1) The study examined the relationships between socioeconomic factors, yard management practices, and biodiversity in residential yards in Gainesville, Florida.
2) A survey of 102 homeowners found that higher socioeconomic affluence (e.g. larger house size, value, land area) increased natural resource consumption like water and fertilizer use in yards.
3) However, yard biodiversity did not clearly increase with socioeconomic affluence and seemed more related to yard maintenance styles and cultural preferences. Professional yard maintenance was linked to lower reported plant diversity in back yards.
4) Spatial patterns in neighborhoods partially overlapped with socioeconomic patterns and influenced yard biodiversity and management.
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The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment shows that human actions often lead to irreversible losses in terms of diversity of life on Earth and these losses have been more rapid in the past 50 years than ever before in human history.
What factors are responsible for this rapid loss? What would need to be done to significantly slow this trend?
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Biodiversity contributes to many aspects of human well-being, for instance by providing raw materials and contributing to health.
The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment shows that human actions often lead to irreversible losses in terms of diversity of life on Earth and these losses have been more rapid in the past 50 years than ever before in human history.
What factors are responsible for this rapid loss? What would need to be done to significantly slow this trend?
A B S T R A C T
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CONTEMPORARY URBAN AFFAIRS (2018) 2(2), 122-129. Doi:10.25034/ijcua.2018.3676
www.ijcua.com
The 2015 Catchment Based Approach Conference was held on June 8th at Fishmonger's Hall in London. The focus of the day was the sharing of best practice between partnerships. Nick Paling from the Westcountry Rivers Trust gave a presentation entitled, 'Ecosystem Service benefits in the Urban Environment: Developing a common framework for delivery & communication' as part of the 'Delivery in the Urban Environment' session.
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The Fruit of Urban Nature: Vital Neighborhood Spaces
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International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (IJHSSI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Humanities and Social Science. IJHSSI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Humanities and Social Science, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online.
A B S T R A C T
Taking plants from their original habitat and keeping them in pots is an illustrative example of manmade, power-oriented and unnatural habitation. Naturally, a plant cannot survive in a segregated environment of a pot. For this reason, diverse supportive activities such as watering, feeding or protecting must be planned. These supplying infrastructures create a great power for the caretaker over the life of the potted plant. Using the example of potted plants, this article tries to shed light on social and ecological problems of urbanization.
CONTEMPORARY URBAN AFFAIRS (2018) 2(2), 122-129. Doi:10.25034/ijcua.2018.3676
www.ijcua.com
The 2015 Catchment Based Approach Conference was held on June 8th at Fishmonger's Hall in London. The focus of the day was the sharing of best practice between partnerships. Nick Paling from the Westcountry Rivers Trust gave a presentation entitled, 'Ecosystem Service benefits in the Urban Environment: Developing a common framework for delivery & communication' as part of the 'Delivery in the Urban Environment' session.
Following the 2008 "Re-imaging Cities: Urban Design After the Age of Oil symposium, Penn IUR solicited manuscripts on environmental and energy challenges and their effect on the redesign of urban environments.
Panel 1: History of Resilience & the Sociology of Climate ChangeResilienceByDesign
While resilience is a term with a long history, it has gotten a specific meaning of late. And while cities have often been shaped by risk and disaster (such as diseases, war, floods, water scarcity, earthquakes and fires), the notion of resilience is distinct from mitigation and adaptation.
This panel will discuss the term resilience from a historical perspective, and explore it within the context of the contemporary (capitalist) city, in which risks are accepted and control is given up. It will look at the link between the social and the physical embedded in the idea of resilience, and ask the question what this social component means for the production and understanding of risks and stresses, and also for how we address risks.
The Fruit of Urban Nature: Vital Neighborhood Spaces
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For more information, Please see websites below:
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
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International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (IJHSSI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Humanities and Social Science. IJHSSI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Humanities and Social Science, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online.
In this presentation, the International Food Policy Research Institute, in partnership with University of Massachusetts Amherst, detailed the obstacles and opportunities in crowdsourced data for Agent-based Modeling.
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This will be held as the regular monthly forum meeting of GreenHomeNYC (www.greenhomenyc.org) an all- volunteer organization dedicated to helping people in the NYC region green their lives. It is being done in cooperation with Hunter’s CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities;
Admission is free but attendees can make a tax-deductable contribution to GreenHomeNYC at the forum.
