Mapping landscape values and exploring sense of place in a threatened mangrove biodiversity hotspot: the Sundarbans delta, Bangladesh

Md. Abul Bashar, Polas; Topp, Emmeline; Plieninger, Tobias

dc.date.accessioned	2024-08-09T10:29:15Z
dc.date.available	2024-08-09T10:29:15Z
dc.date.issued	2024-07-09
dc.identifier	doi:10.17170/kobra-2024080110619
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/15965
dc.description.sponsorship	Gefördert durch den Publikationsfonds der Universität Kassel	ger
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.rights	Namensnennung 4.0 International	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	*
dc.subject	sense of place	eng
dc.subject	public participation GIS	eng
dc.subject	landscape values	eng
dc.subject	Sundarbans mangrove forest	eng
dc.subject	biodiversity hotspots	eng
dc.subject.ddc	300
dc.subject.ddc	500
dc.subject.ddc	630
dc.title	Mapping landscape values and exploring sense of place in a threatened mangrove biodiversity hotspot: the Sundarbans delta, Bangladesh	eng
dc.type	Aufsatz
dcterms.abstract	The Sundarbans mangrove forest in Bangladesh underpins local livelihoods in multiple ways, but its ecological integrity is under threat. In this paper, we seek to explore how local people value the Sundarbans landscapes spatially and how the Sundarbans contributes to their sense of place. To elicit spatially distributed landscape values, we applied a Public Participation GIS (PPGIS) method with 344 local people of the Sundarbans in the Bagerhat district, Bangladesh, and we collected 2007 geo-locations. Our study reveals that the Sundarbans mangrove forest is most frequently valued for enabling social activities (37.3% of all identified points). Other important landscape values were fishing, aesthetics, recreation, and honey collection, which were relatively widely distributed throughout the Sundarbans protected area. The local people also identified dependency on the Sundarbans for their livelihoods and for protection against biophysical threats such as cyclones and storms. The Sundarbans forest shapes people’s sense of place in the form of place identity, place attachment, and place dependence. This study demonstrates the value of spatial data and investigating sense of place in policy and planning for mangrove biodiversity hotspots.	eng
dcterms.accessRights	open access
dcterms.creator	Md. Abul Bashar, Polas
dcterms.creator	Topp, Emmeline
dcterms.creator	Plieninger, Tobias
dc.relation.doi	doi:10.1080/26395916.2024.2370531
dc.subject.swd	Bangladesch	ger
dc.subject.swd	Sundarbans	ger
dc.subject.swd	Mangrove	ger
dc.subject.swd	Landschaft	ger
dc.subject.swd	Wert	ger
dc.subject.swd	Biodiversität	ger
dc.type.version	publishedVersion
dcterms.source.identifier	eissn:2639-5916
dcterms.source.issue	Issue 1
dcterms.source.journal	Ecosystems and People	eng
dcterms.source.volume	Volume 20
kup.iskup	false
dcterms.source.articlenumber	2370531