<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A participatory system dynamics modelling approach is advanced to support conceptualization of feedback processes underlying ecosystem services and to foster a shared understanding of leverage intervention points. The process includes systems mapping workshop and follow-up tasks aiming at the collaborative construction of causal loop diagrams. A case study developed in a natural area in Portugal illustrates how a stakeholder group was actively engaged in the development of a conceptual model depicting policies for sustaining the climate regulation ecosystem service.</p></abstract>

A participatory system dynamics modelling approach is advanced to support conceptualization of feedback processes underlying ecosystem services and to foster a shared understanding of leverage intervention points. The process includes systems mapping workshop and follow-up tasks aiming at the collaborative construction of causal loop diagrams. A case study developed in a natural area in Portugal illustrates how a stakeholder group was actively engaged in the development of a conceptual model depicting policies for sustaining the climate regulation ecosystem service.

Conceptualizing Stakeholders’ Perceptions of Ecosystem Services: A Participatory Systems Mapping Approach

CENSE – Center for Environmental and Sustainability Research, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal 2829-516, Caparica, Portuga

Environmental and Climate Technologies

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A participatory system dynamics modelling approach is advanced to support conceptualization of feedback processes underlying ecosystem services and to foster a...

Conceptualizing Stakeholders’ Perceptions of Ecosystem Services: A Participatory Systems Mapping Approach

Published Online: Feb 12, 2016

Page range: 36 - 53

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rtuect-2015-0011

Keywords
Participatory systems mapping, ecosystem services/climate regulation, stakeholders’ perceptions, causal loop diagrams

© 2015 Riga Technical University

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Public License.

Conceptualizing Stakeholders’ Perceptions of Ecosystem Services: A Participatory Systems Mapping Approach

Published Online: Feb 12, 2016

Page range: 36 - 53

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rtuect-2015-0011

KeywordsParticipatory systems mapping, ecosystem services/climate regulation, stakeholders’ perceptions, causal loop diagrams

© 2015 Riga Technical University

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Public License.

Keywords
Participatory systems mapping, ecosystem services/climate regulation, stakeholders’ perceptions, causal loop diagrams