RT Journal Article
T1 Assessing landscape features and ecosystem services of marine protected areas through photographs on social media: comparison of two archipelagos in Spain
A1 Alieva, D.
A1 Holgado, D.
A1 Juan, Silvia de
A1 Ruiz Frau, Ana
A1 Villasante Larramendi, Carlos Sebastián
A1 Maya-Jariego, I.
K1 Cultural ecosystem services
K1 Landscape
K1 Marine protected areas
K1 Social media
K1 User-generated content
AB Marine protected areas provide cultural services including the aesthetic appreciation of the landscape and the performance of recreational activities. In this study, we use the photographs shared by users in a digital repository to describe the distinctive characteristics of two terrestrial-maritime natural parks in Spain. In total, 1041 photos and 2342 tags generated by 76 users were analyzed. The results show the greatest salience of the landscape values, followed by historical monuments and the sighting of fauna and flora. The methodology based on the extraction of digital data from Flickr facilitates the efficient comparison of a Mediterranean archipelago (Cabrera Island) with an Atlantic archipelago (Cíes Islands). However, some important limitations were also detected in the descriptive capacity of this method, in comparison with the content analysis by external observers. But, overall, the evaluation of the subjective experience of visitors to natural areas can be very useful for tourism management of the marine environment.
PB Springer
SN 1387-585X
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/42428
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/42428
LA eng
NO Alieva, D., Holgado, D., de Juan, S. et al. Assessing landscape features and ecosystem services of marine protected areas through photographs on social media: comparison of two archipelagos in Spain. Environ Dev Sustain 24, 9623–9641 (2022).
NO Open Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE-CSIC agreement with Springer Nature.
DS Minerva
RD 27 abr 2026