Flurina M Wartmann
Biographic Data
| ID | 664304 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Flurina M Wartmann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Flurina M |
| FAMILY NAME | Wartmann |
| SIGNATURE | WARTMANN F M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Aberdeen |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4788-2963 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Digital nature in the AI era: How human and AI ‐generated representations shape future visions of rewilding
Rewilding has gained significant influence in nature conservation, offering hopeful narratives that address the interconnected challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss while enabling people to reconnect with ‘wildness’ in the Anthropocene. Rewilding powerfully shapes imaginaries of possible futures and is being implemented through numerous projects across the UK. These projects fundamentally transform landscape aesthetics and determine …
Rewilding in the British policy landscape. A qualitative analysis of policy documents related to rewilding
UK parliamentary research recognises rewilding as an opportunity to fulfil national habitat restoration commitments.Nevertheless, there is a current lack of analysis concerning the policy landscape in Britain.To address this gap, we employ qualitative document analysis to assess how rewilding features in national policy documents in Britain.Using a structured search strategy to identify national policy documents from Scotland, England and Wales, …
Five critical questions we should ask of rewilding projects—And that social science can help us answer
Engaging conservation decision‐making with critical aspects of social science can enhance the equitability of conservation practice by recentring issues of social and environmental justice. Using rewilding as a conservation case in point, we identify five foundational questions to ask of rewilding projects to help align rewilding decision‐making with justice principles. We unpack these questions through five rewilding case studies: Yellowstone Na…
Geographies of landscape aesthetics: Mapping landscape terminology in digitised historical travel accounts of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs
This study spatially analyses aesthetic terms in historical travel accounts of the landscapes of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. We applied a hybrid approach, combining qualitative methods of textual analysis with quantitative techniques of a Geographical Information System (GIS), to a corpus of 38 digitised works featuring a range of historic guidebooks and travelogues. To identify relationships betwee…
Extracting sensory experiences and cultural ecosystem services from actively crowdsourced descriptions of everyday lived landscapes
What cultural ecosystem services (CES) do people perceive in their immediate surroundings, and what sensory experiences are linked to these ecosystem services? And how are these CES and experiences expressed in natural language? In this study, we used data generated through a gamified application called Window Expeditions, where people uploaded short descriptions of landscapes they were able to experience through their windows during the COVID-19…
Messy natures: The political aesthetics of nature recovery
Current aspirations for nature recovery to address biodiversity loss and climate change will involve changing what landscapes look like, which can create challenging aesthetic experiences for members of the public. In this study, we interrogate the role of aesthetics in shaping visions of nature recovery, focussing on the construction and contestation of ‘mess’ and ‘messiness’ in nature recovery. We examine the political aesthetics of messy natur…
Characterising and mapping potential and experienced tranquillity: From a state of mind to a cultural ecosystem service
Tranquil places that induce a sense of calm and peacefulness are important for those seeking respite from their stressful everyday lives. Although tranquillity is a word commonly used in everyday English, we show that its definition is complex, most often encompassing sight and hearing, with strong cultural and historical influences. To shed light on the concept of tranquillity and related research in geography and other disciplines, we (i) trace…
Comparing landscape value patterns between participatory mapping and geolocated social media content across Europe
In this study, we bring together participatory mapping and analysis of geolocated social media content from the Flickr platform in an assessment of similarities and differences in their utility for landscape value elicitation. We do so in a Pan-European context comparing types of landscape values and their spatial patterns across 19 case sites in 11 European countries. Across these sites, we find great variety in volume, types and spatial pattern…
There is no formula for life and career’: A commentary on perspectives and experiences of early career quantitative human geographers
Early career researchers (ECRs) encounter distinctive opportunities (and challenges) within the neoliberal academy. In this commentary, we reflect on issues common to ECR experiences in quantitative human geography. Our discussion is inspired by and develops conversations from a panel at the Royal Geographical Society‐Institute of British Geographers (RGS‐IBG) postgraduate forum, with panellists from across the subfield. While many aspects of the…
Factors influencing visual landscape quality perceived by the public. Results from a national survey
