Visitor perceptions of rural landscapes: A case study in the Peak District National Park, England

Suckall, Natalie; Fraser, Evan D. G.; Cooper, T; Quinn, Claire H.

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2008.06.003

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“…Other research has shown that expressed local preferences will differ according to the background of the individuals surveyed (Suckall et al 2009). Given the potential for variability in landscape perception both between and within localities, it is apparent that scale needs to be explicitly addressed in any exercise of this kind.…”

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“…Studies which provide information about the cultural services offered by particular ecosystems or regions are more usually based on the collection of qualitative data from people who use, or visit, those areas (Sodhi et al 2010;Raymond et al 2009;Suckall et al 2009). Such studies may attempt to understand the complexity of cultural services at different locations by identifying different aspects of cultural services, e.g.…”

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Trialling a method to quantify the ‘cultural services’ of the English landscape using Countryside Survey data

Inwood²,

et al. 2012

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Increasing pressure on natural resources driven by population growth and higher levels of individual resource consumption have led to the need to measure and ultimately place values on the diversity of ecosystem services supported by land in order to manage it appropriately. The complexity underlying the provision of many seemingly simple ecosystem services, e.g. drinking water, make the process of identifying and making appropriate measures far from simple. Cultural services, defined as the nonmaterial benefits that people obtain from ecosystems, comprise a range of experiences of nature which enhance human well-being in a variety of ways. Measurement of the experiential benefits of ecosystems has proved difficult, despite their acknowledged importance. This paper describes a novel approach for providing measures of cultural services at national scale (England). The interdisciplinary approach described combines data from a national survey of the biophysical components of the UK countryside with data collected from regional assessments of experiential qualities of landscape in England. The paper discusses the results, merits and limitations of the datasets and approaches used.

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Trialling a method to quantify the ‘cultural services’ of the English landscape using Countryside Survey data

Inwood²,

et al. 2012

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“…These challenges to mathematical modeling approaches need to be seen in a broader academic context of postmodernism in the social sciences. For the last 40 years, there has been a significant emphasis among many sociologists and anthropologists on discourse theory and how an individual's position or background shapes their perceptions of everything from the landscapes they find aesthetically pleasing (Suckall et al 2009) to their perceptions of risks that they face (Tansey and O'Riordan 1999). One conclusion of this work is that scientific pursuits are never as objective or Fig.…”

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Assessing Vulnerability to Climate Change in Dryland Livelihood Systems: Conceptual Challenges and Interdisciplinary Solutions

Fraser¹,

Dougill²,

Hubacek³

et al. 2011

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ABSTRACT. Over 40% of the earth's land surface are drylands that are home to approximately 2.5 billion people. Livelihood sustainability in drylands is threatened by a complex and interrelated range of social, economic, political, and environmental changes that present significant challenges to researchers, policy makers, and, above all, rural land users. Dynamic ecological and environmental change models suggest that climate change induced drought events may push dryland systems to cross biophysical thresholds, causing a long-term drop in agricultural productivity. Therefore, research is needed to explore how development strategies and other socioeconomic changes help livelihoods become more resilient and robust at a time of growing climatic risk and uncertainty. As a result, the overarching goal of this special feature is to conduct a structured comparison of how livelihood systems in different dryland regions are affected by drought, thereby making methodological, empirical, and theoretical contributions to our understanding of how these types of social-ecological systems may be vulnerable to climate change. In introducing these issues, the purpose of this editorial is to provide an overview of the two main intellectual challenges of this work, namely: (1) how to conceptualize vulnerability to climate change in coupled social-ecological systems; and (2) the methodological challenges of anticipating trends in vulnerability in dynamic environments.

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“…In fact, scientific literature on PAs generally focuses either on the effect of single processes on wildlife, or, on the contrary, on the local people's and tourists' perception of a PA [Shafer 1999]. For example, [Young 1997] and[Mitchel 2002] considered the general problem of wildlife conservation in cultural landscapes; [Trakolis 2001;Lacitignola 2007;Suckall 2009] debated local people's perceptions of rural landscapes and related planning and management, in Greek, Italian and British PAs, respectively; [Liu 2008] discussed zoning aimed at maintaining ecological functions and sustainable development for giant panda protection; [Marignani 2008] proposed a standardized method for developing restoration practices aimed at increasing the efficacy of landscape management. Another much debated topic is PA design, aimed at ensuring optimal biological connectivity [Kingsland 2002;Williams 2005;Opdam 2006].…”

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Considerations Regarding the Planning of Protected Areas Arising From a Study of the Tuscania Natural Reserve (Central Italy)

Leone

Ceccarelli

Ripa

et al. 2012

J Agricult Engineer

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Visitor perceptions of rural landscapes: A case study in the Peak District National Park, England

Cited by 63 publications

References 24 publications

Trialling a method to quantify the ‘cultural services’ of the English landscape using Countryside Survey data

Trialling a method to quantify the ‘cultural services’ of the English landscape using Countryside Survey data

Assessing Vulnerability to Climate Change in Dryland Livelihood Systems: Conceptual Challenges and Interdisciplinary Solutions

Considerations Regarding the Planning of Protected Areas Arising From a Study of the Tuscania Natural Reserve (Central Italy)

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