Home garden ecosystem services valuation through a gender lens : a case study in the Catalan Pyrenees
Calvet Mir, Laura (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
March, Hug (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3))
Corbacho Monné, Daniel (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3))
Gómez-Baggethun, Erik (Norwegian University of Life Sciences. Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric))
Reyes-García, Victoria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)

Date:	2016
Abstract:	Ecosystem services have become a critical issue in the environmental literature, however knowledge on whether women and men similarly value ecosystem services is still nascent. We aim at advancing the understanding of the relation between gender and environmental perceptions through the analysis of values assigned by women and men to ecosystem services supplied by home gardens in Vall Fosca (Catalan Pyrenees, north-eastern Spain). We found that women give a higher value than men to all ecosystem services. Overall, women's valuation of the full range of ecosystem services provided by home gardens was 7. 55% higher than men's valuation. Gender socialization influences the way people interact with and value the environment, including highly managed environments such as home gardens. We argue that considering gendered differences in ecosystem services valuation may lead to policies more effective in enhancing ecosystem services provision.
Grants:	Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación CSO2011_27565 Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia SEJ2007-60873 Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia FPU/AP-2006-01849
Note:	Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu MdM-2015-0552
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Agroecosystems ; Allotments ; Gender socialization ; Social-ecological Systems ; Socio-cultural valuation
Published in:	Sustainability, Vol. 8 (July 2016) , art. 718, ISSN 2071-1050

DOI: 10.3390/su8080718

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