Assessing the Quality of Agricultural Landscape Change with Multiple Dimensions
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...
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| author | Eija Pouta Ioanna Grammatikopoulou Timo Hurme Katriina Soini Marja Uusitalo |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-cea9ce7d5ea34c6888d76c65d19893582022-12-21T21:48:08ZengMDPI AGLand2073-445X2014-07-013359861610.3390/land3030598land3030598Assessing the Quality of Agricultural Landscape Change with Multiple DimensionsEija Pouta0Ioanna Grammatikopoulou1Timo Hurme2Katriina Soini3Marja Uusitalo4Economic Research, MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Latokartanonkaari 9, 00790 Helsinki, FinlandEconomic Research, MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Latokartanonkaari 9, 00790 Helsinki, FinlandPlant Production Research, MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Datum, Tietotie, 31600 Jokioinen, FinlandEconomic Research, MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Laboratorium Uutetie 2 A, 31600 Jokioinen, FinlandPlant Production Research, MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Eteläranta 55, 96300 Rovaniemi, FinlandBetter 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.http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/3/3/598landscape evaluationlandscape attributeslandscape quality scales |
| spellingShingle | Eija Pouta Ioanna Grammatikopoulou Timo Hurme Katriina Soini Marja Uusitalo Assessing the Quality of Agricultural Landscape Change with Multiple Dimensions Land landscape evaluation landscape attributes landscape quality scales |
| title | Assessing the Quality of Agricultural Landscape Change with Multiple Dimensions |
| title_full | Assessing the Quality of Agricultural Landscape Change with Multiple Dimensions |
| title_fullStr | Assessing the Quality of Agricultural Landscape Change with Multiple Dimensions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the Quality of Agricultural Landscape Change with Multiple Dimensions |
| title_short | Assessing the Quality of Agricultural Landscape Change with Multiple Dimensions |
| title_sort | assessing the quality of agricultural landscape change with multiple dimensions |
| topic | landscape evaluation landscape attributes landscape quality scales |
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