Heterogeneous preferences for agricultural landscape improvements in southern Finland

Grammatikopoulou, Ioanna; Pouta, Eija; Salmiovirta, Maija; Soini, Katriina

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.06.001

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“…This was also against our expectations based on earlier findings regarding the significance of the presence of man-made elements in the landscape [46,47].…”

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confidence: 87%

“…Rural buildings [44], particularly farm buildings [45,46] and cultural buildings [47,48], are positively related to landscape evaluations, especially when these buildings are old [41], traditional [16,37,49] or well preserved [42]. Moreover, respondents approve of the presence of visual dividers, i.e., buffer zones that contain grassy or tree-covered areas, hedgerows or terraces [15,45,50,51], and the presence of grazing animals [37,46,49].…”

Section: Selection Of Attributesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Assessing the Quality of Agricultural Landscape Change with Multiple Dimensions

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Better recognition of public perceptions is called for in developing policies that affect landscape qualities, such as agri-environmental policies. The present study focused on the evaluation of typical agricultural landscapes in Finland. We utilized and operationalized the visual landscape quality scales introduced by Tveit et al. (2006) and further explored how these scales can be applied in citizen evaluation of agricultural landscapes. From landscape data collected via an Internet survey, we analysed whether and how the attributes of agricultural landscapes were linked to their evaluation. The results demonstrated that visual concepts such as openness, naturalness, species richness and the impression of being taken care of were significantly associated with six landscape attributes, i.e., grain, cattle, bales, farmhouses, buses and disturbances. A relationship between key landscape concepts and normative evaluation was found. The normative pleasantness of the landscape also significantly associated with individual landscape attributes and the socio-demographic characteristics of the perceivers.

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“…This was also against our expectations based on earlier findings regarding the significance of the presence of man-made elements in the landscape [46,47].…”

Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 87%

Section: Selection Of Attributesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessing the Quality of Agricultural Landscape Change with Multiple Dimensions

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et al. 2014

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“…Boxall and Adamowicz considered latent classes in destination choices for wilderness recreation and, to incorporate social and psychological influence with choice attribute data, applied factor analysis to a set of motivational statements. Further applications to recreation and landscape include Provencher and Bishop (2004), Scarpa and Thiene (2005), Grammatikopoulou et al (2012), and Juutinen et al (2017). A different model for unobserved taste heterogeneity, the random parameters logit (RPL) (Train 1998Hensher and Greene 2003), deals with preference heterogeneity at the individual level across all attributes (Hynes, Hanley, and Scarpa 2008).…”

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Integrating nature-based tourism and forestry in private lands under heterogeneous visitor preferences for forest attributes

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Developing nature-based tourism in private lands calls for new mechanisms to consolidate the interests of the tourism industry, visitors, and landowners. This choice experiment study elaborates on the heterogeneity of visitors' preferences and willingness to pay (WTP) for enhanced forest amenities and ecosystem services. The survey, targeting domestic and foreign tourists visiting the Ruka-Kuusamo area in Finland, considered four attributes: landscape quality, outdoor routes, forest biodiversity, and carbon sequestration. For observed heterogeneity, the visitors were grouped by their attitudes towards forest management. Unobserved heterogeneity in visitors' choice behaviour and WTP was examined with the latent class model. While most visitors had environmentally friendly attitudes and were willing to pay, especially for enhanced landscape quality and biodiversity, considerable heterogeneity was revealed in terms of three segments with distinctive attitudes, choice behaviour and WTP. The variation in WTP has important implications for the design of a scheme of payments for environmental management.

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“…Grammatikopoulou et al (2012) and Hasund et al (2011) assess landscape attributes in agricultural lands in Finland and Sweden, respectively. The studies show a significant willingness to pay for landscapes that support grazing animals and that ensure relatively larger "viewscapes" rather than small isolated grasslands.…”

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confidence: 99%