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- Ode Sang, Åsa, et al.
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Analysing Visual Landscape Complexity: Theory and Application
- 2010
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Ingår i: Landscape Research. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0142-6397 .- 1469-9710. ; 35, s. 111-131
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The experience of landscape has, through the development of the European Landscape Convention, been highlighted as an important aspect to be incorporated in the management and planning of future landscapes. Complexity is a concept that appears in the development of indicators for several landscape functions, including visual quality and biodiversity. In environmental psychology, complexity has been used as an explanatory factor for landscape preference. This paper outlines the factors which constitute the dimensions of complexity perception and how these relate to coherence-a factor which seems to interact with complexity as regards to landscape experience. The paper further explores how indicators of landscape complexity developed within the framework of landscape ecology may be applied and used to capture relevant information on visually experienced landscape complexity. Particular attention is paid to the dimensional transitions which must be considered in order for map based indicators and perceived environmental qualities to be readily related in an applied setting. The paper concludes with some suggested models for how to link landscape indicators with landscape preference in future research.
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- Ode Sang, Åsa, et al.
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Are path choices of people moving through urban green spaces explained by gender and age? Implications for planning and management
- 2020
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Ingår i: Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. - : Elsevier BV. - 1618-8667 .- 1610-8167. ; 49
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Neighbourhood green space is an important asset for the urban population, providing valuable ecosystem services such as supporting human health. Distance or access to urban green areas is well established as being important for the potential use of the area but how different demographic groups move within greenspace is still somewhat unknown. Previous studies have shown that there are gender as well as age differences in visual perception, audio experience and recreational activities as well as estimated well-being experienced from use of urban green space. Here we explored people's movement within their local green space in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden. The results showed that movement took place over large parts of the green spaces studied, not only along paths. The data further showed that the movement pattern differed significantly between men and women as well as between young adults and old adults. Movement patterns of demographic groups could provide support to planning for sustainable urban green areas, help avoid conflict, identify areas for solitude and ensure equal access for people of different gender and age.
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- Sang, Neil, et al.
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A Review on the State of the Art in Scenario Modelling for Environmental Management : Potential for Application in achieving the Swedish Environmental Objectives
- 2015
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This report presents the core findings from a review of environmental scenario modelling. The focus is on several categories of problems which together represent coupled systems that will have impact on Sweden's 16 Environmental Objectives.The subjects cover different stages in relevant natural cycles (e.g. carbon, nutrients), the role of Land Use / Land Cover change within these and the socioeconomic drivers involved. Models have been selected with respect to availability, predictive accuracy and applied utility, and have been evaluated in respect of their relevance for land management decision making.Methodological issues in respect of integrating stakeholder opinions and citizen science into models are considered, as are broader issues of how infrastructure can facilitate use of scenario models. The increasing interest in participatory modelling approaches reflects a growing recognition that models can serve as extremely valuable platforms for assisting stakeholders in understanding current conditions and the causes behind these conditions. Approaches of this type are considered likely to increase in popularity in the future.
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- Sang, Neil, et al.
(författare)
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Integrating Models into Practice - Recommendations
- 2020
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Ingår i: Modelling Nature-based Solutions: Integrating Computational and Participatory Scenario Modelling for Environmental Management and Planning. - : Cambridge University Press. - 9781108428934 ; , s. 341-351
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)
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- Sang, Neil, et al.
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The Euler character: a new type of visual landscape metric?
- 2015
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Ingår i: Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design. - : SAGE Publications. - 0265-8135 .- 1472-3417. ; 42, s. 110-132
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Landscape-preference theories such as prospect-refuge theory and Kaplan and Kaplan's landscape-preference matrix and theories of visual perception propose that the physical structure of the landscape has a direct psychological effect on people due to evolved sensitivity to particular defining characteristics. Efforts to identify consistent quantitative relationships between metrics of these characteristics and human preference have had some success. However, the field has also faced some criticisms due to low explanatory power in the results reducing confidence that relationships found can be applied to other contexts. In this paper we argue that dependence on generalised planar maps for the derivation of the metrics but on viewpoint-specific perspective photographs for the preference data is a potential cause of low explanatory power. How viewpoint change may affect scene characteristics needs to be better understood if representative viewpoints are to be chosen to allow results which are general to an area, in particular the difference between discreet (topological) changes and continuous changes. This paper presents the results of an experiment to test whether the topological complexity of a view, as measured by the Euler character of the horizon graph, has perceptual significance. We investigate if images with higher horizon-graph complexity were considered more interesting than those with lower graph complexity via a forced-choice Internet survey.
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- Svännel, Jessica, et al.
