Abstract:Context There is widespread consensus about the need for landscape sustainability but little agreement about how to define or measure it. Objectives The aim of the paper is to present a systematic approach for measuring progress toward landscape sustainability goals. Methods The approach was developed based on existing literature and our experiences in applying the approach to support more sustainable agricultural landscapes. Examples applying this approach are summarized for case studies in the United States … Show more
“…Research is required to help landowners, policymakers, and other stakeholders understand and adapt the appropriate approach for each set of unique local conditions (V. H. Dale, Kline, Perla, & Lucier, 2013). This research needs to consider socioeconomic factors and trends while helping stakeholders to determine how to optimize land management to meet different societal objectives by considering biodiversity improvements, productive soils, water flow regulation, reductions in nitrogen and phosphorus pollution, site decontamination, and so on, as well as carbon sequestration and related climate effects (V. H. Dale, Kline, Parish, & Eichler, 2019). Research also needs to better inform practices and policies that reduce the risks to society related to increasing extreme weather events.…”
As the global population increases and becomes more affluent, biomass demands for food and biomaterials will increase. Demand growth is further accelerated by the implementation of climate policies and strategies to replace fossil resources with biomass. There are, however, concerns about the size of the prospective biomass demand and the environmental and social consequences of the corresponding resource mobilization, especially concerning impacts from the associated land-use change. Strategically integrating perennials into landscapes dominated by intensive agriculture can, for example, improve biodiversity, reduce soil erosion and nutrient emissions to water, increase soil carbon, enhance pollination, and avoid or mitigate flooding
“…Research is required to help landowners, policymakers, and other stakeholders understand and adapt the appropriate approach for each set of unique local conditions (V. H. Dale, Kline, Perla, & Lucier, 2013). This research needs to consider socioeconomic factors and trends while helping stakeholders to determine how to optimize land management to meet different societal objectives by considering biodiversity improvements, productive soils, water flow regulation, reductions in nitrogen and phosphorus pollution, site decontamination, and so on, as well as carbon sequestration and related climate effects (V. H. Dale, Kline, Parish, & Eichler, 2019). Research also needs to better inform practices and policies that reduce the risks to society related to increasing extreme weather events.…”
As the global population increases and becomes more affluent, biomass demands for food and biomaterials will increase. Demand growth is further accelerated by the implementation of climate policies and strategies to replace fossil resources with biomass. There are, however, concerns about the size of the prospective biomass demand and the environmental and social consequences of the corresponding resource mobilization, especially concerning impacts from the associated land-use change. Strategically integrating perennials into landscapes dominated by intensive agriculture can, for example, improve biodiversity, reduce soil erosion and nutrient emissions to water, increase soil carbon, enhance pollination, and avoid or mitigate flooding
“… Fig. 2 Approach to engaging stakeholders for improving landscape management (simplified version adapted from Dale et al, 2019 ). …”
Section: Overview Of the Approachmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We applied an established framework for selecting and prioritizing indicators (e.g., Dale et al, 2019 ) designed to (1) identify key indicators appropriate for the context, (2) provide adequate information relative to the cost of obtaining it, (3) build agreement around stakeholders’ goals for desired future conditions, (4) consider important stakeholder concerns, and (5) identify a suite of indicators that is monitored over time (Garrick et al, 2017; Dale et al, 2015 ). Ideally those indicators are practical, reliable, and provide timely information ( Dale & Beyeler, 2001 ).…”
Section: Overview Of the Approachmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…To quantify progress toward landscape sustainability and to help users advance toward shared goals, we developed a structured assessment framework ( Dale, Kline, Parish, & Eichler, 2019 ), hereafter called the approach . This approach engages stakeholders to identify essential features of the landscape and determine steps to be taken to attain or maintain beneficial conditions.…”
Highlights
Stakeholders’ engagement in the assessment process helps build capacity.
Stakeholders help define local sustainability goals, opportunities, and indicators.
Local champions, coordination, and sustained support are key to success.
Timely monitoring and continual improvement are part of the iterative approach.
Trust, engagement, communication, and capacity are required for improvement.
“…The scene for sustainability combines the pattern and the process approaches to landscape development proposals, as researchers conclude [1]. There is abundance of indicators used in different kind of environmental studies to describe sustainability; therefore, it is essential to set the framework for their selection and prioritising [2].…”
Abstractthe question of quality of modified landscape is critical for the client and the users and depends on the quality of projects. After theoretical and empirical research, the paper proposes the framework for quality assessment criteria and corresponding indicators for assessing landscape architecture projects. By thorough analysis of the recent international research and design and implementation practices in Lithuania, the paper gives the flexible and universal set of environmental, socio-economic, and aesthetic quality criteria and relevant indicators in the context of sustainable performance.
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