Potencjał usług kulturowych krajobrazów priorytetowych na przykładzie obszarów wiejskich województwa wielkopolskiego
Potential of cultural ecosystem services of priority landscapes on the example of rural areas of Wielkopolskie voivodeship

Summary/Abstract: This paper explores the quantitative evaluation of cultural ecosystem services (CES) ata local scale, employing biophysical landscape analysis. The evaluation was carried out for spatialunits representing different types of rural areas protected in the landscape audit of Wielkopolskievoivodeship. The study used a set of indicators grouped into six categories of CES: recreation andtourism (A), knowledge system (B), natural heritage and natural diversity (C), cultural heritage andcultural diversity (D), landscape aesthetics and inspiration (E), religious and spiritual experience(F). The results of the analyses showed that open rural landscapes with a mosaic of small or medi-um-sized fields (subtypes 6c and 6d) provide the best supply of CES. In contrast, areas dominated byrural settlements (subtype 6g) exhibit a low CES value. In the case of open rural landscapes, a highpotential is particularly evident in CES categories related to recreation and tourism, landscape aes-thetics and inspiration, as well as religious and spiritual experience. However, the situation differsfor ecosystem services related to cultural heritage and cultural diversity, where landscapes with a pre-dominance of rural settlements hold an advantage. Similar CES supply values were observed acrossall analyzed landscapes and concerned knowledge systems, natural heritage and natural diversity. The proposed methodological approach can serve as an objective and recognized tool to support theprocess of rural landscape management. This applies to activities related to landscape protection andits development for tourism and recreation.

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