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Digital systems and tools to support urban open space governance and management
- 2020
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Ingår i: Urban Open Space Governance and Management. - 9780367173029 ; , s. 168-189
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This chapter outlines how digital systems and tools can support urban open space (UOS) governance and management and discusses important factors to consider when building a strategy in relation to future trends and routes to progress. A key conclusion is that digital technology can aid in documenting and analysing data, generating new knowledge for UOS governance and management and presenting and communicating the values and benefits that UOS provide. However, the use of digital technology needs to be underpinned by clear aims and well-structured and well-developed data infrastructure.
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- Aagaard Hagemann, Frederik, et al.
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Challenges to Implementing the Urban Ecosystem Service Concept in Green Infrastructure Planning: A View from Practitioners in Swedish Municipalities
- 2020
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Ingår i: Socio-Ecological Practice Research. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 2524-5279 .- 2524-5287. ; 2, s. 283-296
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In building a sustainable society, numerous ecosystem services have shown to play important roles for the benefit of urban residents. The distinct concept of Urban Ecosystem Services (UES) to accentuate and enhance the value of urban ecosystems has been proposed, primarily in research, with implementation in practice still at an early stage. This study examined challenges to future implementation of the UES concept in municipal planning and management of urban green spaces. Based on interviews in six Swedish municipalities, we identified four overall discourses challenging implementation of UES in municipal practice. These included (i) a need to prioritize UES in municipal planning in order to address the contemporary challenges of e.g., urbanization and biodiversity loss. This in turn creates (ii) a need for increased holistic thinking within the municipal organization, based on (iii) further documentation and standards, which should help (iv) initiate organizational transition and cross-sectorial approaches. These discourses provide interrelated challenges that could also act as opportunities for scientists and practitioners collaborations to advance integration of UES into planning and management, thereby increasing the sustainability of urban environments. This work provides a starting point for introduction of the UES concept into municipal planning.
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- Andersson-Sköld, Yvonne, et al.
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A framework for assessing urban greenery's effects and valuing its ecosystem services
- 2018
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Ingår i: Journal of Environmental Management. - : Academic Press. - 0301-4797 .- 1095-8630. ; 205, s. 274-285
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Ongoing urban exploitation is increasing pressure to transform urban green spaces, while there is increasing awareness that greenery provides a range of important benefits to city residents. In efforts to help resolve associated problems we have developed a framework for integrated assessments of ecosystem service (ES) benefits and values provided by urban greenery, based on the ecosystem service cascade model. The aim is to provide a method for assessing the contribution to, and valuing, multiple ES provided by urban greenery that can be readily applied in routine planning processes. The framework is unique as it recognizes that an urban greenery comprises several components and functions that can contribute to multiple ecosystem services in one or more ways via different functional traits (e.g. foliage characteristics) for which readily measured indicators have been identified. The framework consists of five steps including compilation of an inventory of indicator; application of effectivity factors to rate indicators' effectiveness; estimation of effects; estimation of benefits for each ES; estimation of the total ES value of the ecosystem. The framework was applied to assess ecosystem services provided by trees, shrubs, herbs, birds, and bees, in green areas spanning an urban gradient in Gothenburg, Sweden. Estimates of perceived values of ecosystem services were obtained from interviews with the public and workshop activities with civil servants. The framework is systematic and transparent at all stages and appears to have potential utility in the existing spatial planning processes.
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- Buffam, Ishi, et al.
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Priorities and barriers for urban ecosystem service provision: A comparison of stakeholder perspectives from three cities
- 2022
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Ingår i: Frontiers in Sustainable Cities. - : Frontiers Media SA. - 2624-9634. ; 4
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Urban Green Infrastructure (UGI) can provide many needed ecosystem services (ES) to help address challenges like biodiversity loss and climate change while contributing to the health and wellbeing of urban inhabitants. In order to optimize UGI for a given city, a first step is to assess the local ES needs and the potential barriers to ES provision. However, it is not known how consistent these needs and barriers are among cities in different settings. To help address this knowledge gap, the aim of this study was to assess ES priorities and existing barriers to ES provision for three cities varying in socioeconomic, cultural and climatic setting: Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Cincinnati (USA) and Malmö (Sweden). In case studies of each of the three cities, we carried out workshops with key stakeholders and collected their assessments of both current provision of ES from UGI and future priorities. The workshops were followed by expert stakeholder interviews aimed at highlighting existing barriers to ES provision. In spite of the different urban contexts, expressed ES priorities were similar among the cities, with the highest cross-cutting priorities being climate change adaptation, stormwater runoff management and water quality, mental and physical health, biodiversity, and provision of local food. Stakeholder-expressed barriers to ES provision were also broadly similar among cities, falling into three main categories: structural pressures, gaps in governance, and lack of ecological awareness and vision. Our results suggest that certain key ES priorities and barriers may apply broadly to cities regardless of climatic or socio-cultural context. These generic needs can help direct the focus of future studies, and imply a clear benefit to international, even cross-continental study and knowledge-exchange among practitioners and researchers working with UGI.
