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  • The socio-economic effects of a Marine Protected Area on the ecosystem service of Leisure and Recreation
    Marine Policy, 2015
    Co-Authors: Siân E Rees, Stephen C Mangi, Lynda D Rodwell, Caroline Hattam, Sarah C. Gall, Frankie J. Peckett, Martin J Attrill
    Abstract:

    Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are an important tool for the maintenance of marine ecosystem functionality and health and ensuring the onward flow of beneficial ecosystem services that support human well-being. Social and economic factors influence whether and how stakeholders exploit resources or cooperate to conserve them. Environmental managers are now turning from designating MPAs to monitoring their effectiveness. Combining spatial analysis with quantitative and qualitative survey methods this research shows that an MPA (Lyme Bay, SW England) has had varying effects on the delivery of the beneficial ecosystem service of Leisure and Recreation. In the survey years 2008–2011 dive businesses have increased their frequency of activity inside and outside the MPA and report an increase in turnover; though they perceive little or no effect of the MPA on business. Charter boat operators have seen an overall decline in the frequency of activity outside the MPA and an increase inside the MPA. They perceive that the MPA has increasingly had a positive effect on their business. Sea angling activity has declined at sites outside the MPA and increased at sites within the MPA, suggesting a redistribution of spatial activity. Diving activity has increased both inside and outside the MPA. Divers report that the MPA has influenced where they choose to dive. This corresponds to a potential increase in value of the MPA resource (represented as the proportional expenditure and associated turnover by these groups) of £2.2 million. This research demonstrates that the use of the resource has changed following designation and that MPAs can attract a greater proportion of the Leisure and Recreation expenditure and associated turnover to sites within the MPA boundary. Moving forward it is important to assess effects both inside and outside MPAs. Integrating high quality social science at MPA sites to track effectiveness can help to adapt and refine management strategies to reflect the needs of the stakeholders and support effective conservation.

  • the value of marine biodiversity to the Leisure and Recreation industry and its application to marine spatial planning
    Marine Policy, 2010
    Co-Authors: Siân E Rees, Lynda D Rodwell, Melanie C Austen, Martin J Attrill, Stephen C Mangi
    Abstract:

    The incorporation of the ecosystem approach into marine planning requires that all aspects of value associated with marine biodiversity are incorporated into the decision making process. An ecosystem services approach to valuing marine biodiversity is recognised as a framework by which economic, ecological and social values may be incorporated into the decision making process. There are sectors of the marine Leisure and Recreation industry (sub-aqua diving, sea angling and wildlife watching), which depend on the presence of natural marine resources in order to carry out their activity. Estimating the value of this direct use can provide an evidence base for the sustainable use of marine biodiversity when set against other competing economic interests in marine spatial planning. In the case study area of Lyme Bay, the marine Leisure and Recreation industry has been valued using both monetary and non-monetary methods. The results show that the Leisure and Recreation industry is dependent on the diversity of sites (many of which are currently unmanaged) and that the industry is of economic significance and an area which has recently been closed to trawling activity enables the protection of some of the most valuable sites but has limited benefits for protecting the full resource base upon which this local industry depends.

Wang Liang - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • DISCUSSION ON THE RBD DEVELOPMENT BASED ON CONSUMERS'Leisure and Recreation BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS——TAKE CHANGSHA FOR EXAMPLE
    Economic Geography, 2011
    Co-Authors: Wang Liang
    Abstract:

    Exploring the construction of the Recreational Business District(RBD) is an important subject of urban development,and analyzing the consumers' Leisure and Recreation behaviors provide useful references to the construction and planning of RBD.This paper combines deduction and induction to define the variables which include the consumers' lifestyles,attitudes and behavior of Leisure and Recreation,and choices of Recreational places.With data from Changsha,capital of central Hunan province,this paper studied relation between different groups of consumers and the influencing factors of their Leisure and Recreation behavior.With the quantitative analysis and a brief review of the developing modes of RBD in China,the paper provides suggestions for the RBD-development in Changsha and discusses future directions on the planning and construction of RBD in China.

Siân E Rees - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • The socio-economic effects of a Marine Protected Area on the ecosystem service of Leisure and Recreation
    Marine Policy, 2015
    Co-Authors: Siân E Rees, Stephen C Mangi, Lynda D Rodwell, Caroline Hattam, Sarah C. Gall, Frankie J. Peckett, Martin J Attrill
    Abstract:

    Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are an important tool for the maintenance of marine ecosystem functionality and health and ensuring the onward flow of beneficial ecosystem services that support human well-being. Social and economic factors influence whether and how stakeholders exploit resources or cooperate to conserve them. Environmental managers are now turning from designating MPAs to monitoring their effectiveness. Combining spatial analysis with quantitative and qualitative survey methods this research shows that an MPA (Lyme Bay, SW England) has had varying effects on the delivery of the beneficial ecosystem service of Leisure and Recreation. In the survey years 2008–2011 dive businesses have increased their frequency of activity inside and outside the MPA and report an increase in turnover; though they perceive little or no effect of the MPA on business. Charter boat operators have seen an overall decline in the frequency of activity outside the MPA and an increase inside the MPA. They perceive that the MPA has increasingly had a positive effect on their business. Sea angling activity has declined at sites outside the MPA and increased at sites within the MPA, suggesting a redistribution of spatial activity. Diving activity has increased both inside and outside the MPA. Divers report that the MPA has influenced where they choose to dive. This corresponds to a potential increase in value of the MPA resource (represented as the proportional expenditure and associated turnover by these groups) of £2.2 million. This research demonstrates that the use of the resource has changed following designation and that MPAs can attract a greater proportion of the Leisure and Recreation expenditure and associated turnover to sites within the MPA boundary. Moving forward it is important to assess effects both inside and outside MPAs. Integrating high quality social science at MPA sites to track effectiveness can help to adapt and refine management strategies to reflect the needs of the stakeholders and support effective conservation.

  • the value of marine biodiversity to the Leisure and Recreation industry and its application to marine spatial planning
    Marine Policy, 2010
    Co-Authors: Siân E Rees, Lynda D Rodwell, Melanie C Austen, Martin J Attrill, Stephen C Mangi
    Abstract:

    The incorporation of the ecosystem approach into marine planning requires that all aspects of value associated with marine biodiversity are incorporated into the decision making process. An ecosystem services approach to valuing marine biodiversity is recognised as a framework by which economic, ecological and social values may be incorporated into the decision making process. There are sectors of the marine Leisure and Recreation industry (sub-aqua diving, sea angling and wildlife watching), which depend on the presence of natural marine resources in order to carry out their activity. Estimating the value of this direct use can provide an evidence base for the sustainable use of marine biodiversity when set against other competing economic interests in marine spatial planning. In the case study area of Lyme Bay, the marine Leisure and Recreation industry has been valued using both monetary and non-monetary methods. The results show that the Leisure and Recreation industry is dependent on the diversity of sites (many of which are currently unmanaged) and that the industry is of economic significance and an area which has recently been closed to trawling activity enables the protection of some of the most valuable sites but has limited benefits for protecting the full resource base upon which this local industry depends.