A global comparative analysis of local recreation behaviors and values in peri-urban forests
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Abstract
Recreation is an essential ecosystem service (ES) provided by urban and peri-urban forests. In the context of adapting forest management to social demands, it is important to understand recreation behavior and the value that people place on their recreation. This study presents a comparison of recreation behavior and willingness to pay (WTP) across four peri-urban forests located in Freiburg (Germany), Oakville (Canada), Xi’an (China) and Zomba (Malawi). WTP was asked under two contingent valuation scenarios, one to improve the forest management according to the respondents' preferences for forest characteristics and the other to sustain the forest under climate change impacts. We conducted on-site surveys, focusing on the inhabitants of the associated cities. While the recreationists were generally satisfied with the forest infrastructure (e.g., paths), they were rather dissatisfied with the facilities (e.g., sanitation and drinking water). The mean annual WTP (adjusted by purchasing-power-parity, PPP) to improve the forest management was 21.07US$ PPP in Freiburg, 18.53US$ PPP in Oakville, 8.32US$ PPP in Xi'an, and 3.52US$ PPP in Zomba. Under climate change impacts, the mean annual WTP was 27.96US$ PPP in Freiburg, 19.29US$ PPP in Oakville, 7.52US$ PPP in Xi'an, and 3.53US$ PPP in Zomba. The statistical analysis revealed a positive effect of income on WTP in Freiburg, Oakville, and Xi'an. In addition, in Freiburg, education increased WTP, while in Xi'an, younger participants were more likely to pay. In Freiburg and Zomba, belief in climate change was found to increase the probability of WTP under the climate change scenario. Regarding the payment vehicle, a local tax and a voluntary donation were preferred in Freiburg and Oakville, an entry fee in Xi’an, and there was no preference in Zomba. • Forest management may adapt to social demands for recreation • Willingness to Pay (WTP) for recreation depends not only on forest condition but also demographics and perceptions • There is a positive correlation between WTP and income as well as education • A diversity of payment vehicles may apply including a local tax, a voluntary donation, and an entry fee
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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