Using spatial metrics to predict scenic perception in a changing landscape: Dennis, Massachusetts

Palmer, John

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2003.08.010

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“…Values associated with the landscape can be positive (e.g., esthetic or functional values) or negative (e.g., environmental hazards or unfavorable change). Perceptions are also dynamic; they change as landscapes and individuals change over time [6,26]. Challenges exist when perceptions do not align with environmental realities (e.g., changes to the landscape that are esthetically pleasing, but result in loss of biodiversity), requiring explicit consideration that is separate from, though related to, biophysical features [28].…”

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“…Scientists from the land change community have steadily borrowed techniques and methods from landscape perception research for perception evaluation [e.g., [3][4][5] and vice versa [e.g., 6,7]. Despite numerous examples of including human perceptions in land change science, the challenges of developing accurate spatial representations of perceptions that reflect dynamics over time has meant that full integration of these human drivers has remained somewhat elusive [8,9].…”

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Integrating Spatially Explicit Representations of Landscape Perceptions into Land Change Research

Dorning

Berkel

Semmens

2017

Curr Landscape Ecol Rep

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Purpose of Review Human perceptions of the landscape can influence land-use and land-management decisions. Recognizing the diversity of landscape perceptions across space and time is essential to understanding land change processes and emergent landscape patterns. We summarize the role of landscape perceptions in the land change process, demonstrate advances in quantifying and mapping landscape perceptions, and describe how these spatially explicit techniques have and may benefit land change research. Recent Findings Mapping landscape perceptions is becoming increasingly common, particularly in research focused on quantifying ecosystem services provision. Spatial representations of landscape perceptions, often measured in terms of landscape values and functions, provide an avenue for matching social and environmental data in land change studies. Integrating these data can provide new insights into land change processes, contribute to landscape planning strategies, and guide the design and implementation of land change models. Summary Challenges remain in creating spatial representations of human perceptions. Maps must be accompanied by descriptions of whose perceptions are being represented and the validity and uncertainty of those representations across space. With these considerations, rapid advancements in mapping landscape perceptions hold great promise for improving representation of human dimensions in landscape ecology and land change research.

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Section: Overview Of Landscape Perceptions and The Land Change Processmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Integrating Spatially Explicit Representations of Landscape Perceptions into Land Change Research

Dorning

Berkel

Semmens

2017

Curr Landscape Ecol Rep

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“…Greater coherence is generally thought to be positively related to scenic value (Kaplan andKaplan, 1982 andPalmer, 2004). The fractal dimension should provide an indication of visible landscape complexity, which is thought to contribute to scenic value (Purcell et al, 2001).…”

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A minimum indicator set for assessing fontanili (lowland springs) of the Lombardy Region in Italy

Fumagalli

Senes

Ferrario

et al. 2017

European Countryside

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This paper reports on the issue of fontanili assessment. A fontanile is a lowland spring, excavated by humans for the use of underground water for irrigation. From the XII century on, fontanili have been dug to extend water availability throughout the year and increase agricultural land use in the lowlands of Northern Italy. Because water of the fontanile stays at temperature without great changes throughout the year (between 8 and 15°C), this environment is host to a vast variety of flora and fauna and has ecological and landscaping value. Because these springs are typical and unique landscape features of Northern Italy, there is not an international background on assessing methods of fontanili functions inside the countryside. The first goal has been to define a set of simple and consolidated indicators to evaluate watering, ecological and recreational function of 1160 fontanili of the Lombardy Region. The second one has been to identify homogenous areas with groups of fontanili in close proximity and with similar indicator values using interpolation tools. This classification can be used by Regional Administration to assign money to recover and maintain fontanili. The most important areas will be protected by regional and local planning instruments.Keywords: Fontanile, low land spring, functional assessment Abstract: Obiettivo dello studio sono l'analisi, la valutazione e la classificazione dei fontanili. Il fontanile è una presa d'acqua nella falda acquifera non affiorante creata dall'uomo per far risalire e utilizzare a scopo irriguo le acque sotterranee tipica della Pianura Padana del nord Italia e della Regione Lombardia in particolare. A partire dai secoli XI e XII i fontanili sono stati un elemento fondamentale per lo sviluppo dell'agricoltura lombarda. Nei secoli successivi mezzi di approvvigionamento idrico alternativi hanno spesso sostituito l'impiego dell'acqua dei fontanili che tuttavia mantengono ancora la loro funzione irrigua. Poiché le acque dei fontanili si mantengono durante l'anno in un intervallo di temperatura compreso tra 8 e 15°C, costituiscono un ecosistema ricco di specie animali e vegetali e svolgono un ruolo di particolare importanza anche dal punto di vista ecologico e paesaggistico. Dal momento che questa risorsa rappresenta un elemento unico caratterizzante la pianura padana non esiste una letteratura internazionale relativa a metodologie di valutazione funzionale dei fontanili. Il primo obiettivo è stato quello di individuare una serie di indicatori per valutare le funzioni idriche, ecologiche e ricreative dei 1160 fontanili della Regione Lombardia. Il secondo obiettivo è stato quello di individuare aree omogenee per caratteristiche simili dei fontanili stessi, utilizzano metodi interpolazione in ambiente GIS. E' stata elaborata una prima proposta per la definizione di una metodologia per la classificazione e misurazione del biotopo fontanile che potrà essere utilizzata dalla Regione Lombardia per l'assegnazione di finanziamenti mirati al recupero e alla conservazione d...

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“…Other issues such as ecological flows (Adriaensen et al 2003, Morales et al 2005, scenic perception (Parsons & Daniel 2002, Palmer, 2004, human impacts assessment (Saunders & Briggs 2002, Sukopp, 2004, decision making (Phua & Minowa 2005;Svoray et al 2005) and species suitability (Miller et al 1997, Riitters et al 1997 appear to be the same as for ecosystem ecology, even if applied to a different hierarchic level.…”

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From ecosystem ecology to landscape ecology: A progression calling for a well-founded research and appropriate disillusions

Ferrari

Ferrarini

2008

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I n this paper, 1) a delineation of main theoretical, methodological and applicative issues of landscape ecology, 2) a comparison between landscape and ecosystem ecology, 3) a critical overview of actual limits of landscape ecology, are depicted. We conclude that: a) from a theoretical viewpoint, ecosystem and landscape ecology differ since they deal with ecological topics having very different spatial and temporal scales, b) from a practical standpoint, they deal with dissimilar purposes emerging both from unlike research scales and different approaches, as the interest of landscape ecology is mainly focused on the whole ecological mosaic rather than on single components, in this view assuming an "horizontal" ecological perspective, c) transdisciplinarity is still a work in progress in landscape ecology, d) several research purposes in landscape ecology are far from being reached, e) a bridge lacks between the "horizontal" perspective adopted from landscape ecology and the "vertical" approach distinctive of ecosystem ecology, therefore, they actually behave as detached disciplines. However, in our vision, landscape ecology contains the seeds for becoming a self-contained scientific discipline as well as the interface among the distinct sectors of environmental research and planning.

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Using spatial metrics to predict scenic perception in a changing landscape: Dennis, Massachusetts

Cited by 200 publications

References 17 publications

Integrating Spatially Explicit Representations of Landscape Perceptions into Land Change Research

Integrating Spatially Explicit Representations of Landscape Perceptions into Land Change Research

A minimum indicator set for assessing fontanili (lowland springs) of the Lombardy Region in Italy

From ecosystem ecology to landscape ecology: A progression calling for a well-founded research and appropriate disillusions

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