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| 10. |
- Butler, Andrew, et al.
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Foraging for identity : the relationships between landscape activities and landscape identity after catastrophic landscape change
- 2019
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Ingår i: Landscape research. - : Routledge. - 0142-6397 .- 1469-9710. ; 44:3, s. 303-319
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this article, we deal with landscape activities in relation to changing landscape identity after a major wildfire in Sweden in 2014. The aim was to investigate the relationships between 22 landscape activities (before the fire) and 2 components (emotion and cognition) of landscape identity (before and after the fire). A total of 656 respondents living nearby the fire area participated in this study. Before the fire, a positive association was found between the activities of enjoying nature and foraging, and both components of landscape identity. This suggests that the more participants enjoyed nature and picked berries and mushrooms, the stronger their attachment to the landscape (emotion), and the more they remembered and reasoned about the landscape (cognition). Post fire, these relationships were found only between the two components of landscape identity and foraging. This implies a significant role of this type of activity for keeping alive' landscape identity.
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- Butler, Andrew, et al.
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Landscape identity, before and after a forest fire
- 2018
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Ingår i: Landscape research. - : Routledge. - 0142-6397 .- 1469-9710. ; 43:6, s. 878-889
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Our identity is tied to where we are and how we engage with the landscapes in which we find ourselves. But what happens if the landscape which we use for our everyday life is drastically altered by a catastrophic upheaval, for example, when forest fires ravage the landscape? In this paper, interviews with individuals affected by the largest forest fire in modern Swedish history are used to exemplify our conceptualisation of how landscape identity is impacted by dramatic change. We address the phases of stability, change and progression in relation to the case. Finally, we propose that landscape identity can be utilised as a central concept for engaging with the social aspects of the impact of forest fires.
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- Butler, Andrew, et al.
(författare)
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“There will be mushrooms again” – Foraging, landscape and forest fire
- 2021
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Ingår i: Journal of Outdoor Recreation. - : Elsevier. - 2213-0780 .- 2213-0799. ; 33
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this paper, we address the relevance of recreational foraging, picking berries and mushrooms, for developing connection to nature and what happens when that practice is interrupted by drastic landscape change. We use the site of the largest forest fire in modern Swedish history as a case to examining the relevance of foraging. In previous studies, positive associations have been observed between the activity of picking berries and mushrooms with landscape-identity prior to forest fires. The results suggest that the more participants enjoyed foraging, the stronger their attachment to the landscape as well as memories and reasoning about the landscape. These relationships remainedafter the area has been drastically altered by fire, implying a significant role of foraging for keeping “alive” the positive feelings and memories of the forest landscape. Through questionnaires and semistructured interviews, we examine why individuals forage, what foraging meant for them before the event and how they relate to the landscape and foraging after the fire. Our findings suggest that these connections are built on an interplay between place, practice and intimate knowledge. We conclude that foraging play an essential role in defining and developing connections to landscape which can act as the basis for stewardship of the landscape. Management implications: • In order to facilitate reconnection to the landscape after a forest fire there is a need to understand how individuals and communities related to the landscape before the fire. • Foraging will always be reliant on issues of access, and specific management regimes. • Cultural values and small-scale activities play an essential role in defining and developing connections to landscape. Connections which can ultimately inform a sense of responsibility and stewardship. • Activities such as foraging are reliant on more than just the affordance provided by the physical and visual character of a landscape.
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- Felton, Adam, et al.
