Asia and presents the novel application of the SolVES (Social Values for Ecosystem Services) tool to an urban area. A public participatory GIS (PPGIS) survey was conducted to assess residents’ development preferences and perceived distribution of social values. The study revealed two groups of respondents, using cluster analysis, each with unique development preferences - a group favouring both green and grey developments and another favouring green development but strongly opposing grey development. The two groups differed statistically in their sociodemographic characteristics, and also how they mapped different social values. Our spatial analysis of their preferences towards future urban expansion in GKL highlighted locations where there is potential for land-use conflict. For example, the favour-balanced-development group tended to value built areas over green spaces. These findings support the need to consider residents’ preferences and socioecological traits through greater public engagement in urban landscape management.
KW - Cultural ecosystem services
KW - Development preferences
KW - Global South
KW - Social values
KW - Spatial conflict analysis
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ufug.2023.128183
DO - 10.1016/j.ufug.2023.128183
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85184679570
SN - 1618-8667
VL - 92
JO - Urban Forestry and Urban Greening
JF - Urban Forestry and Urban Greening
M1 - 128183
ER -
