A SYSTEM ANALYSIS OF CULTURAL ECOSYSTEM SERVI CES FROM NATURE PARKS

Abstract

 : Even though quantitative assessment of ecosystem servi CES is recently given importance, only few researches assess Cultural Ecosystem Service ( CES ). In this study, we focus on nature park information in Japan as nature parks are assumed to be quintessential CES providers. Furthermore, we analyzed how composing elements of CES in a nature park, such as climate, geography, vegetation and cultural assets affect the usage intensity and the share of visitors coming from outside the park limits. First, we computed a regression analysis on how these composing elements affected the usage intensity and the share of visitors coming from outside the park limits. Second, we categorized the nature parks according to their composing elements characteristics, and computed a regression analysis for each category.