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Forest biodiversity and ecosystem services from spruce-birch mixtures : The potential importance of tree spatial arrangement
- 2022
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Ingår i: Environmental Challenges. - : Elsevier BV. - 2667-0100. ; 6
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- There is increasing empirical support for the biodiversity and ecosystem service (ES) benefits of mixed-species production forests. However, few studies control for the spatial arrangement of the trees within mixtures to determine the influence that clustering the tree species (patch scale mixtures), versus evenly dispersing them (intimate scale mixtures), may have for biodiversity and ES outcomes. To highlight the potential implications of altering tree spatial arrangement in mixtures, and the need to fill related knowledge gaps, here we provide a qualitative multi-disciplinary overview of ecological and socio-economic drivers with the potential to alter biodiversity, ecosystem services, and management-related outcomes from patch versus intimate scale mixtures. We focused our overview on even-aged mixtures of Norway spruce (Picea abies) and birch (Betula pendula or B. pubescens) in Sweden, which enabled us to contrast findings within a biogeographical and silvicultural setting. Specifically, we targeted implications for biodiversity (understory vascular plants, epiphytic lichens, saproxylic beetles, birds), biomass production, harvesting costs, management ease, recreation and aesthetics, cervid game, as well as abiotic and biotic risks (wind, fire, pathogens, pests, browsing damage). In the absence of direct empirical evidence, we primarily relied on expert inference from theory and relevant empirical studies sourced from the Fennoscandian region, and further afield if needed. Collectively these efforts allowed us to develop a number of informed hypotheses indicating that for spruce-birch mixtures in this region, patch scale mixtures may have the potential to favour the diversity of several forest dependant taxonomic groups, cervid game and reduce harvesting costs, whereas intimate mixtures may have the potential to reduce pathogen and pest damage, and likewise, potentially benefit production outcomes. Current knowledge was too limited, inconsistent or context dependant to even tentatively infer outcomes for fire risk, wind damage, browsing damage, management ease, recreational and aesthetic outcomes. We emphasize that our hypotheses require testing, but are sufficient to (1) highlight the likely importance of spatial-scale to biodiversity and ecosystem services outcomes in mixed-species production forests, (2) caution against generalization from mixture studies that lack scale considerations, and (3) motivate the targeted consideration of spatial grain in future mixture studies.
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- Felton, Adam, et al.
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The tree species matters : Biodiversity and ecosystem service implications of replacing Scots pine production stands with Norway spruce.
- 2020
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Ingår i: Ambio. - : Springer. - 0044-7447 .- 1654-7209. ; 49:5, s. 1035-1049
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- The choice of tree species used in production forests matters for biodiversity and ecosystem services. In Sweden, damage to young production forests by large browsing herbivores is helping to drive a development where sites traditionally regenerated with Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) are instead being regenerated with Norway spruce (Picea abies). We provide a condensed synthesis of the available evidence regarding the likely resultant implications for forest biodiversity and ecosystem services from this change in tree species. Apart from some benefits (e.g. reduced stand-level browsing damage), we identified a range of negative outcomes for biodiversity, production, esthetic and recreational values, as well as increased stand vulnerability to storm, frost, and drought damage, and potentially higher risks of pest and pathogen outbreak. Our results are directly relevant to forest owners and policy-makers seeking information regarding the uncertainties, risks, and trade-offs likely to result from changing the tree species in production forests.
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- Fors, Hanna, et al.
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Striving for Inclusion — A Systematic Review of Long-Term Participation in Strategic Management of Urban Green Spaces
- 2021
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Ingår i: Frontiers in Sustainable Cities. - : Frontiers Media SA. - 2624-9634. ; 3
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This systematic review contributes to the research field of user participation by suggesting a new holistic approach comprising a cyclic process model for long-term participation in the strategic management of urban green spaces, including analysis, design, and implementation phases, each followed by an evaluation. User participation in urban green spaces is encouraged in international conventions. Such initiatives aim to involve citizens more closely in decisions regarding local spaces, based on the premise that this will create better, more inclusive, and sustainable local environments. However, a social inclusion perspective is largely absent in the growing body of European scientific literature on urban green spaces. Further, user participation processes are often carried out within projects, with uncertainties about which strategic management phase (planning, design, construction, and/or maintenance) to emphasize and about the long-term sustainability of project-based participation. Therefore, the literature was examined for tools for participation with the focus on participation of local users in the strategic management of urban green spaces, and in particular, marginalized groups. A systematic review based on peer-reviewed scientific papers revealed the necessity for adapting participation processes to the known needs of different participant groups, including those of marginalized groups often excluded in the past. Local authorities have several pathways to socially inclusive and long-term participation. These include choosing and employing a suitable participation approach, anchoring repeated project-based participation in existing municipal long-term strategies, continuously supporting participating users and evaluating ongoing participation processes, and employing a mix of participation types and approaches. The “cyclic process model for long-term participation in strategic management of UGS” presented in this paper could guide such efforts.
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- Gunnarsson, Bengt, 1954, et al.
