Dynamics of integrating landscape values in landscape character assessment: the hidden dominance of the objective outsider

Butler, Andrew

doi:10.1080/01426397.2015.1135315

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“…Here, the importance of perception in understanding and representing past landscapes in mappable forms is clear. Yet, this process of interpretation is carried out by experts, and has thus been criticised in the context of Landscape Character Assessment as being dominated by values attributed through 'objective' outsiders (Butler 2016). This criticism, and the relating tension between what are viewed as positivist or oversimplified mappings of landscapes on the one hand, and a lack of pragmatism and contribution to real societal needs to describe and monitor change on the other, has multiple parallels with well-known debates in Geographic Information Science (Pickles 1995, Rundstrom 1995.…”

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Hearing the silence: finding the middle ground in the spatial humanities? Extracting and comparing perceived silence and tranquillity in the English Lake District

Chesnokova

Taylor

Gregory

et al. 2018

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

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We analyse silence and tranquillity in historical and contemporary corpora to understand ways landscapes were-and are-perceived in the Lake District National Park in England. Through macro and microreading we develop a taxonomy of aural experiences, and explore how changes to categories of silence from our taxonomy-for instance, the overall decline in mentions of absolute silence-provide clues to changes in the landscape and soundscape of the Lake District. Modern authors often contrast silence with anthropogenic sounds, while historical authors adhere to a cultural construction where the Lake District is presented as a tranquil area by ignoring industrial sounds. Using sentiment analysis we show that silence and tranquil sounds in our corpora are, as a whole, more positively associated than random text from the corpora, with this difference being especially marked in contemporary descriptions. Focusing closely on individual texts allows us to illustrate how this increased positivity can be related to the emergence of silence and tranquillity as valuable components of landscape. Mapping our corpora confirmed the influence of Wordsworth's writing on descriptions of silence; and revealed the co-location of pockets of tranquillity near to transport arteries in contemporary descriptions. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Hearing the silence: finding the middle ground in the spatial humanities? Extracting and comparing perceived silence and tranquillity in the English Lake District

Chesnokova

Taylor

Gregory

et al. 2018

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

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“…For example, although diversity was a recognized component of landscape character assessments used for planning in the United Kingdom, these assessments often failed to represent the values of residents, instead being based on the values of an "objective outsider" [96]. However, researchers have explored methods for improving the representation of diverse values in landscape planning using spatially explicit approaches.…”

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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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“…Butler (2016), in particular, argues on how landscape character assessment represents a critical point in the framing of landscape values [40].…”

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“…Values in landscape have been studied by numerous researchers in a variety of contexts [40]: Greg Brown and colleagues have, for example, undertaken extensive work in defining landscape values for participatory mapping [41][42][43]; Michael Jones has developed a categorization of values for addressing conflicts in planning issues [44]; Janet Stephenson has exposed how different forms of assessments take up certain landscape values whilst ignoring others [45]; while others have taken up the question of how professional values differ from those of laypersons professional contra lay person values [46]. Butler (2016), in particular, argues on how landscape character assessment represents a critical point in the framing of landscape values [40].…”

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Landscape Risk Assessment Model and Decision Support System for the Protection of the Natural and Cultural Heritage in the Eastern Mediterranean Area

Trovato

Ali

Nicolas

et al. 2017

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Abstract:In recent years, the competition of uses for scarce and highly valuable natural resources, and the frequency and severity of natural and technological disasters have increased, and this trend is likely to worsen in the years to come. In the Mediterranean area, especially in its Eastern part, the high human exploitation driven by different economic sectors and interests is resulting in intensive use of the land and its resources. Tourism intensification, rapid growth of urban settlement and related sprawl, movement and displacement of populations, rural abandonment, and adoption of different agricultural techniques are profoundly and rapidly changing the landscape character of the East Mediterranean. In view of the risks to cultural and natural heritage, a Landscape Risk Assessment Model (LRA) and Decision Support System (LDSS) were developed through the MedScapes-ENPI project. This paper reports the experience conducted at the Landscape Design and Ecosystem Management Department (LDEM) in the American University of Beirut (AUB) in developing the two tools, LRA and LDSS. It aims to provide insight into the methodology designed and tested during the length of the project to take into account the protection of landscapes of particular interest as well as the rational planning of all the landscapes with special emphasis on the use of natural resources. The assessment was applied in the study area of each partner country of the ENPI project, allowing for a better understanding of the implications in land-use and conservation decision-making.

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Dynamics of integrating landscape values in landscape character assessment: the hidden dominance of the objective outsider

Cited by 63 publications

References 37 publications

Hearing the silence: finding the middle ground in the spatial humanities? Extracting and comparing perceived silence and tranquillity in the English Lake District

Hearing the silence: finding the middle ground in the spatial humanities? Extracting and comparing perceived silence and tranquillity in the English Lake District

Integrating Spatially Explicit Representations of Landscape Perceptions into Land Change Research

Landscape Risk Assessment Model and Decision Support System for the Protection of the Natural and Cultural Heritage in the Eastern Mediterranean Area

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