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Harnessing Nature's Benefits for Human Wellbeing: Understanding Coastal Landscape Value

This research explores the relationship between coastal landscapes and human wellbeing, aiming to understand the non-material benefits they provide. Through extensive fieldwork in 2011, involving over 550 surveys and in-depth interviews, findings revealed that while most human needs are satisfied, belonging and connectivity require attention. The study emphasizes the importance of integrating cultural ecosystem services into policy decisions, highlighting how these landscapes contribute to a sense of belonging and purpose in people's lives.

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Harnessing Nature's Benefits for Human Wellbeing: Understanding Coastal Landscape Value

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  1. Harnessing Nature’s Benefits for Human Wellbeing - Recognising the Wider Value of our Coastal LandscapesCheryl WillisESRC CASE Studentship with Dorset County CouncilSub-title in 24pt Calibri – Name of presenters CSLTR Research Showcase Event 23rd April 2012

  2. Broad Aims of Research • To explore the relationship between the natural environment and human wellbeing • To attempt to understand the ‘Benefits of Nature’ that arise from coastal landscapes and how they have value for people. • To determine how such a deeper understanding of ‘value’ can be set alongside economic measures in policy decisions

  3. Context and Background ‘A rational process for assessment of environmental policy options should be based on an appreciation of how humans value nature’ (Lockwood, 1999: 381)

  4. Cultural Ecosystem Services ‘The non-material benefits people obtain from ecosystems through spiritual enrichment, cognitive development, reflection, recreation and aesthetic experience’ (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2005)

  5. Case Study Areas

  6. Fieldwork Highlight Results • Fieldwork conducted throughout the period of greatest visitor population in 2011. Three phases: June, August, October. Mix of 550 on-site surveys and 40 in-depth interviews. • All human needs were highly satisfied in the case study areas with 50-80% of respondents either strongly agreeing or agreeing with items across all human needs except for Belonging & connectivity (33%) • Cluster Analysis revealed 3 distinct clusters: • Highly satisfied group – 67% were female • Medium satisfied group • Low satisfaction group – 44% were female • Relationships found to exist between clusters and familiarity with the area and gender.

  7. Understanding the Benefits of Nature through Visitor Interviews amazing anywhere area beach beautiful being busy calming camping children city cliffs coast coastal coastline compared countryside cove days describe doing dorsetenjoy environment everything experiences facilities family feel felt find fossils friends geology good gravitate great group happy having hills holiday home important information interesting landscape life liked long looks loves lucky lulworthmind moving natural need nice park peaceful people person photos place pools prefer pretty rain reason relaxed remember rock rugged sandy scenery seaside sense shops sound special summer swimming talk thank think thought times tourists town view village visit walks want water weather weekend works year

  8. Emerging Ideas Internal Influences External Influences Perceptions of landscapes and experiences in them

  9. Concluding Remarks ‘Natural resources are not only raw materials to be inventoried and moulded into a recreation opportunity, but also, and more importantly, places with histories, places that people care about, places that for many people embody a sense of belonging and purpose that give meaning to life’ (Williams et al, 1992, p44).

  10. Thank you – any questions? • Research presented here was conducted during an ESRC Studentship under its Capacity Building Clusters Award (RES-187-24-0002) in partnership with Dorset County Council. • For more information about this project and the work of the Centre for Sport, Leisure and Tourism research, see http://www.exeter.ac.uk/slt/ourresearch/value/ • Contact: Cheryl Willis C.A.Willis@exeter.ac.uk

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