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Effects of biodiversity and environment-related attitude on perception of urban green space
- 2017
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Ingår i: Urban Ecosystems. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1083-8155 .- 1573-1642. ; 20:1, s. 37-49
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Green space in cities contributes to the quality of life for city dwellers, e.g., by increasing the opportunity for recreation. However, perception of urban green space is influenced by multiple factors. We investigated effects of biodiversity and environment-related attitudes on visual and auditory perceptions of urban green space. Field measurements of biodiversity were conducted in six sites across an urban gradient in Gothenburg, Sweden, and three categories of biodiversity—high, medium, low—were established. Households were sent a survey on aesthetic perception of urban green space, sound perception and the importance of trees and plants for the perception of bird species. Each respondent focused on the site that was located nearby. The environment-related attitudes comprised “Nature-oriented” and “Urban-oriented” persons and were based on participants’ own attitude estimations. It was shown that participants’ “subjective” aesthetic and sound-related perception of urban greenery were in line with the “objectively” measured subdivisions of high, medium and low biodiversity. So also were their estimations of the importance of trees and plants for perception of bird species in urban greenery, although differing only between high and medium/low biodiversity conditions. Persons rating themselves as highly nature-oriented were shown to give higher scores to urban green space aesthetics and to value greenery-related sounds higher, and to attach greater importance to trees and plants in their perception of bird species in urban greenery, than less nature-oriented persons. Highly urban-oriented persons compared to less urban-oriented persons did the same, but only regarding urban greenery-related aesthetics and sounds of nature. We conclude that environment-related attitudes influence perceptions of green space. Moreover, our findings support the idea that biodiversity per se also influences perceptions; people value green space significantly more with high than with low measured biodiversity. Urban planning needs to provide city inhabitants with green spaces that are species-rich, lush, varied and rich with natural sounds.
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- Hedblom, Marcus, et al.
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Evaluation of natural sounds in urban greenery: potential impact for urban nature preservation
- 2017
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Ingår i: Royal Society open science. - : The Royal Society. - 2054-5703. ; 4:2
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Most humans now live in cities and their main experience of nature is through urban greenery. An increasing number of studies show the importance of urban green spaces for wellbeing, although most of them are based on visual perception. A questionnaire examining people's evaluations of natural sounds was answered by 1326 individuals living near one of six urban green areas of varying naturalness in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden. Women and the elderly reported greater calmness when hearing bird song and rustling leaves (and placed a higher importance on the richness of bird species) than did men, younger and middle-aged individuals. Independent of age and gender, urban woodlands (high naturalness) had higher evaluations than parks (low naturalness). Our results suggest that to increase positive experiences of urban green areas, demographic variables of gender and age should be taken into account, and settings that mimic nature should be prioritized in planning.
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- Hedblom, Marcus, et al.
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Vilka förlorar på att stadsskogarna minskar?
- 2019
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Ingår i: Den öppna skogen : kön, genus och jämställdhet i skogssektorn. - 9789157696144 ; , s. 151-160
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Skog som skog. Är det något särskilt med den i staden jämfört med den utanför? Ja det är det faktiskt, ur flera aspekter. Inte minst ur ett genusperspektiv.
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- Hägerhäll, Caroline, et al.
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Do humans really prefer semi-open natural landscapes? A cross-cultural reappraisal
- 2018
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Ingår i: Frontiers in Psychology. - : Frontiers Media SA. - 1664-1078. ; 9, s. 1-14
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- There is an assumption in current landscape preference theory of universal consensus in human preferences for moderate to high openness in a natural landscape. This premise is largely based on empirical studies of urban Western populations. Here we examine for the first time landscape preference across a number of geographically, ecologically and culturally diverse indigenous populations. Included in the study were two urban Western samples of university students (from southern Sweden) and five non-Western, indigenous and primarily rural communities: Jahai (Malay Peninsula), Lokono (Suriname), Makalero (Timor), Makasae (Timor), and Wayuu (Colombia). Preference judgements were obtained using pairwise forced choice assessments of digital visualisations of a natural landscape varied systematically on three different levels of topography and vegetation density. The results show differences between the Western and non-Western samples, with interaction effects between topography and vegetation being present for the two Swedish student samples but not for the other five samples. The theoretical claim of human preferences for half-open landscapes was only significantly confirmed for the student sample comprising landscape architects. The five non Western indigenous groups all preferred the highest level of vegetation density. Results show there are internal similarities between the two Western samples on the one hand, and between the five non-Western samples on the other. To some extent this supports the idea of consensus in preference, not universally but within those categories respectively.
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- Knez, Igor, et al.
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Before and after a natural disaster : disruption in emotion component of place-identity and wellbeing
- 2018
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Ingår i: Journal of Environmental Psychology. - : Academic Press. - 0272-4944 .- 1522-9610. ; 55, s. 11-17
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim was to investigate relationships between emotion and cognition components of place-identity and wellbeing, before and after a natural disaster. A total of 656 respondents, living near the area of the largest forest and landscape fire in modern times in Sweden, participated in this study. Before the disaster, a positive association was found between place-identity and wellbeing, indicating that the stronger emotions participants evolved to the place, as well as remembered more and thought about the place, the stronger wellbeing they experienced at the site. After the disaster, the strength of this relationship decreased more than twice, accounted for by the weakening of the emotion-wellbeing link. Accordingly, participants almost lost their emotional bond to the area but maintained their memories and thoughts about the site intact and, by that, their positive wellbeing associations with the location. This indicates tentatively the phenomenon of post-traumatic growth, type of resilience involving operations of cognitive appraisal. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd
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- Knez, Igor, 1959-, et al.
