The perception of abandoned farmland by local people and experts: Landscape value and perspectives on future land use

Ruskule, Anda; Nikodemus, Oļģerts; Kasparinskis, Raimonds; Bell, Simon; Urtane, Ilze

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.03.012

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“…Other scholars highlight that CAP payments can reduce farmland abandonment [24,25,86]. Also, in our survey, the experts confirm that these funds significantly reduce actual abandonment.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 71%

Determinants of Farmland Abandonment in Selected Metropolitan Areas of Poland: A Spatial Analysis on the Basis of Regression Trees and Interviews with Experts

et al. 2019

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Dynamic land use changes in metropolitan areas are global phenomena. The influence of urbanisation processes on farmland is twofold: urban encroachments predominantly take place at the expense of farmland, and also result in farmland abandonment processes, especially in Central Eastern and Southern Europe. This paper analyses determinants of farmland abandonment in 280 municipalities situated in six selected Polish metropolitan areas. The analysis, which covers secondary statistical data as well as primary data collected via a survey among experts, applies the regression tree method. Within the six selected metropolitan areas nearly 9% of the farmland is permanently excluded from agricultural production (actual abandonment), plus another 11.5% is currently not being used for production (semi-abandonment). For actual abandonment, physical and economic sizes of farms, part-time farming, and soil quality constitute the most relevant determinants. Socio-economic variables play a more important role in explaining semi-abandonment than actual abandonment. Temporary exclusion of farmland from agricultural production is connected with urbanisation processes. Higher shares of built-up and urbanised areas, higher population densities, and positive migration rates result in higher shares of semi-abandonment. Naturally, areas characterised by agrarian fragmentation, where due to low agricultural incomes farmers more often decided to abandon agricultural production, were, in particular, subject to this process.

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“…Other scholars highlight that CAP payments can reduce farmland abandonment [24,25,86]. Also, in our survey, the experts confirm that these funds significantly reduce actual abandonment.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 71%

Determinants of Farmland Abandonment in Selected Metropolitan Areas of Poland: A Spatial Analysis on the Basis of Regression Trees and Interviews with Experts

et al. 2019

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“…Directors of Public Health and strategy managers). As the interviews were intended to be informed by the participants' field of work, purposive sampling was used to obtain a range of views, the aim being to recruit the maximum variety of participants (Riechers et al 2016;Ruskule et al 2013). Additional participants were recruited and interviewed until data saturation was achieved and additional interviews did not lead to additional emergent themes (Guest et al 2006).…”

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confidence: 99%

The role of managed natural spaces in connecting people with urban nature: a comparison of local user, researcher, and provider views

2018

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Increasing evidence of the health and wellbeing benefits of urban natural spaces has resulted in policy goals to increase their use. Making these spaces accessible and attractive to potential users is fundamental to achieving these goals since a mismatch between design and use can mean that the potential benefits of these spaces are not fully realised. Yet there has been limited investigation of whether the ambitions of providers align with local user preferences. Using a qualitative approach, we combined interviews of providers and researchers with focus groups of local users to reflect on the provision and use of urban natural spaces in the UK, and analysed the resulting transcripts using framework analysis. Three overarching themes were identified: (i) the role of managed environments in connecting people with nature; (ii) built features as facilitators of connection with nature; and (iii) challenges to connecting with nature arising from built features and the management of natural spaces. Although there were points of agreement between the stakeholder groups, we identified some key differences. Local users expressed a preference for both wilder and more formal urban natural spaces and opposed the removal of built features significant to the local history of the area. Whilst researchers recognised these views, providers were not aware of local user preferences for wilder spaces or the extent that local users considered the local heritage and its artefacts important. Understanding these differing perspectives on local natural spaces is important for maximising the value of these spaces to provide co-benefits for the environment and health.

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“…Indicators D2 and D3 address landscape perception which is evolutionarily determined [41], as they are independent of cultural influences. The presence of derelict land is perceptively associated with desolation and a lack of activity [42], while landscapes that are more diverse receive higher scores in landscape preference ranking [43]. D2 and D3 were chosen because they express the preferences of both residents and experts.…”

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Are Spatial Planning Objectives Reflected in the Evolution of Urban Landscape Patterns? A Framework for the Evaluation of Spatial Planning Outcomes

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Abstract:The evaluation of spatial planning results, or outcomes, has been rather neglected by scholars and practitioners. The causes of this neglect are linked to the characteristics of the planning systems in use or difficulties in quantifying results. To advance the state of the art of outcome evaluation, this paper focuses on assessing the implementation of national spatial planning objectives in urban landscapes through the use of an evaluation framework, which makes use of spatially explicit information. The framework is built around four dimensions, which reflect the main domains of spatial planning: efficient built-up development, conservation of agricultural land, landscape preservation and human perception. Indicators that are capable of capturing landscape changes in both time and space are used to verify the degree of conformance between adopted objectives and actual development patterns. We make use of spatially explicit data, as well as assess whether and where landscape changes occurred, by integrating the framework into a multi-criteria analysis. In the present study, the framework is tested in two study areas located in Switzerland and Romania, while the results are interpreted from the perspective of spatial planning approaches in the two countries. The efficiency and utility of the framework are demonstrated by the ability to provide valuable information that facilitates improvement in the performance of planning processes, such as identifying where the implementation of objectives is less effective, and the domains of affected spatial planning. Our findings indicate that the distance between objectives and outcomes can be attributed to differences in countries' spatial planning approaches, which should also be placed into the wider economic, institutional and legislative context. Our study provides valuable insights for the integration of time series of spatial data into the evaluation procedure.Keywords: planning evaluation; conformance; urban landscape; spatial multi-criteria analysis; Romania; Switzerland The distance between intentions and outcomes is attributed to the planning strategies, along with the overall planning tradition, economic conditions and the legislative context.

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The perception of abandoned farmland by local people and experts: Landscape value and perspectives on future land use

Cited by 102 publications

References 42 publications

Determinants of Farmland Abandonment in Selected Metropolitan Areas of Poland: A Spatial Analysis on the Basis of Regression Trees and Interviews with Experts

Determinants of Farmland Abandonment in Selected Metropolitan Areas of Poland: A Spatial Analysis on the Basis of Regression Trees and Interviews with Experts

The role of managed natural spaces in connecting people with urban nature: a comparison of local user, researcher, and provider views

Are Spatial Planning Objectives Reflected in the Evolution of Urban Landscape Patterns? A Framework for the Evaluation of Spatial Planning Outcomes

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