In the context of significant landscape changes, understanding how residents perceive landscape quality is crucial for landscape policy-making and planning. However, while significant advancements have been made in measuring physical landscape change, social indicators assessing visual landscape quality perceived by the public are still underdeveloped. In this study, we use an indicator-based assessment of visual landscape quality that was collec…
Expanding the toolbox: Assessing methods for local outdoor recreation planning
Growing demand for outdoor recreation puts pressure on highly-frequented peri-urban areas. In the Netherlands, a more equal distribution of recreationists has been proposed by the Dutch government to relieve pressure on overcrowded recreation hotspots. Devising landscape planning strategies that redirect recreation flows requires reliable data on areas that people currently use and what areas would also be suitable for recreation. Such data may n…
Comparing outdoor recreation preferences in peri-urban landscapes using different data gathering methods
The growing demand for a variety of outdoor recreation pursuits in peri-urban areas evokes the need for effective landscape management strategies based on reliable information about recreationists, their preferences and use of the landscape. Although a variety of methods are available for gathering this information, there is a lack of understanding if and how results from these methods are comparable. In this study we apply both direct engagement…
Describing and mapping where people experience tranquillity. An exploration based on interviews and Flickr photographs
Protecting tranquil areas is becoming an important objective for landscape planning and management. In order to identify where people experience tranquillity, we developed a hybrid approach combining field-based interviews with an analysis of social media content in the form of photographs with associated tags and coordinates from the photo-sharing website Flickr. In a case study in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park in Scotland, intervi…
Introduction: The trouble with forest: definitions, values and boundaries
Forest is in trouble. The most recent (2015) FAO Forest Resources Assessment shows an encouraging trend towards a decrease in deforestation rates, but it also points out that since 1990 total forest loss corresponds to an area the size of South Africa. Efforts to curtail deforestation require reliable assessments, yet current definitions for what a forest exactly is differ significantly across countries, institutions and epistemic communities. Th…
This is not the jungle, this is my barbecho ’: Semantics of ethnoecological landscape categories in the Bolivian Amazon
Through a case study with Spanish-speaking Takana indigenous people in the Bolivian Amazon, we explored ethnoecological landscape categories, including their ecological underpinnings, cultural significance and hierarchical organisation. Using field walks and interviews with consultants, we elicited 156 ethnoecological landscape categories, 60 of which related to vegetation types. However, sorting exercises with landscape photographs revealed that…
Investigating sense of place as a cultural ecosystem service in different landscapes through the lens of language
The concept of ecosystem services is increasingly important for measuring both tangible and intangible benefits that humans obtain from ecosystems. Much research on ecosystem services focused on more tangible services. Intangible cultural ecosystem services, such as sense of place, are often neglected, but in the context of highly populated, increasingly urbanized countries, maintenance of cultural ecosystem services is an important policy object…
"Institutional Shopping" for Natural Resource Management in a Protected Area and Indigenous Territory in the Bolivian Amazon
Focusing on an overlapping protected area and indigenous territory in the Bolivian Amazon, this article discusses how indigenous people continue to negotiate access to natural resources. Using the theoretical framework of New Institutionalism, ethnographic data from participatory observations, and interviews with Takana indigenous resource users and park management staff, we identified four phases of institutional change. We argue that under the …
Size, Site Fidelity, and Overlap of Home Ranges and Core Areas in the Socially Monogamous Owl Monkey (Aotus azarae) of Northern Argentina
Modelling ranging behaviour of female orang-utans: A case study in Tuanan, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
Investigating sense of place as a cultural ecosystem service in different landscapes through the lens of language
The concept of ecosystem services is increasingly important for measuring both tangible and intangible benefits that humans obtain from ecosystems. Much research on ecosystem services focused on more tangible services. Intangible cultural ecosystem services, such as sense of place, are often neglected, but in the context of highly populated, increasingly urbanized countries, maintenance of cultural ecosystem services is an important policy object…
Size, Site Fidelity, and Overlap of Home Ranges and Core Areas in the Socially Monogamous Owl Monkey (Aotus azarae) of Northern Argentina
This is not the jungle, this is my barbecho ’: Semantics of ethnoecological landscape categories in the Bolivian Amazon
Through a case study with Spanish-speaking Takana indigenous people in the Bolivian Amazon, we explored ethnoecological landscape categories, including their ecological underpinnings, cultural significance and hierarchical organisation. Using field walks and interviews with consultants, we elicited 156 ethnoecological landscape categories, 60 of which related to vegetation types. However, sorting exercises with landscape photographs revealed that…
