Countryside scenic assessment: Tools and an application

Schauman, Sally

doi:10.1016/0169-2046(88)90047-3

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“…However, Appleton's (1975) comment of there being no theoretical foundation behind these studies -his theoretical vacuum -still holds true today. With respect to natural, aesthetic and cultural landscape studies undertaken utilising photographs, assessment numbers, uniqueness, best-worse scores obtained from grid squares, public attitudes and perception etc, Williams (1986), Schauman (1988), Penning-Rowsell (1982), Council of Europe (2000) and the CCW (1996CCW ( , 2001 provided links to 21st century literature.…”

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Beach scenery at Nador Province, Morocco

Williams

Khattabi

2015

J Coast Conserv

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Twenty-one beach sites from 19 locations in Nador Province, Morocco, were analysed for coastal scenic beauty via a 26 parameter (natural and anthropogenic) checklist assessment and rated on a five point (1-bad, 5-good) attribute scale. A weighting index to which fuzzy logic mathematics was applied, enabled a scenic decision value 'D', to be calculated, resulting in a five scale classification: CLASS 1: Extremely attractive natural site with a very high landscape value, having a D value >0.85; CLASS II: Attractive natural site with high landscape value, having a D value between 0.65 and 0.85; CLASS III: Many natural with little outstanding landscape features and a D value between 0.65 and 0.4; CLASS IV: Mainly unattractive urban, with a low landscape value, and a D value between 0.4 and 0); CLASS V: Very unattractive urban, intensive development with a low landscape value with a D value <0. Differentiation showed that there was one site in Class 1 (Kamkoum El Baz); three in Class II; eight in Class III; nine in Class IV, and none in Class V. This semiquantitative assessment eliminates much of the subjectivity involved in assessment of scenery for management/zoning purposes, as scenery is a fundamental component of what drives the tourism industry. Management efforts to improve scenery should concentrate upon anthropogenic parameters, for example, litter, as these are 'easier' to change, than the more obvious physical parameters.

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Beach scenery at Nador Province, Morocco

Williams

Khattabi

2015

J Coast Conserv

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“…Smith (1970) states that normative public values toward land and the landscape during America's first 100 years were shaped by a belief in an inexhaustible stock of landscape resources, the need to settle the unsettled areas of the country and the need to transform nature from a savage wilderness into a bountiful garden. Schauman (1988) states that the value systems of agrarianism, ruralism, and pastoralism have shaped attitudes to countryside in the past and continue to do so today.…”

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“…An important question is how these elements are translated into public land and natural resource policy and management. Schauman (1988) concludes from a literature review that, among other things, no studies relate visual quality of the countryside to individual and collective decisions concerning land use. This research will hopefully show a link between scenic resources, which are not well defined, and the complexity of strategies to manage them.…”

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“…Creighton (1981) and Iacofano (1990) alternatives. Schauman (1988) states that such consideration has to occur or else attempts to implement policies for scenic resource protection will fail. This relates directly to Iacofano's (1990) As previously stated, the CRGC and the NSA office had the responsibilities to develop management policies for the GMAs and the SMAs, respectively, and they did so along separate but parallel tracks.…”

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Scenery as Policy: Public Involvement in Developing a Management Plan for the Scenic Resources of the Columbia River Gorge

Euler¹

2000

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“…Research on benefits such as health and wellness, place attachment, aesthetic beauty, solitude, and interactions with wildlife is plentiful and wide-ranging in the US and worldwide (Daniel & Boster, 1976;English, Kocis, Cordell, & Green, 2006;McCormack & O'Leary, 1995;Schauman, 1988;Schroeder, Dwyer, Louviere, & Anderson, 1990). However, the benefits these visitors seek can ultimately result in the degradation of the very resources they value.…”

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Public Land Management Values: A Delphi Study of Austrian and Pacific Northwest United States Recreation Resource Managers

Meybin¹

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There is a continuing global increase in recreational visitor use of public land. This rise in visitation can be a good thing if a proactive management plan utilizing strong methodology to anticipate impacts to an area and sustain its natural and social resources is in place. Although a wide spectrum of issues is presented to each management, few of the concepts are new to any of the administrators. With increasing duties, newly emerging concerns, and decreasing time, there is little room or patience for error concerning the implementation of any management derivatives or techniques. If the existing research on all these policies and frameworks was made widely accessible, and some system for deciphering the level of their most universal relativity was reached for collaborative purposes, it would maximize the support system for the managers, thereby minimizing the guesswork and maximizing the efficiency of their plan. A Delphi study was conducted in 2010 to identify possible levels-or aspects of the management decision-making process-on which managers could effectively communicate details of the implementation of their techniques to international colleagues. Managers from protected areas in Austria and the Pacific-Northwest division of the US Forest Service were asked a series of questions about their area management plans pertaining to both biological and social sustainability. Once the frameworks or systems were broken down into the universal management concepts of values and actions, the idea of collaboration upon that level was presented to the participants to assess their willingness to participate in such studies. Regardless of the multitude or strength of the widereaching benefits that would be provided by any future collaborative efforts, it is the managers' active involvement that will ultimately determine the strength, relevance, and outcome of any future studies.

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Countryside scenic assessment: Tools and an application

Cited by 11 publications

References 15 publications

Beach scenery at Nador Province, Morocco

Beach scenery at Nador Province, Morocco

Scenery as Policy: Public Involvement in Developing a Management Plan for the Scenic Resources of the Columbia River Gorge

Public Land Management Values: A Delphi Study of Austrian and Pacific Northwest United States Recreation Resource Managers

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