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What are shared and social values of ecosystems?

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Date
03/2015
Author
Kenter, J.O.
O'Brien, L.
Hockley, N.
Ravenscroft, N.
Fazey, I.
Irvine, K.N.
Reed, M.S.
Christie, M.
Brady, E.
Bryce, R.
Church, A.
Cooper, N.
Davies, A.
Evely, A.
Everard, M.
Fish, R.
Fisher, J.A.
Jobstvogt, N.
Molloy, C.
Orchard-Webb, J.
Ranger, S.
Ryan, M.
Watson, V.
Williams, S.
Keywords
Shared values
Social values
Ecosystem services
Environmental valuation
Total Economic Value
Deliberation
Deliberative monetary valuation
Non-monetary valuation
Interpretive methods
Psychological methods
Decision-making
GE Environmental Sciences
T-NDAS
BDC
R2C
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Abstract
Social valuation of ecosystem services and public policy alternatives is one of the greatest challenges facing ecological economists today. Frameworks for valuing nature increasingly include shared/social values as a distinct category of values. However, the nature of shared/social values, as well as their relationship to other values, has not yet been clearly established and empirical evidence about the importance of shared/social values for valuation of ecosystem services is lacking. To help address these theoretical and empirical limitations, this paper outlines a framework of shared/social values across five dimensions: value concept, provider, intention, scale, and elicitation process. Along these dimensions we identify seven main, non-mutually exclusive types of shared values: transcendental, cultural/societal, communal, group, deliberated and other-regarding values, and value to society. Using a case study of a recent controversial policy on forest ownership in England, we conceptualise the dynamic interplay between shared/social and individual values. The way in which social value is assessed in neoclassical economics is discussed and critiqued, followed by consideration of the relation between shared/social values and Total Economic Value, and a review of deliberative and non-monetary methods for assessing shared/social values. We conclude with a discussion of the importance of shared/social values for decision-making.
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Kenter , J O , O'Brien , L , Hockley , N , Ravenscroft , N , Fazey , I , Irvine , K N , Reed , M S , Christie , M , Brady , E , Bryce , R , Church , A , Cooper , N , Davies , A , Evely , A , Everard , M , Fish , R , Fisher , J A , Jobstvogt , N , Molloy , C , Orchard-Webb , J , Ranger , S , Ryan , M , Watson , V & Williams , S 2015 , ' What are shared and social values of ecosystems? ' , Ecological Economics , vol. 111 , pp. 86-99 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.01.006
Publication
Ecological Economics
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.01.006
ISSN
0921-8009
Type
Journal article
Rights
© 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Description
The theoretical framework outlined in this paper was developed initially through a series of expert workshops as part of the Valuing Nature Network — BRIDGE: From Values to Decisions project, funded by the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). It was developed further through the follow-on phase of the UK National Ecosystem Assessment (Work Package 6: Shared, Plural and Cultural Values) funded by the UK Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the Welsh Government, NERC, the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).
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URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/6102

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