Describing and mapping where people experience tranquillity. An exploration based on interviews and Flickr photographs
Protecting tranquil areas is becoming an important objective for landscape planning and management. In order to identify where people experience tranquillity, we developed a hybrid approach combining field-based interviews with an analysis of social media content in the form of photographs with associated tags and coordinates from the photo-sharing website Flickr. In a case study in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park in Scotland, intervi…
Characterising and mapping potential and experienced tranquillity: From a state of mind to a cultural ecosystem service
Tranquil places that induce a sense of calm and peacefulness are important for those seeking respite from their stressful everyday lives. Although tranquillity is a word commonly used in everyday English, we show that its definition is complex, most often encompassing sight and hearing, with strong cultural and historical influences. To shed light on the concept of tranquillity and related research in geography and other disciplines, we (i) trace…
Modelling ranging behaviour of female orang-utans: A case study in Tuanan, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
Size, Site Fidelity, and Overlap of Home Ranges and Core Areas in the Socially Monogamous Owl Monkey (Aotus azarae) of Northern Argentina
"Institutional Shopping" for Natural Resource Management in a Protected Area and Indigenous Territory in the Bolivian Amazon
Focusing on an overlapping protected area and indigenous territory in the Bolivian Amazon, this article discusses how indigenous people continue to negotiate access to natural resources. Using the theoretical framework of New Institutionalism, ethnographic data from participatory observations, and interviews with Takana indigenous resource users and park management staff, we identified four phases of institutional change. We argue that under the …
Introduction: The trouble with forest: definitions, values and boundaries
Forest is in trouble. The most recent (2015) FAO Forest Resources Assessment shows an encouraging trend towards a decrease in deforestation rates, but it also points out that since 1990 total forest loss corresponds to an area the size of South Africa. Efforts to curtail deforestation require reliable assessments, yet current definitions for what a forest exactly is differ significantly across countries, institutions and epistemic communities. Th…
This is not the jungle, this is my barbecho ’: Semantics of ethnoecological landscape categories in the Bolivian Amazon
Through a case study with Spanish-speaking Takana indigenous people in the Bolivian Amazon, we explored ethnoecological landscape categories, including their ecological underpinnings, cultural significance and hierarchical organisation. Using field walks and interviews with consultants, we elicited 156 ethnoecological landscape categories, 60 of which related to vegetation types. However, sorting exercises with landscape photographs revealed that…
Investigating sense of place as a cultural ecosystem service in different landscapes through the lens of language
The concept of ecosystem services is increasingly important for measuring both tangible and intangible benefits that humans obtain from ecosystems. Much research on ecosystem services focused on more tangible services. Intangible cultural ecosystem services, such as sense of place, are often neglected, but in the context of highly populated, increasingly urbanized countries, maintenance of cultural ecosystem services is an important policy object…
Comparing outdoor recreation preferences in peri-urban landscapes using different data gathering methods
The growing demand for a variety of outdoor recreation pursuits in peri-urban areas evokes the need for effective landscape management strategies based on reliable information about recreationists, their preferences and use of the landscape. Although a variety of methods are available for gathering this information, there is a lack of understanding if and how results from these methods are comparable. In this study we apply both direct engagement…
Describing and mapping where people experience tranquillity. An exploration based on interviews and Flickr photographs
Protecting tranquil areas is becoming an important objective for landscape planning and management. In order to identify where people experience tranquillity, we developed a hybrid approach combining field-based interviews with an analysis of social media content in the form of photographs with associated tags and coordinates from the photo-sharing website Flickr. In a case study in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park in Scotland, intervi…
Factors influencing visual landscape quality perceived by the public. Results from a national survey
In the context of significant landscape changes, understanding how residents perceive landscape quality is crucial for landscape policy-making and planning. However, while significant advancements have been made in measuring physical landscape change, social indicators assessing visual landscape quality perceived by the public are still underdeveloped. In this study, we use an indicator-based assessment of visual landscape quality that was collec…
Expanding the toolbox: Assessing methods for local outdoor recreation planning
