Perceptions and knowledge of ecosystem services in urban river systems, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Mack, Elizabeth A; Akamagwuna, Frank C; Murata, Chenai; Materechera-Mitochi, Fenji; Nnadozie, Chika F; Odume, Oghenekaro N

Title: Perceptions and knowledge of ecosystem services in urban river systems, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Creator: Mack, Elizabeth A
Creator: Akamagwuna, Frank C
Creator: Murata, Chenai
Creator: Materechera-Mitochi, Fenji
Creator: Nnadozie, Chika F
Creator: Odume, Oghenekaro N
Subject: To be catalogued
Date Issued: 2024
Date: 2024
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/484496
Identifier: vital:78918
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-024-01562-w
Description: The ecosystem services concept has been studied in rural contexts but not as much in urban landscapes, particularly for aquatic ecosystems in Africa. There is little knowledge of how people perceive ecosystem services (ES) supplied by rivers in urban centres and the factors influencing their perceptions. To fill this gap, the research presented here addresses two objectives: 1) to assess local communities’ perception and knowledge of different types of ecosystem services of an urban river in South Africa, 2) to assess the influence of particular demographic characteristics (age and gender), socio-economic characteristics (education, housing type, income, and years of residence), and prior knowledge of the ecosystem services concept on people’s perception of the ecosystem services provided by the Swartkops River in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. To address these objectives, a team of ten trained field staff collected 181 surveys between May–June 2021 in communities within the river catchment. We used multinomial logit models to analyse the relationships between demographic and socio-economic variables, and people’s perception of ecosystem services.
Format: 9 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: Urban Ecosystems
Relation: Mack, E.A., Akamagwuna, F.C., Murata, C., Materechera-Mitochi, F., Nnadozie, C.F. and Odume, O.N., 2024. Perceptions and knowledge of ecosystem services in urban river systems, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Urban Ecosystems, 27(5), pp.1905-1914
Relation: Urban Ecosystems volume 27 number 5 1905 1914 2024 1573-1642
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