Landscape Indicators Assessing and Monitoring Landscape Quality /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Cassatella, Claudia (Editor), Peano, Attilia (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Subjects: Geography.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Environmental management.; Human geography.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Environmental Management.; Human Geography.

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 compone...

Table of Contents:

• 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.