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Volume 7, Issue 2 (Suppl)
J Ecosyst Ecography, an open access journal
ISSN:2157-7625
September 18-20, 2017
September 18-20, 2017 Toronto, Canada
Joint Conference
International Conference on
International Conference on
Environmental Microbiology and Microbial Ecology
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Ecology and Ecosystems
Madina Bekchanova, J Ecosyst Ecography 2017, 7:2 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2157-7625-C1-030
Cultural ecosystem services of different landscapes in Ugam Chotqol National Nature Park
Madina Bekchanova
Wageningen University, Netherlands
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andscapes are the main resources of providing the sufficient amount of ecosystem services like the provision of food and material,
provision of cultural ecosystem services such as recreation, aesthetics or spirituality. However, cultural ecosystem services are
rarely studied and little is known about spatial localization of these services. In this research, a framework is adopted and tested in
order to classify and map the provision of cultural ecosystem services as observed by tourists in Ugam Chotqol National Nature Park,
i.e. Tashkent region in Uzbekistan. In this study a photo-based questionnaire survey is joined with cartographical images of landscape
classes to obtain hot and cold spot provision areas of cultural ecosystem services. Statistical analysis is used to represent influences
of the respondents’ socio- demographic background and land-use type on the tourists’ perception of these services. According to
the results, each of the studied cultural ecosystem services, showed the various spatial patterns on the basis of its distribution and in
different landscapes to which they are related. Specifically, traditionally survived areas, located in highlands between 1200 and 3500
m asi are considered as hotspot areas for recreational activities, aesthetic beauty and cultural heritage. While, the lowland plains of
the study area mainly provide tourists with the spirituality. Results demonstrate that for the tourist perception the highest influence
is obtained from land use type, while other aspects such socio demographic factors (gender, age, cultural background, environmental
behaviour) and respondents perceived importance of the services are significant but they play subordinate role. It can be concluded
that, spatial information about the provision of cultural ecosystem services can help us to design further implementation of land use
policies.
Biography
Madina Bekchanova has her skill in evaluation of ecosystem services and motivation of enhancing spatial localization of each component of ecosystem services.
Her thesis is based on analyzing Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES) and its association with different landscapes. After having taken sufficient amount of Master
courses in Integrated Ecosystem Assessment, she started to write her thesis. Her thesis is mainly for representing the significance of landscapes in the provision
of cultural ecosystem services and tourists perception of CES in different landscapes. In order to analyze tourists perception she used econometric model and
simultaneously, she used GIS tools to classify various landscapes. This research can be very helpful for decision makers to plan further operations.
madina.bekchanova@wur.nl