Importance of Cultural Ecosystem Services for Cultural Identity and Wellbeing in the Lower Engadine, Switzerland
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Study Area
3. Methods
4. Results
5. Spatial Analysis
6. Discussion
7. Limitations
8. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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CES | Spearman’s Rho ‘Age’ Correlation Coefficient |
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Looking for flowers | 0.405 ** |
Reading and/or writing | 0.397 ** |
Skiing | −0.379 ** |
Swimming | −0.434 ** |
Kayaking/Rafting | −0.381 ** |
Biking | −0.469 ** |
Sun bathing | −0.295 * |
Fishing | −0.327 * |
Taking part in guided hikes (e.g., national park) | −0.476 ** |
CES | Spearman’s Rho ‘Did You Grow up in the Region?’ Correlation Coefficient |
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Fishing | −0.306 * |
Hunting | −0.439 ** |
Let me distance myself from modern comfort | 0.307 * |
The Lower Engadine landscape awakens childhood memories | −0.472 ** |
The region helps me understand my family’s culture and history | −0.603 ** |
Specialties and old recipes remind me of my childhood | −0.629 ** |
Singing in a choir is part of the culture of the Lower Engadine | −0.419 ** |
To live and enjoy on campsites or in huts | −0.286 * |
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Kosanic, A.; Lambers, K.; Galata, S.; Kothieringer, K.; Abderhalden, A. Importance of Cultural Ecosystem Services for Cultural Identity and Wellbeing in the Lower Engadine, Switzerland. Land 2023, 12, 2156. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12122156
Kosanic A, Lambers K, Galata S, Kothieringer K, Abderhalden A. Importance of Cultural Ecosystem Services for Cultural Identity and Wellbeing in the Lower Engadine, Switzerland. Land. 2023; 12(12):2156. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12122156
Chicago/Turabian StyleKosanic, Aleksandra, Karsten Lambers, Stamatia Galata, Katja Kothieringer, and Angelika Abderhalden. 2023. "Importance of Cultural Ecosystem Services for Cultural Identity and Wellbeing in the Lower Engadine, Switzerland" Land 12, no. 12: 2156. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12122156