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Catherine Bobenhausen, Veridian Energy and Environmental: Greening Professionals
Erica Brabon, Steven Winter Associates: Health and Safety
Mary Brennan, Community Preservation Corporation: Green Lending
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Sharon Griffith, NYSERDA: 30 + NYSERDA and Weatherization
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Ariella Maron, NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services: Greening a Government
Charlotte Mathews, The Related Companies: Big and Green
Tatiana Morin, NYC Soil and Water Conservation District: The water we waste
Lesley Patrick, Hunter CUNY ISC: Trees or Global Warming
Dr. Tracy Baker - Researcher, Hydrology & Hydrologic Modeling
Dr. Liza Debevec - Social Scientist Ms. Yenenesh Abebe - GIS and Database Management
International Water Management Institute - East Africa & Nile Basin
Dr. Beth Cullen - Social Scientist
International Livestock Research Institute - Ethiopia
Why and how do we evaluate ecosystems, Nature is the source of much value to us every day, and yet it mostly bypasses markets, escapes pricing and defies valuation. This lack of valuation is an underlying cause for ecological degradation and loss of biodiversity. Globally, efforts are being made to assess impact of conservation or degradation of ecological resources and a new term Green Gross Domestic Product (GGDP) has also been coined to reflect the same.
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Adapting to Climate Change: Risks & Opporunities in the Upper Delaware River Region by Susan Beecher, Research Fellow, Pinchot Institute for Conservation
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Relationships among socioeconomic affluence, yard management, and biodiversity
1. Relationships among socioeconomic affluence,
yard management, and biodiversity
Speaker: Vitor Vieira Vasconcelos
Co-authors: Jesse C. Jones, Olesya Malakhova, Nicholas W. Taylor, Ricky W. Telg, Wendy L. Wilber, M. Jennison Kipp, Eben N.
Broadbent, Jiangxiao Qiu, Adam G. Dale, Kacey A. Russo, and Basil V. Iannone III
IALE – North America Annual Meeting, April 12 – 16, 2021
3. People’s contact with nature
and access to ecosystem
services shift from wild areas to
their yards
4. Socio-environmental (In)justice
• Socioeconomic inequality
• Cultural diversity
• Unequal access to ecosystem
services
• Unequal impact on supply of
ecosystem services
Leong, M., et al., 2018. Biodiversity and socioeconomics in the city: a review of the luxury effect. Biology Letters, 14(5),
p.20180082.
Lin, B.B., et al. 2017. How green is your garden?: Urban form and socio-demographic factors influence yard vegetation,
visitation, and ecosystem service benefits. Landscape and Urban Planning, 157, pp.239-246.
Morera, M.C., et al. 2020. Determinants of landscape irrigation water use in Florida-friendly yards. Environmental
management, 65(1), pp.19-31.
5. What influences people’s design and
management choices in their yards?
•Socioeconomic affluence
•Lifestyle / cultural values
•Expectations from neighboors
Hope, D., et al. 2003. Socioeconomics drive urban plant diversity. PNAS, 100:8788–8792
Locke, D.H., et al. , 2018. Social norms, yard care, and the difference between front and back yard management: examining
the landscape mullets concept on urban residential lands. Society & Natural Resources, 31(10), pp.1169-1188.
Harris, E.M., Martin, D.G., Polsky, C., Denhardt, L. and Nehring, A., 2013. Beyond “Lawn People”: The role of emotions in
suburban yard management practices. The Professional Geographer, 65(2), pp.345-361.
Affects yards
biodiversity
6. Survey
• 102 respondents
• Perceived species richness
• Maintenance (practices, inputs, intensity)
• Water usage (H2OSAV)
• Socioeconomic data (Alachua Co. Appraisal)
Monterey & The Valley
Westmoreland
Debra Height
Greater
Northeast
Community
Florida
Alachua
County
Gainesville
7. Comparing intensity of yard management tasks
Legend: Mean Intensity
Number of answers for each activity/intensity (proportional to bar length)
N = 102 residents
8. House value
House size
(sqft)
Parcel
acreage
Percentage of
irrigated yard
Water use
per irrigable
acre
Sprinkler
irrigation
Barrel/cistern
irrigation
Socio-
economic
Water use
Automatic
inground
irrigation
Raking
leaves
intensity
Lawn
fertilization
intensity
Lawn
fertilization
frequency
Nutrient
management
Loadings:
Loadings:
Loadings:
Average variance
extracted:
48%
Average variance
extracted:
37%
Average variance
extracted:
21%
r2 = 0.32***
r2 = 0.37***
0.54***
[0.30, 0.88]
0.80***
[0.67, 1.02]
0.71***
[0.51, 0.99]
0.60***
