Assessing Public Perception of Landscape

The LANDMAP experience

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ID11169363
AutoresAlister Scott (0000-0001-7551-5162, University of Wales, autor correspondente)
Ano2002
Volume27
Fascículo3
Páginas271-295
Data de publicação2002-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLandscape Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0142-6397 • E-ISSN: 1469-9710
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01426390220149520
OpenAlexW2003643679
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas46
Referências citadas34

Assessing public perception of landscape continues to be both an academic and a policy challenge. The involvement of the public in landscape matters has been and continues to be both controversial and problematic. Constraints of time and resources, together with a reluctance to delegate responsibility to the public, have generally limited the scope and influence of much participation to conventional reactive strategies. The potential of a new methodology to identify public perception of landscape in Denbighshire is assessed. Forming part of a wider initiative known as LANDMAP, a technique adopted by the Countryside Council for Wales for identifying distinctive landscape areas, household questionnaires and focus groups have been used to evaluate public perception in response to carefully selected photographic media. The results afford important insights into public perception and allow particular landscape types to be evaluated in both quantitative and qualitative terms. Analysis of the results for two selected areas shows that the public has strong attachments to managed rural landscapes in general, and wishes to see more integrative and participative strategies for landscape protection and management. Such attitudes challenge planners and policy makers to rethink their approaches towards conventional landscape management strategies and planning

Amenity · Delegate · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Landscape assessment · Landscape design · Perception · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · Public participation · Public relations · Scope (computer science) · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Law · Psychology · Rural development and sustainability

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