TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cassatella,Claudia
AU  - Peano,Attilia
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Landscape Indicators: Assessing and Monitoring Landscape Quality 
SN  - 9789400703667
AV  - HT390-395 
U1  - 710 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Dordrecht
PB  - Springer Netherlands, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Geography
KW  - Regional planning
KW  - Environmental management
KW  - Human Geography
KW  - Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning
KW  - Environmental Management
N1  - Foreword -- 1. Landscape Assessment and Monitoring -- 2. Indicators Assessment Systems -- 3. Indicators Used for Landscape -- 4. Landscape Assessment: the Ecological Profile -- 5. Indicators for the Assessment of Historic Landscape Features -- 6. Measuring Visual and Social Perceptions -- 7. Land Use Indicators for Landscape Assessment -- 8. Assessing the Economic Aspects of Landscape -- 9. Proposal for a Set of Indicators -- List of abbreviations -- Index
N2  - In recent years EU policy towards the ‘landscape’ has become better defined, whereas at the same time the notion of ‘landscape’ itself remains elusive. The need for indicators to evaluate and monitor the effects of landscape policies and plans is urgent. What is more, landscape is one of the components considered in environmental reporting, but unlike air, soil, or water, it is difficult to measure using quantitative methods. With studies on landscape indicators being as rare as they are, this volume is an attempt to fill the gap, dealing as it does with the definition and use of specific indicators for landscape assessment and monitoring. To tackle the diverse dimensions of the landscape (whose complexity is well known), the subject is approached by a multidisciplinary team of experts in landscape ecology, landscape history, landscape perception, regional planning, strategic environmental assessment and environmental impact assessment procedures, and multi-criteria assessment methods. Individual chapters include comparative assessments of studies conducted thus far in the EU, as well as detailed analyses of ecological, historical, perceptive, land-use, and economic ways of looking at landscape. As well as providing a rich source of references for researchers studying the landscape from a variety of perspectives, the book will be required reading for European officials involved at any level in planning or assessing the landscape or environment
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