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I can still see, hear and smell the fire : Cognitive, emotional and personal consequences of a natural disaster, and the impact of evacuation
- 2021
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Ingår i: Journal of Environmental Psychology. - : Elsevier. - 0272-4944 .- 1522-9610. ; 74
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We investigated the effects of evacuation experience on autobiographical memory, sensory-perceptual re-experiencing, emotions, and personal consequentiality of a natural disaster one year after. A total of 601 individuals participated, living nearby the area of the largest fire in modern times in Sweden. It was shown that evacuated (first-hand experience) compared to not-evacuated (second-hand experience) participants thought and talked more about the fire. Evacuated residents also mentally traveled back and re-lived the disaster more; as well as saw the fire, heard its sound, smelled it more, and felt more anxious, enraged, and emotionally strong. Moreover, evacuated compared to not-evacuated participants estimated that their life and view of the world had changed due to the natural disaster. All this suggests that the psychology of dramatically charged events, such as natural disasters, differs notably between individuals “being there” and those “hearing the news”, indicating a factual flashbulb memory as a result of the first-hand experience.
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- Knez, Igor, 1959-, et al.
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Wellbeing in Urban Greenery: The Role of Naturalness and Place Identity
- 2018
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Ingår i: Frontiers in Psychology. - : Frontiers Media SA. - 1664-1078. ; 9
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim was to investigate effects of urban greenery (high vs. low naturalness) on place identity and wellbeing, and the links between place identity and wellbeing. It was shown that participants (Gothenburg, Sweden, N = 1347) estimated a stronger attachment/closeness/belonging (emotional component of place-identity), and more remembrance and thinking about and mental travel (cognitive component of placeidentity) in relation to high vs. low perceived naturalness. High naturalness was also reported to generate higher wellbeing in participants than low naturalness. Furthermore, place identity was shown to predict participants' wellbeing in urban greenery, accounting for 35% of variance explained by the regression. However, there was a stronger relationship between the emotional vs. the cognitive component of place identity and wellbeing. Finally, a significant role of place identity in mediating the naturalnesswellbeing relationship was shown, indicating that the naturalness-wellbeing connection can be partly accounted for by the psychological mechanisms of people-place bonding.
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- Mercado, Geovana, et al.
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Supporting Nature-Based Solutions via Nature-Based Thinking across European and Latin American cities
- 2024
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Ingår i: AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment. - 0044-7447 .- 1654-7209. ; 53, s. 79-94
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Nature-Based Solutions concepts and practices are being used worldwide as part of attempts to address societal challenges but have also been criticised for not dealing with deeper transformations needed to face urgent issues including biodiversity loss, climate change and inclusion. In this paper, we explore how an inclusive, integrated and long-sighted approach, emphasising a more radical integration of nature within cities, might support the transformations needed to endure major contemporary challenges. Addressing important emerging critiques of Nature-Based Solutions, we consider the potential of a more incisive form of Nature-Based Thinking (NBT) in cities, based on more holistic perspectives. The paper draws on a reflective and iterative research process that engaged both the research and practice communities through a symposium and a series of futures workshops that together explored the potential of NBT to develop future nature-cities relations in Europe and Latin America. The results of the reflective process suggest that notions of nature with people-not for people- new organisational structures, and the intention and capacity to apply long-term perspectives, are needed when planning for NBS interventions aimed at sustainable urban development. This includes developing a cultural-structural change based on new and inclusive understandings of human-nature relations, and novel governance paradigms that allow cross-sectoral coordination and engagement of local stakeholders beyond formal organisational structures.
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- Mårtensson, Fredrika, et al.