[0.45, 0.96]
0.70***
[0.46, 1.09]
0.50**
[0.22, 0.89]
0.37*
[0.07, 0.78]
0.52***
[0.30, 0.88]
P-values:
* ≤ 0.05
** ≤ 0.01
*** ≤ 0.001
0.44**
[0.33, 0.96]
0.52***
[0.30, 0.90]
- 0.40*
[-0.79, -0.17]
Socioeconomic affluence increases natural resources demand in yards
Structural Equation Model with Consistent Partial Least Squares (cPLS) Path Modelling
9. Redundancy Analysis:
Socioeconomic affluence on
Nutrient Management
parcel acreage
property
value
house size
fertilization
frequency
fertilization intensity
raking
leaves
RDA 1
RDA
2
10. Partition of Variation
Residual variance = 85.36%
Socioeconomic
14.64
Redundancy Analysis
Explained
variance (%)
P-value
(Anova)
Socioeconomic
All socioeconomic variables
(house price, size and parcel
acreage)
14.64 0.0003
House value 3.52 0.03
House size 8.48 0.0004
Parcel acreage 11.05 0.00001
Space
4 neighborhoods together (3
binary variables)
8.59 0.007
Center/border of the city 8.26 0.001
Greater northeast community 4.24 0.01
Debra heights 1.31 0.25
Shadowlawn Estates 4.49 0.01
Westmoreland 1.74 0.15
11. Partition of Variation
Redundancy Analysis
Explained
variance (%)
P-value
(Anova)
Socioeconomic
All socioeconomic variables
(house price, size and parcel
acreage)
14.64 0.0003
House value 3.52 0.03
House size 8.48 0.0004
Parcel acreage 11.05 0.00001
Space
4 neighborhoods together (3
binary variables)
8.59 0.007
Center/border of the city 8.26 0.001
Greater northeast community 4.24 0.01
Debra heights 1.31 0.25
Shadowlawn Estates 4.49 0.01
Westmoreland 1.74 0.15
Monterey & The Valley
Westmoreland
Debra Height
Greater
Northeast
Community
12. Partition of Variation
Redundancy Analysis
Explained
variance (%)
P-value
(Anova)
Socioeconomic
All socioeconomic variables
(house price, size and parcel
acreage)
14.64 0.0003
House value 3.52 0.03
House size 8.48 0.0004
Parcel acreage 11.05 0.00001
Space
4 neighborhoods together (3
binary variables)
8.59 0.007
East/West of the city 8.26 0.001
Greater northeast community 4.24 0.01
Debra heights 1.31 0.25
Shadowlawn Estates 4.49 0.01
Westmoreland 1.74 0.15
Monterey & The Valley
Westmoreland
Debra Height
Greater
NE
Community
East/
West
East
West
13. Partition of Variation
Redundancy Analysis
Explained
variance (%)
P-value
(Anova)
Socioeconomic
All socioeconomic variables
(house price, size and parcel
acreage)
14.64 0.0003
House value 3.52 0.03
House size 8.48 0.0004
Parcel acreage 11.05 0.00001
Space
4 neighborhoods together (3
binary variables)
8.59 0.007
East/West of the city 8.26 0.001
Greater northeast community 4.24 0.01
Debra heights 1.31 0.25
Monterey & The Valley 4.49 0.01
Westmoreland 1.74 0.15
Monterey & The Valley
Westmoreland
Debra Height
East
West
East/
West
4.22
Greater
Northeast
Community
Greater
NE
Community
14. Luxury effect not evident
•No clear effect of property value on homeowner-
reported plant species richness
•Kendall correlation tests
Front yards: rt = 0.04, p = 0.60
Back yards: rt = 0.07, p = 0.35
15. Professional maintenance negatively related to
plant species richness in back yards
1.82 times more likely to report less plant species
richness in back yards maintained by professionals
Cumulative link model, controlling for the 4 neighborhoods as nominal effects
Mean
Front yards Back yards
p = 0.03
p = 0.50
16. Conclusions
•Socioeconomic affluence increases natural resources
consumption (fertilizers and water)
•Yard biodiversity
Less related to socioeconomic affluence
More related to maintenance style and aesthetic preferences
•Socioeconomic patterns may partially overlap cultural
spatial patterns
17. Integrating Landscape Ecology and Socioeconomics
• Structural Equation Modeling is a promissing technique for socio-
ecological systems
Still lacks extensions to incorporate spatial information
• Redundancy analysis
Can be used with socioeconomic vs ecological data
Variance partitioning in nested spatial designs
• Cumulative link models
Potential to use with ordinal data from surveys and citizen science
Incorporation of space as nominal, random or scale effects
18. Next steps
• Expanding the survey to other neighborhoods
• Other socioeconomic and cultural characteristics
• With homeowners association (HOA) vs without
• Relationships of socioeconomic variables on perceived vs
actual biodiversity
• Other statistical approaches for spatial analysis of
socioecological systems:
• Dimensionality reduction
• Cluster analysis
19. Acknowledgments
• SEEDIT funding: UF Florida Agricultural Experiment Station
• UF|IFAS Program for Resource Efficient Communities
• USDA McIntire-Stennis Capacity Grant (#1012120)
• Residents that agreed to collaborate (IRB approved n. IRB202002223)