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  5. explore perception of the ecosystem services
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Exit Survey
 
 
Goal
To explore the perception and use of across urban and rural fringe (see Fig. 1) by local inhabitants: how they appreciate it and how to benefit it. Individuals would be interviewed for only one specific area (for example, as labeled in Fig. 2, answered for edge 1 or edge 2, or the transect).

An urban rural fringe is described as the "landscape interface between town and country" or “urban periphery”, “urban edge” , “outer city”, “edgelands”, “regional city”, “the city beyond the city”, “urban hinterland”, “rural adjacent area to a town”. The zone contains a mixed characteristics from both city and country, while no longer urban yet not rural any more, and a main drive is urbanization.

Fig. 1 A figure of transect in an urban rural fringe located in Salzburg, Austria

Fig. 2 A figure of edges and transect in an urban rural fringe located in Salzburg, Austria
 
 
 
* 1. Perception about the ecosystem services provided by the fringe
1.1 What types of land use are important in this S area (choose 3 for maximum)?
 
Wetland;
 
Water;
 
Forest;
 
Cultivated land;
 
Grassland;
 
Nature conservation;
 
Residence;
 
Historical relics;
 
Other built-up area (airport, grave).
 
 
 
1.2 How do you benefit from the S area, choose the most important ones: (choose 3 for maximum)
Please choose 3 for maximum, and also rank 1 a little important; 2 important; the most important.
 
 Food (crop, fisheries, fiber, fuel, forage…);
 
 Economic acquisition (timber, fiber, tourism…);
 
 Home for wildlife, plants, or other living organisms;
 
 Life sustaining (freshwater purification, air purification, soil conservation, temperature regulation…)
 
 Therapeutic/Health (feel better physically and/or mentally)
 
 Leisure (walk, barbeque, bird-watching, basking…);
 
 Outdoor sports (boating, running, cycling, hiking, hunting…);
 
 Aesthetic (viewing scenery, enjoying historical heritage…);
 
 Spiritual (special affection, religious, childhood memory…);
 
 Education (landscape planning, research field, for next generation’s experience…);
 
 Intrinsic (they are valuable in their own right, no matter what I or others think about them);
 
 Other (please state one) ..............................................................................................................
 
 
How do you feel about the current status of the urban fringe in S area, score the following items:
Very ugly Ugly Medium Beautiful Very beautiful No idea
Ugly-Beautiful
 
 
 
How do you feel about the current status of the urban fringe in S area, score the following items?
Ugly-Beautiful
Very ugly
Ugly
Neutral
Beautiful
Very beautiful
 
 
 
How do you feel about the current status of the urban fringe in S area, score the following items?
Unsafe- Safe
Very unsafe
Unsafe
Neutral
Safe
Very safe
 
 
 
2. Willingness to contribute
2.1 I would like to contribute to the landscape’s future and its management by:
 Money (€/month):
 
0.1-2;
 
2.1-4;
 
4.1-6;
 
6.1-8;
 
8.1-10;
 
more than 10
 
 
 
2.1 I would like to contribute to the landscape’s future and its management by:
 Labour (hour/month):
 
0.5;
 
0.5-1;
 
1-1.5;
 
1.5-2;
 
2-2.5;
 
2.5-3;
 
more than 3
 
 
 
2.2 I would like to contribute for the following use (choose 3 for maximum):
 
 Food (crop, fisheries, fiber, fuel, forage…);
 
 Economic acquisition (timber, fiber, tourism…);
 
 Home for wildlife, plants, or other living organisms;
 
 Life sustaining (freshwater purification, air purification, soil conservation, temperature regulation…)
 
 Therapeutic/Health (feel better physically and/or mentally)
 
 Leisure (walk, barbeque, bird-watching, basking…);
 
 Outdoor sports (boating, running, cycling, hiking, hunting…);
 
 Aesthetic (viewing scenery, enjoying historical heritage…);
 
 Spiritual (special affection, religious, childhood memory…);
 
 Education (landscape planning, research field, for next generation’s experience…);
 
 Intrinsic (they are valuable in their own right, no matter what I or others think about them);

 
 
 
3. General questions
3.1 Do you think inhabitants in the urban rural fringe can benefit MORE from the fringe than those in the center of city? Please also SCORE the following items as the number corresponding with its importance degree: (choose 3 for maximum)
1 Not at all; 2 less important; 3 almost the same; 4 more important; 5 much more important
 
 Food (crop, fisheries, fiber, fuel, forage…);
 
 Economic acquisition (timber, fiber, tourism…);
 
 Home for wildlife, plants, or other living organisms;
 
 Life sustaining (freshwater purification, air purification, soil conservation, temperature regulation…)
 
 Therapeutic/Health (feel better physically and/or mentally)
 
 Leisure (walk, barbeque, bird-watching, basking…);
 
 Outdoor sports (boating, running, cycling, hiking, hunting…);
 
 Aesthetic (viewing scenery, enjoying historical heritage…);
 
 Spiritual (special affection, religious, childhood memory…);
 
 Education (landscape planning, research field, for next generation’s experience…);
 
 Intrinsic (they are valuable in their own right, no matter what I or others think about them);
 
 Other (please state one) ..............................................................................................................