Classification of Landscapes Using Quantitative and Categorical Data, and Prediction of Their Scenic Beauty in North-Western Spain

Real, Eulogio; Arce, Constantino; Cameselle, José Manuel Sabucedo

doi:10.1006/jevp.2000.0184

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“…Our results agree with the results of other researchers (ULRICH 1991;REAL 2000;OHTA 2001;ARRIAZA 2004) who found that man-made features play a key role in determining the visual quality. Visual quality score increased the attractiveness of nature and also had a strong influence on evaluation (KAPLAN et al 1998;ARRIAZA 2004).…”

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Evaluation of cattle and sheep buildings with their surroundings using 'visual quality assessment' technique

Taşkın¹,

Kaplan²,

Önenç³

et al. 2004

Res. Agric. Eng.

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This study was conducted to assess visual quality of cattle and sheep housings with their surroundings across the seven districts of İzmir province, located in western side of Turkey. A total of 58 animal farms consisting of 31 cattle and 27 sheep farms were investigated. After watching the videos of all animal housings with their environs, each sample lasts for approximately 60 seconds, the 250 photos derived from the video scenes were evaluated by an expert group of 30 respondents in one panel. The respondents were asked to rate visual quality of each photo and its features on a five-point scale in order of district and farm type (cattle or sheep). The results showed that efficiently constructed and managed animal farm buildings in compliance with their surroundings were rated higher than the ones that are built on an ad hoc basis as well as irrelevant to their environs. Visual quality scores increased directly with natural landscape features (topographic attributes such as hill and plain, the presence of plant cover) and decreased with the mostly presence of man-made elements (transformer and electric lines, road, water channel, settlement) besides unplanned layout of the buildings and its facilities, proximity to highway and urban/rural settlements, worse manure management.

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Evaluation of cattle and sheep buildings with their surroundings using 'visual quality assessment' technique

Taşkın¹,

Kaplan²,

Önenç³

et al. 2004

Res. Agric. Eng.

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“…Mientras que en, por ejemplo, "les Basses d'en Coll" solían notarse a menudo olores relacionados con la actividad agraria o con aguas encharcadas, que también podían olerse en "Les Basses del Ter Vell". "Les Basses d'en Coll" obtuvo la mejor puntuación en la dimensión visual, probablemente porque es el paisaje con una mayor vocación agraria y con una mayor presencia de agua, paisajes que, por lo general, son mejor valorados por los turistas (Real et al, 2000). La vista también fue el sentido que obtuvo una mayor puntuación, constatándose que en la percepción del paisaje existe una dominancia del sentido de la vista, reforzado por el enfoque estético de las culturas occidentales, también dominado por la vista (Prior, 2016).…”

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“…Para nuestro estudio utilizamos el nivel 2 del mapa de cubiertas del suelo de Catalunya a escala 1:2500 realizado por el Centre de Recerca Ecològica i Aplicacions Forestals [CREAF] (Ibàñez & Burriel, 2010). Para calcular el grado de naturalidad (nat) muchos estudios utilizan variables categóricas que dependen de la subjetividad del experto (Arriaza et al, 2004;Real et al, 2000). Para evitar el posible sesgo, se decidió utilizar la proporción de cubiertas que no fueran artificiales que se encontraban dentro de la cuenca visual de los puntos de observación.…”

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“…( Arriaza et al, 2004;Brown & Daniel, 1991;Dramstad et al, 2006;Herzog, 1985;Real et al, 2000) Diversidad ( Arriaza et al, 2004;Real et al, 2000;Vila et al, 2015) Percepción de misterio mis…”

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“…Así pues, queda patente la importancia cultural y simbólica del agua en el paisaje. Como consecuencia, la mayoría de estudios dedicados a valorar la calidad escénica de los paisajes concluyen que la presencia de agua es un elemento altamente significativo en su valoración (Arriaza, Cañas-Ortega, Cañas-Madueño, & Ruiz-Aviles, 2004;Dramstad, Tveit, Fjellstad, & Fry, 2006;Real, Arce, & Manuel Sabucedo, 2000).…”

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Classification of Landscapes Using Quantitative and Categorical Data, and Prediction of Their Scenic Beauty in North-Western Spain

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Evaluation of cattle and sheep buildings with their surroundings using 'visual quality assessment' technique

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