<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">García-Llorente, Marina</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Martín-López, Berta</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Iniesta-Arandia, Irene</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">López-Santiago, César a</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aguilera, Pedro a</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Montes, Carlos</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The role of multi-functionality in social preferences toward semi-arid rural landscapes: An ecosystem service approach</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Environmental Science &amp; Policy</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Contingent valuation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Expert focus group</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Landscape aesthetic</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mediterranean</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Social–ecological system</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Value</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2012</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2012///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1462901112000317</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">19-20</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">136 - 146</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The present study analyzes the relationship between landscape multi-functionality and social preferences toward Mediterranean landscapes in terms of monetary and nonmonetary techniques. Twenty landscape views were selected as representative of the landscape units characterizing Nacimiento and Adra semi-arid watersheds (southeastern Spain). Face-to-face questionnaires were used to assess social factors that inﬂuence willingness to pay for aesthetic landscape enjoyment (use value) and landscape conservation (non-use value). Meanwhile, an expert focus group analyzed the capacity of the selected semi-arid ecosystems for supplying services to society. The favorite landscape views mainly contained steeper reliefs, water ﬂows, and traditional human activities. Our results suggest a strong positive effect between respondents’ place attachment and the level of support for landscape conservation. Respondents were more willing to pay for the conservation of semiarid rural landscapes when their sense of belonging was greater. We also found that multifunctional landscapes, which provide higher numbers of regulating and cultural services, were also preferred in terms of their visual quality (use value). Additionally, they had more social support for their conservation (non-use value). The conversion of multi-functional landscapes to mono-functional ones disturbs the stability of rural areas, their capacity to provide other ecosystem services, and the social support toward their preservation. To reverse this tendency, two major ideas should be emphasized. The ﬁrst is the necessity of considering the ecological components and processes behind landscapes, and the second is the role of the local population on rural landscape conservation</style></abstract></record></records></xml>