Landscape preferences User groups Amenity services Landscape metrics Land cover Themontado
Issue Date:
2013
Publisher:
INRA and Springer-Verlag France
Citation:
Surová D, Pinto-Correia T & Marušák R. 2013. Visual complexity and the montado do matter: landscape pattern preferences of user groups in Alentejo, Portugal. Annals of Forest Science. doi.10.1007/s13595-013-0330-8.
Abstract:
Context The current paradigms for the sustainable development
of forests and agriculture involve territorial organization
of these activities as well as the multifunctionality of the
related landscapes. Accordingly, the new management strategies
need to take into account the suitability of the resulting
landscapes to produce the goods and services expected by
society.
& Aims The aim of the study was to assess the preferred
landscape patterns by different groups of users. In focus were
the relations between the landscape metrics of preferred patterns
and the individual characteristics of respondents.