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Utveckling av lekotoper för barns naturmöten
- 2021
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- I projekt efter projekt där lekmiljöer för barn skall iordningställas så ser vi hur leken undermineras genom att ytor med naturmark decimeras, vegetationen hålls tillbaka och konstgjorda material ersätter natur. Mot denna utveckling behövs nya strategier för att bevaka naturvärden, underlätta naturmarksetablering och säkra barns och ungas tillgång till en god utemiljö i enlighet med Plan och Bygglagen. Då naturbaserade lekmiljöer är dynamiska platser med levande material behöver man samtidigt göra sig medveten om olika möjliga skötselstrategier redan från start. Det kräver nya typer av dialoger mellan experter för att undersöka villkoren på platser där naturen skall samsas med barns aktivitet. Är det möjligt att tänka sig ett perspektiv där barnen genom sin användning bidrar till platsens skötsel och utveckling? Med stöd från SLU:s miljöanalysprogram Bebyggd miljö har i detta projekt ett antal forskare och praktiker ingått i dialog kring den problematik och de utmaningar som finns när man skall identifiera och anlägga naturmark som passar barns behov och intressen. Projektet under beteckningen Utveckling av "lekotoper" för barns naturmöten (SLU.ltv.2020.4.1-255) har handlat om att utveckla en förståelse för problematiken, hitta gemensamma perspektiv och en fungerande terminologi för att diskutera frågorna vidare på tvärs av olika fack och praktiker. Viktiga personer för projektets genomförande som vi särskilt vill tacka är personal vid parkenheten i Örebro med Mimmi Beckman i spetsen samt Emma Simonsson vid Urbio, som generöst har bjudit på kunskap och konkreta exempel. Det är denna duo som tillsammans med oss forskare vid SLU, Björn Wiström och Åsa Ode Sang vid institutionen för landskapsarkitektur, planering och förvaltning i Alnarp, Marcus Hedblom vid institutionen för stad och land i Uppsala samt Fredrika Mårtensson och Anna Litsmark vid institutionen för människa och samhälle i Alnarp, som har riggat de olika workshopparna som har varit grunden för dialogen. Idén till workshopparna uppstod inom ramen för en dialog mellan ett arbetspaket inom EU-projektet REGREEN med forskare från SLU samt Vinnovaprojektet Hållbara lekmiljöer i Staden där KTH, SLU, Örebro kommun och Urbio ingår. De två projekten har utbyten emellan sig och under ett möte om möjliga synergieffekter väcktes behovet av att behandla frågor kring anläggning av naturmark. I det praktiska arbetet kring lekotoputvecklingen som sker i Örebro efterfrågades kunskap och input på frågor kring design och anläggning av gröna leklandskap med fokus på topografi och växtbäddar. Till de frågor som lyftes fram hörde växtval, etableringsfrågor och frågor om plantors kvalitet, tid för plantering, jordbäddar, skydd, täckodling mm. Forskargruppen har stått för dokumentation och efterföljande reflektioner i rapporten. Vi vill också passa på att tacka alla deltagare i workshopparna som bidragit med sin tid, kunskap och engagemang! Från universitet deltog flera forskare med specialexpertis på området i processen och även antal studenter med examensarbete i ämnet. Det pågår också en 3 mängd olika initiativ runt om i Sverige för att göra barns utomhusliv rikare som vi på detta sätt fått ta del av. Deltagarna finns listade i bilaga 5. Forskarnas insatser i projektet har också stöttats ekonomiskt genom samordning med EU-projektet REGREEN ( https://www.regreen-project.eu/). Projektgruppen från SLU har stått för inramningen till workshoppar, föreliggande dokumentation och avslutande analys i rapporten. Då projektet ägde rum under den globala pandemin har inplanerade fysiska möten behövt ställas in. De behov som ändå finns av att inventera, undersöka och föra dialog på plats hoppas vi få tillgodose i ett kommande partnerskaps-Moviumprojekt som startar under 2021: I projektet Naturbaserade leklandskap med barn och unga får vi chansen att gå vidare och pröva nyvunna insikter på en kommande testbädd i Örebro. Avnämare för arbetet är samhällsplaneringen i stort med fokus på forskares, myndigheters och kommuners arbete med god bebyggd miljö till gagn för friluftsliv och folkhälsa. Fokus ligger på kunskapsstöd till personer från olika sektorer som arbetar med att kartera och tillgängliggöra närnatur för barn - på deras och naturens villkor. Vår förhoppning är att det framöver skall bli lika vanligt att tänka i lekotoper som det är idag att tänka och planera med lekredskap vid anläggning av lekmiljö. Genom processen med workshops och efterföljande dokumentation hoppas vi ha visat prov på hur ett professionellt stöd kan se ut i det viktiga arbetet med att identifiera och utveckla naturbaserade lekmiljöer.
