Visual Perception of Agricultural Cultivated Landscapes: Key Components as Predictors for Landscape Preferences

Rechtman, Orly

doi:10.1080/01426397.2012.672639

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“…While studies with reference to visual quality of agricultural Rechtman 2013) and rural landscapes García-Llorente et al 2012;) are relatively abundant in Northwest Europe, little attention has been given to Southeast European landscapes. Featuring highly varied natural environments and complex socio-cultural and land-use history, Southeast Europe accounts for a significant portion of landscape diversity in Europe (Mücher et al 2010;Perko and Ciglič 2015) characterised by high visual quality (Ramos and Pastor 2012).…”

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Assessing the landscape visual quality of Shar Planina, North Macedonia

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ContextLandscape quality assessment provides a contextual basis for integrating cultural ecosystem services within landscape management and policy. However, measuring landscape visual quality remains a challenge; especially in the Balkans with its complex environmental and socio-cultural history. ObjectivesIn response, we present a first assessment of landscape visual quality across Shar Planina, North Macedonia and test the transferability of a visual quality assessment method (VQI) originally developed to evaluate Northwest European landscapes. MethodsThis study includes remote (GIS) and field assessment. The latter produced quality measures which were summarized, scaled and weighted into an index (0 -1.0) and served as a ground-truth dataset for subsequent GIS assessment. To assess how spatial scale affects the VQI and what scale is most appropriate to capture perceived landscape quality, the remote assessment was applied at scales ranging from 1 to 5 km 2 and results were then correlated to field assessment results. ResultsValues for the field VQI range from 0.2 to 0.82 whilst the values from the remote assessment applied at 1 km 2 range from 0.1 to 0.74 and increase to 0.77, 0.84 and 0.86 at 2 km 2 , 3 km 2 and 5 km 2 respectively.Strongest correlation between the GIS and the field assessment was observed at 2 km 2 , which captured detail whilst remaining appropriate to the perceived landscape. ConclusionsOur research allows consideration of this cultural ecosystem service within the wider conservation efforts on Shar Planina and provides methodological guidelines for assessments of visual quality of mountainous landscapes elsewhere in the region.

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“…Those rural landscapes that have lost their original character (i.e., those functional characteristics linked to maintaining biodiversity and agricultural production of food for humans) are among those, which require planned interventions (Brooker, 2002;Gabellini et al, 2007;Rechtman, 2013). Many of these are on the outskirts of urban areas.…”

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A landscape project for the coexistence of agriculture and nature: a proposal for the coastal area of a Natura 2000 site in Sicily (Italy)

Riguccio

Carullo

Russo

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J Agricult Engineer

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Many rural coastal Mediterranean areas suffer from great anthropomorphic pressure. This is due to intensive agriculture, and construction for residential, tourism and industrial uses.The present work investigates the idea of using a landscape project in the Gulf of Gela in South Sicily to recover the dunes and the area behind them. The method used is based on the literature and will evaluate and interpret the dynamics of the landscape, so as to draw up a landscape plan, which can be used to help sustain the assets of the area, in a way, which is compatible with conserving nature. This method was tested in the LIFE11-Leopoldia project, funded by the European Union. The results of the study form part of the landscape project. This project is aimed at connecting the different productive zones in the area, protecting the natural environments and the rural historical patrimony, through combining the modern road networks with the older slower, historic infrastructure. Three different levels of landscape management are proposed: total protection (the dunes), high-level protection (the area behind the dunes where traditional agriculture is practised, buffer areas and ecological connecting areas), medium levels of protection (sustainable agriculture, green connections and ecological corridors). The key aims of the project are as follows: transversality -repairing the agricultural fabric and the relationship between the land and the sea; sustainability -recovering the environmental system and traditional activities; flexibility -agriculture with only minor environmental impact.

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“…The questionnaire scales used in the paper refer to existing well-established scales, including the Rural Nature Perception Scale, Place Attachment Scale and Restorative Experience Scale. Some other scholars have proposed concepts such as landscape naturalization including proportion of water bodies, proportion of vegetation, shape of vegetation, sense of wilderness experience, and management as indicators of nature perception ( Tveit et al, 2006 ), as well as indicators such as landscape patchiness and continuity as judging criteria ( Rechtman, 2013 ). Meanwhile, some scholars have also pointed out that rich biodiversity in rural landscapes can make people have stronger landscape preferences ( Stokstad et al, 2016 ).…”

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Place perception and restorative experience of recreationists in the natural environment of rural tourism

Tang,

Zhao,

Guo

2024

Front. Psychol.

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IntroductionIn contemporary society, people spend long periods under high stress, and tourism activities have gradually been internalized as a new means of stress release and self-recovery. Studies have found that the high-quality natural environment of rural tourism destinations has a higher restorative effect than other places, and the rural natural environment can provide psychological recovery to visitors on top of offering visual beauty and other experiences.MethodsThis paper starts with the relationship between rural place perception and restorative experience evaluation. Based on theories such as the restorative environments theory, we investigates whether rural natural environmental factors have a restorative effect on recreationists through collecting 300 questionnaires and using SPSS 26.0 structural equation modeling for analysis.ResultsThe study found that there is a positive correlation between rural natural perception, place dependence, and restorative experience, forming a positive feedback loop dynamic system. The analysis suggests that enhancing the perception of the rural natural environment and place attachment can improve the restorative experience of recreationists in rural settings.DiscussionThis research establishes a systematic research framework for the relationship between rural natural perception, place attachment, and restorative experience, to deeply understand the dynamic interaction between them. It reveals the relationship between rural natural perception and restorative experience, suggesting that enriching the perceptual elements in rural natural spaces can meet the diverse needs of recreationists, enhance the sense of dependence and identification with rural spaces, and thus promote the psychological well-being and restorative experience of recreationists. The study also finds that place dependence plays a mediating role between rural natural perception and restorative experience. Place attachment and place identity, as mediating variables, act as bridges and catalysts in the process of rural natural perception affecting restorative experience.

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Visual Perception of Agricultural Cultivated Landscapes: Key Components as Predictors for Landscape Preferences

Cited by 19 publications

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Assessing the landscape visual quality of Shar Planina, North Macedonia

Assessing the landscape visual quality of Shar Planina, North Macedonia

A landscape project for the coexistence of agriculture and nature: a proposal for the coastal area of a Natura 2000 site in Sicily (Italy)

Place perception and restorative experience of recreationists in the natural environment of rural tourism

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