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Published in: Urban Ecosystems 2/2013

01-06-2013

Community well-being as a critical component of urban lake ecosystem health

Authors: Christopher Walker, Jane-Louise Lampard, Anne Roiko, Neil Tindale, Aaron Wiegand, Peter Duncan

Published in: Urban Ecosystems | Issue 2/2013

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Abstract

Urban lakes are often monitored and managed with limited consideration of adjacent communities. Generally, when communities are considered in relation to urban lakes, they are viewed simply as sources of pollutants. Given the inevitable interactions between an urban lake and the surrounding inhabitants, the community must be considered explicitly when assessing the ecosystem health of urban lakes, as the two entities intrinsically comprise interrelated parts of a single ecosystem. In this study, the reciprocal links between a residential community and a series of urban lakes in South East Queensland have been examined to facilitate a dynamically linked, fully integrated ecosystem health assessment of constructed urban lakes. Residents’ attitudes towards, and values derived from, a series of urban lakes were surveyed, as well as residents’ behaviours which may impact upon urban lake health. The results indicate that residents derive both tangible and intangible benefits from the urban lakes, but feel little responsibility for lake health or custodianship over the lakes. Greater recognition within urban lake management frameworks of the links between urban lake systems and their surrounding communities may help to foster and enhance both community well-being, a greater sense of custodianship for such systems and improved management.

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Metadata
Title
Community well-being as a critical component of urban lake ecosystem health
Authors
Christopher Walker
Jane-Louise Lampard
Anne Roiko
Neil Tindale
Aaron Wiegand
Peter Duncan
Publication date
01-06-2013
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Urban Ecosystems / Issue 2/2013
Print ISSN: 1083-8155
Electronic ISSN: 1573-1642
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-012-0256-1

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