Visual preferences for physical attributes of mining and post-mining landscapes with respect to the sociodemographic characteristics of respondents

Svobodová, Kamila; Sklenička, Petr; Janečková, Kristina; Šálek, Miroslav

doi:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.08.007

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“…Specialists in technical fields, on the other hand, are more focused on the development and implementation of technology, and they often disregard or underrate landscape values. This statement may seem ideologically based, but the results of our study and many others [28,29,31,35] have demonstrated considerable differences in landscape perceptions between respondents from technical fields and respondents from environmental fields. Such perceptions and opinions may be shaped by the personality of each individual, even before he or she registers as a student.…”

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confidence: 53%

“…To date, however, there has been no study examining the possible influence of the type of university education and subsequent professional development on the perception of WTs as new technological structures in the landscape. This situation is analogous to the perception of post-mining areas, where the way in which respondents with a professional focus on landscape ecology perceive post-mining landscapes differs markedly from the perceptions of respondents of other orientations [29]. Another study testing the opinion of university students on the placement waste dumps demonstrates that the differing perceptions of respondents are influenced by their level of environmental knowledge [30].…”

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How education orientation affects attitudes toward wind energy and wind farms: implications for the planning process

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Background: Three groups of stakeholders are mainly involved in the planning, assessment, and approval processes for wind parks: the planners, the public, and the responsible public authorities. These groups have varying aims, and there are various ways of looking at proposals to set up a wind park. In particular, the viewpoints of planners and government officers are likely to differ. Planners are likely to focus on technical aspects of a wind farm project, while the public authorities are likely to be oriented toward environmental considerations. Methods: The effect of respondents' characteristics on landscape perception was analysed using generalized linear mixed models (GLMM). Set of various landscape images with and without wind turbines (WTs) was evaluated on a 15-points scale. The evaluation was accomplished with additional questions about general attitude toward wind energy, willingness to live close to WTs and presence of WTs near respondents´homes.

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Section: Importance Of Educational Orientation For Plannersmentioning

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“…A study by Svobodova et al (2012) may provide an explanation for this apparent contradiction. The authors found that the presence of a water feature in an evaluated landscape is the main reason for the public's higher visual preferences.…”

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Effect of water features proximity on farmland prices in a landlocked country: the consequences for planning

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Sekáč P., Šálek M., Wranová A., Kumble P., Sklenička P. (2017): Effect of water features proximity on farmland prices in a landlocked country: the consequences for planning. Soil & Water Res., 12: 18−28.Conversion of farmland to non-farm uses significantly influences the spatial variability of farmland prices. We tested 12 factors of land prices that experienced real estate brokers indicated to be the most important determinants for the conversion of farmland to non-agricultural use. Five factors can be described as landscape, four as geographic, and three as climatic explanatory variables influencing farmland prices. Our results indicate that the two most powerful factors in explaining the sales price per square metre were proximity to a river and proximity to a lake. In both cases, the price of land diminished significantly with the increasing distance from the edge of water bodies, so the prices in their immediate vicinity are 3.5 to 3.7 times higher than the prices of similar lands more than 5 km from the edge of a water body. The other significant factors were population size of the nearest municipality and percentage representation of forest. The fact that the two most powerful factors indicate the distance to a river, brook, lake or pond shows how important are these freshwater features as determinants of farmland prices in a landlocked country such as the Czech Republic, where this study was performed. The consequences of this finding for water resources planning and management are discussed.

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“…In the European context, these photographs are often taken from vantage points, which are usually visited on foot. It is the underlying context of many European studies (Fyhri et al, 2009;Svobodova et al, 2012) and landscape assessment methodologies (Swanwick and Land use Consultants, 2002;Vorel et al, 2003) that people mostly appreciate the visual quality of a landscape while walking through it or engaging in other outdoor activities. In comparison, Nassauer (1989) notes: "the rural landscape is the primary setting for the most popular recreational activity, driving for pleasure" -in the North American context.…”

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Rural identity and landscape aesthetics in exurbia: Some issues to resolve from a Central European perspective

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Visual preferences for physical attributes of mining and post-mining landscapes with respect to the sociodemographic characteristics of respondents

Cited by 107 publications

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How education orientation affects attitudes toward wind energy and wind farms: implications for the planning process

How education orientation affects attitudes toward wind energy and wind farms: implications for the planning process

Effect of water features proximity on farmland prices in a landlocked country: the consequences for planning

Rural identity and landscape aesthetics in exurbia: Some issues to resolve from a Central European perspective

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