Chapter 8
Monetary and Non-monetary Valuation
of Cultural Ecosystem Services in Marine
Protected Areas
Lydia Stergiopoulou, Phoebe Koundouri, and Achilleas Vassilopoulos
Abstract Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES) are recognized but still considered as
the “residual” ES subcategory and remain understudied. Their potential to shape
common identities and impact societal perspectives on ocean/marine resources’
management explains why further research on CES can widen the range of information needed for policymaking, especially in cases of blue tourism interventions. In
this chapter (This work has received funding from the European Union’s Interreg
Balkan-Mediterranean programme under grant agreement MIS 5017160.), we
review some possible conceptual frameworks for the CES classification along with
the monetary and non-monetary (revealed and stated preference) methods for their
valuation. Attention is given to the stated methods that the last years have received
increasing attention and exhibit some potential to be linked with Maritime Spatial
Planning decisions. An attempt to operationally define CES in the context of Marine
Protected Areas and investigate the determinants of perceived cultural heritage and
identity features has been adopted in two Interreg projects, AMAre and RECONN
ECT.
Keywords Marine protected areas · Cultural ecosystem services · Non-monetary
methods · Maritime spatial planning
L. Stergiopoulou (*)
United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, Athens, Greece
e-mail: lydia.stergiopoulou@icre8.eu
P. Koundouri
School of Economics and ReSEES Laboratory, Athens University of Economics and Business,
Athens, Greece
United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network Europe, Paris, France
EIT Climate–KIC Hub Greece, ATHENA Research and Innovation Center, Athens, Greece
ICRE8: International Centre for Research on the Environment and the Economy, Athens, Greece
A. Vassilopoulos
Department of Economics, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
P. Koundouri (ed.), The Ocean of Tomorrow, Environment & Policy 57,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56847-4_8
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Monetary and Non-monetary Valuation
of Cultural Ecosystem Services in Marine
Protected Areas
Lydia Stergiopoulou, Phoebe Koundouri, and Achilleas Vassilopoulos
Abstract Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES) are recognized but still considered as
the “residual” ES subcategory and remain understudied. Their potential to shape
common identities and impact societal perspectives on ocean/marine resources’
management explains why further research on CES can widen the range of information needed for policymaking, especially in cases of blue tourism interventions. In
this chapter (This work has received funding from the European Union’s Interreg
Balkan-Mediterranean programme under grant agreement MIS 5017160.), we
review some possible conceptual frameworks for the CES classification along with
the monetary and non-monetary (revealed and stated preference) methods for their
valuation. Attention is given to the stated methods that the last years have received
increasing attention and exhibit some potential to be linked with Maritime Spatial
Planning decisions. An attempt to operationally define CES in the context of Marine
Protected Areas and investigate the determinants of perceived cultural heritage and
identity features has been adopted in two Interreg projects, AMAre and RECONN
ECT.
Keywords Marine protected areas · Cultural ecosystem services · Non-monetary
methods · Maritime spatial planning
L. Stergiopoulou (*)
United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, Athens, Greece
e-mail: lydia.stergiopoulou@icre8.eu
P. Koundouri
School of Economics and ReSEES Laboratory, Athens University of Economics and Business,
Athens, Greece
United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network Europe, Paris, France
EIT Climate–KIC Hub Greece, ATHENA Research and Innovation Center, Athens, Greece
ICRE8: International Centre for Research on the Environment and the Economy, Athens, Greece
A. Vassilopoulos
Department of Economics, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
P. Koundouri (ed.), The Ocean of Tomorrow, Environment & Policy 57,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56847-4_8
125