Landscape perception: linking physical monitoring data to perceived landscape properties

Abstract

Changes in the landscape affect not only people's well-being but also how people perceive and use the landscape. An increasing number of policies have highlighted the importance of conserving a landscape's recreational and aesthetical values. This study develops and evaluates a model that links people's perceptions of a mountain landscape to physical monitoring data. Using a questionnaire, we revealed how respondents working with the Swedish mountains characterise the Magnificent Mountain landscape (as defined by Swedish policy objectives) and translated these characteristics into data from the National Inventory of Landscapes in Sweden (NILS). We found 14 potential indicators that could be derived from the existing NILS physical monitoring data and which could be used to monitor changes in the landscape values as perceived by people. Based on the results, we suggest how to simultaneously utilise field sampling of physical data and field photos to provide temporal information about landscape perception.

Keywords

Landscape preference; mountain landscapes; place attachment; space; National Inventory of Landscapes in Sweden

Published in

Landscape Research
2020, volume: 45, number: 2, pages: 179-192
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

SLU Authors

• Hedblom, Marcus

  • Department of Forest Resource Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    
  • Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Hedenås, Henrik

  • Department of Forest Resource Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Blicharska, Malgorzata

  • Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    
  • Uppsala University

• Adler, Sven

  • Department of Forest Resource Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    
  • Nanyang Technological University (NTU)

• Mikusinski, Grzegorz

  • School for Forest Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    
  • Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Svensson, Johan

  • Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Sandström, Stefan

  • Department of Forest Resource Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Sandström, Per

  • Department of Forest Resource Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Wardle, David

  • Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    
  • Nanyang Technological University (NTU)

Associated SLU-program

SLU Swedish Biodiversity Centre

Global goals (SDG)

SDG3 Good health and well-being

UKÄ Subject classification

Human Geography

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2019.1611751

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/100601