Growing demand for outdoor recreation puts pressure on highly-frequented peri-urban areas. In the Netherlands, a more equal distribution of recreationists has been proposed by the Dutch government to relieve pressure on overcrowded recreation hotspots. Devising landscape planning strategies that redirect recreation flows requires reliable data on areas that people currently use and what areas would also be suitable for recreation. Such data may n…
Comparing landscape value patterns between participatory mapping and geolocated social media content across Europe
In this study, we bring together participatory mapping and analysis of geolocated social media content from the Flickr platform in an assessment of similarities and differences in their utility for landscape value elicitation. We do so in a Pan-European context comparing types of landscape values and their spatial patterns across 19 case sites in 11 European countries. Across these sites, we find great variety in volume, types and spatial pattern…
There is no formula for life and career’: A commentary on perspectives and experiences of early career quantitative human geographers
Early career researchers (ECRs) encounter distinctive opportunities (and challenges) within the neoliberal academy. In this commentary, we reflect on issues common to ECR experiences in quantitative human geography. Our discussion is inspired by and develops conversations from a panel at the Royal Geographical Society‐Institute of British Geographers (RGS‐IBG) postgraduate forum, with panellists from across the subfield. While many aspects of the…
Characterising and mapping potential and experienced tranquillity: From a state of mind to a cultural ecosystem service
Tranquil places that induce a sense of calm and peacefulness are important for those seeking respite from their stressful everyday lives. Although tranquillity is a word commonly used in everyday English, we show that its definition is complex, most often encompassing sight and hearing, with strong cultural and historical influences. To shed light on the concept of tranquillity and related research in geography and other disciplines, we (i) trace…
Geographies of landscape aesthetics: Mapping landscape terminology in digitised historical travel accounts of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs
This study spatially analyses aesthetic terms in historical travel accounts of the landscapes of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. We applied a hybrid approach, combining qualitative methods of textual analysis with quantitative techniques of a Geographical Information System (GIS), to a corpus of 38 digitised works featuring a range of historic guidebooks and travelogues. To identify relationships betwee…
Extracting sensory experiences and cultural ecosystem services from actively crowdsourced descriptions of everyday lived landscapes
What cultural ecosystem services (CES) do people perceive in their immediate surroundings, and what sensory experiences are linked to these ecosystem services? And how are these CES and experiences expressed in natural language? In this study, we used data generated through a gamified application called Window Expeditions, where people uploaded short descriptions of landscapes they were able to experience through their windows during the COVID-19…
Messy natures: The political aesthetics of nature recovery
Current aspirations for nature recovery to address biodiversity loss and climate change will involve changing what landscapes look like, which can create challenging aesthetic experiences for members of the public. In this study, we interrogate the role of aesthetics in shaping visions of nature recovery, focussing on the construction and contestation of ‘mess’ and ‘messiness’ in nature recovery. We examine the political aesthetics of messy natur…
Rewilding in the British policy landscape. A qualitative analysis of policy documents related to rewilding
UK parliamentary research recognises rewilding as an opportunity to fulfil national habitat restoration commitments.Nevertheless, there is a current lack of analysis concerning the policy landscape in Britain.To address this gap, we employ qualitative document analysis to assess how rewilding features in national policy documents in Britain.Using a structured search strategy to identify national policy documents from Scotland, England and Wales, …
Five critical questions we should ask of rewilding projects—And that social science can help us answer
Engaging conservation decision‐making with critical aspects of social science can enhance the equitability of conservation practice by recentring issues of social and environmental justice. Using rewilding as a conservation case in point, we identify five foundational questions to ask of rewilding projects to help align rewilding decision‐making with justice principles. We unpack these questions through five rewilding case studies: Yellowstone Na…
Digital nature in the AI era: How human and AI ‐generated representations shape future visions of rewilding
Rewilding has gained significant influence in nature conservation, offering hopeful narratives that address the interconnected challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss while enabling people to reconnect with ‘wildness’ in the Anthropocene. Rewilding powerfully shapes imaginaries of possible futures and is being implemented through numerous projects across the UK. These projects fundamentally transform landscape aesthetics and determine …
Geography (12 works) · Land Use and Ecosystem Services (9 works) · Environmental resource management (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Urban Green Space and Health (8 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Ecology (6 works) · Geographies of human-animal interactions (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Environmental Science (5 works)