How do policy options modify landscape amenities? An assessment approach based on public expressed preferences

Correia, Teresa Pinto; Machado, Catarina; Barroso, Filipe; Picchi, Paolo; Turpin, Nadine; Bousset, J.P.; Chabab, Nejma; Michelin, Yves

doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2013.01.016

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“…Some regulating services, on the contrary, would need additional information on the landscape infrastructure such as the design and the structure of ecological corridors (Zardo et al , 2017). Cultural ecosystem services may require spatial information gathered through participatory processes and social mapping activities (Fagerholm et al , 2012), together with the calculation of metrics on preferred land cover patches as in the landscape ecology domain (Frank et al , 2012; Pinto-Correia et al , 2013). In landscape architecture, a multi-layer landscape analysis as adopted in the Five-step Approach can provide information to describe the landscape infrastructure and its components (McHarg and Mumford, 1969; Steiner, 2012; Hou et al , 2013).…”

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Deploying ecosystem services to develop sustainable energy landscapes: a case study from the Netherlands

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PurposeThe transition to a low carbon future is an emerging challenge and requires the planning and designing of sustainable energy landscapes – landscapes that provide renewable energy while safeguarding the supply of other ecosystem services. The aim of this paper is to present the application of an ecosystem services trade-off assessment in the development of sustainable energy landscapes for long-term strategic planning in a case study in Schouwen-Duivenland, The Netherlands.Design/methodology/approachThe application consists in three activities: in (1) stakeholder mapping hot spots of ecosystem services and renewable energy technologies in a workshop, (2) landscape design principles being discussed by a focus group, (3) experts gathering the information and proceeding with an assessment of the potential synergies and trade-offs.FindingsThe case study indicates that (1) deploying the ecosystem services framework in planning and design can enhance the development of sustainable energy landscapes, (2) diversified and accurate spatial reference systems advance the trade-off analysis of both regulating and cultural ecosystem services and (3) the involvement of local stakeholders can advance the trade-off analysis and, ultimately, facilitates the transition to a low-carbon future with sustainable energy landscapes.Originality/valueThe originality of this research lies in the creation of an approach for the deployment of ecosystem services in the planning and design of energy transition. This is useful to advance energy transition by enhancing research methods, by providing methods useful for planners and designers and by supporting communities pursuing energy self-sufficiency in a sustainable manner.

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Deploying ecosystem services to develop sustainable energy landscapes: a case study from the Netherlands

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“…The IMLA enables landscape planning that considers the complexity of relevant features rather than single components and objects of protection in isolation [89]. IMLA responds to the problem of confusion created by attempting to incorporate too many variables absent of a systematic approach [15,[30][31][32][33][34].…”

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An Integrated Method for Landscape Assessment: Application to Santiago de Cuba Bay, Cuba

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Human activities often drive landscape degradation and the associated loss of value. This paper describes a method that, by integrating multiple factors, characterize landscape value to establish relevant and effective management practices. The new integrated method for landscape assessment (IMLA) is a four-step model that includes: (i) establishment of a general theoretical basis for sustainability relevant metrics; (ii) characterization of the landscape; (iii) landscape valuation; (iv) recommendations for landscape value management. Each step includes different interactive components of analysis. The new IMLA considers the potential range of values associated with each landscape unit and facilitates sustainable landscape management. The method is systematic and includes both inductive and deductive reasoning. Its articulation is represented in the conjunction and overlapping of all factors and variables considered. IMLA was tested in Santiago de Cuba Bay (Cuba) and used to determine five landscape scopes, eight first-order landscape units and 29 s-order units. It proved to be a useful tool to establish landscape values and sound management strategies. Application of IMLA in Cuba will help local authorities institute land-use plans and to establish decision-making processes that include valuation of cultural landscapes.

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“…So far, most attempts to include these wider values and services have encountered difficulties when seeking translation into policy. In consequence, none of the frameworks so far suggested have demonstrated their utility for assessing the effectiveness of current policies in delivering various public goods and ecosystem services (Arler 2000, Turpin, Dupraz et al 2009, Paracchini, Pacini et al 2011, Pinto-Correia, Machado et al 2013).…”

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Assessing the ability of rural agrarian areas to provide cultural ecosystem services (CES): A multi scale social indicator framework (MSIF)

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Assessing the ways in which rural agrarian areas provide Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES) is proving difficult to achieve. This research has developed an innovative methodological approach named as Multi Scale Indicator Framework (MSIF) for capturing the CES embedded into the rural agrarian areas.This framework reconciles a literature review with a transdisciplinary participatory workshop. Both of these sources reveal that societal preferences diverge upon judgemental criteria which in turn relate to different visual concepts that can be drawn from analyzing attributes, elements, features and characteristics of rural areas. We contend that it is now possible to list a group of possible multi scale indicators for stewardship, diversity and aesthetics. These results might also be of use for improving any existing European indicators frameworks by also including CES. This research carries major implications for policy at different levels of governance, as it makes possible to target and monitor policy instruments to the physical rural settings so that cultural dimensions are adequately considered. There is still work to be developed on regional specific values and thresholds for each criteria and its indicator set. In practical terms, by developing the conceptual design within a common framework as described in this paper, a considerable step forward toward the inclusion of the cultural dimension in European wide assessments can be made.

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How do policy options modify landscape amenities? An assessment approach based on public expressed preferences

Cited by 10 publications

References 34 publications

Deploying ecosystem services to develop sustainable energy landscapes: a case study from the Netherlands

Deploying ecosystem services to develop sustainable energy landscapes: a case study from the Netherlands

An Integrated Method for Landscape Assessment: Application to Santiago de Cuba Bay, Cuba

Assessing the ability of rural agrarian areas to provide cultural ecosystem services (CES): A multi scale social indicator framework (MSIF)

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