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Advantages of using different data sources in assessment of landscape change and its effect on visual scale
- 2010
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Ingår i: Ecological Indicators. - : Elsevier BV. - 1470-160X .- 1872-7034. ; 10, s. 24-31
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper presents a data-flexible indicator framework for analysis of visual landscape character: the VisuLands framework. The theory-based framework encompasses currently used indicators for visual assessment based on four different data sources land cover data, aerial photographs, landscape photographs and field observations. This paper presents a study applying the VisuLands framework in analysis of landscape change and its effect on visual scale in a landscape in Southeast Sweden. The paper provides a critical assessment of the pros and cons of the approach. It identifies the advantages and disadvantages of using different data sources as well as the applicability and sensitivity of existing indicators in detecting visible landscape change. The results show that while some of the VisuLands indicators are relatively easily applied, others are more complex and demanding in terms of interpretation. The flexibility of the VisuLands framework makes it applicable and user-friendly as it helps meet the requirements and restrictions of the users. The assessment has shown that the different data sources complement each other and that applying indicators using various data sources, when available. will enhance the comprehensiveness of visual landscape assessment. The experience of this study is that the VisuLands framework is a useful tool in landscape analysis, monitoring and planning, which provides a repeatable, systematic and transparent approach with strong links to landscape theory (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Analysing the relationship between indicators of landscape complexity and preference
- 2011
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Ingår i: Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design. - : SAGE Publications. - 0265-8135 .- 1472-3417. ; 38, s. 24-40
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- With the adoption of the European Landscape Convention the importance of landscape character and amenity functions have gained increased political recognition across Europe. Landscape complexity has been proposed as an important concept for describing visual character, with a range of landscape metrics developed for describing visual complexity. We present the results of a survey relating specific landscape metrics of complexity with preference for landscape. The survey used visualisations of six scenarios of landscape composition which showed differences in the amount of land cover as well as the distribution between open land use and forest. Metrics of complexity were applied for both map representation and panoramic scenes of the landscape. The relationship between complexity and preference was tested and strong relationships were found for the Shannon diversity index, Shannon evenness index, and aggregation index when applied to both maps and perspective views. The only background factor demonstrating a relationship with preference was age, whilst gender, occupation (ie working with landscape issues or not), and membership of an organisation involved with landscape issues all showed weaker relationships with preference.
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- Ode Sang, Åsa
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Assessing the ability of rural agrarian areas to provide cultural ecosystem services (CES): A multi scale social indicator framework (MSIF)
- 2016
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Ingår i: Land Use Policy. - : Elsevier BV. - 0264-8377 .- 1873-5754. ; 53, s. 8-19
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Assessing the ways in which rural agrarian areas provide Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES) is proving difficult to achieve. This research has developed an innovative methodological approach named as Multi Scale Indicator Framework (MSIF) for capturing the CES embedded into the rural agrarian areas. This framework reconciles a literature review with a transdisciplinary participatory workshop. Both of these sources reveal that societal preferences diverge upon judgemental criteria which in turn relate to different visual concepts that can be drawn from analyzing attributes, elements, features and characteristics of rural areas. We contend that it is now possible to list a group of possible multi scale indicators for stewardship, diversity and aesthetics. These results might also be of use for improving any existing European indicators frameworks by also including CES. This research carries major implications for policy at different levels of governance, as it makes possible to target and monitor policy instruments to the physical rural settings so that cultural dimensions are adequately considered. There is still work to be developed on regional specific values and thresholds for each criteria and its indicator set. In practical terms, by developing the conceptual design within a common framework as described in this paper, a considerable step forward toward the inclusion of the cultural dimension in European wide assessments can be made. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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- Ode Sang, Åsa, et al.
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Gender and Age Differences for Perceptual Qualities of a Forest Landscape in Relation to Dramatic Landscape Change Processes: Implications for Connections to Place
- 2022
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Ingår i: Preserving and Constructing Place Attachment in Europe. - Cham : Springer. - 9783031097744 - 9783031097751 ; , s. 165-182
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- In this chapter, we examine the effect of catastrophic landscape change on individual’s connections to their everyday landscape. The study investigates relationships between perceptual qualities of a forest landscape and connection to place, before and after a large forest fire in Sweden. The findings presented in this chapter are based on results from 656 questionnaire responses from individuals living near the fire area. Using measures of landscape perceptual quality (naturalness, coherence, complexity, stewardship, disturbance, and scale/openness. Accessibility, sound, safety, and overall experience), we reveal the relevance of age and gender on changes in these perceived qualities and relation to attachment to the landscape. We found that women considered the landscape less easy to access, less safe and more disturbed than men. While the elderly experienced less accessibility and openness than did young respondents. We conclude that this everyday landscape has become a non-familiar place for the residents, creating a loss of attachment and a sense of spatial anxiety. Yet this loss and anxiety are not consistent across the population.
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- Ode Sang, Åsa, et al.
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Identifying cues for monitoring stewardship in Swedish pasture landscapes
- 2016
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Ingår i: Land Use Policy. - : Elsevier BV. - 0264-8377 .- 1873-5754. ; 53, s. 20-26
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Perceived stewardship is an important factor driving people's landscape preferences, and there is a need for landscape planning and monitoring tools to address this characteristic in landscape management. The European Landscape Convention emphasizes landscapes as perceived by people, so the political pressure to develop indicators suitable for monitoring landscape qualities related to perception has increased. This paper presents the results from a study that uses eye-tracking to explore what it is in the agricultural landscape that people look at when asked to evaluate stewardship. In the study, photographs of Swedish agricultural landscapes were shown to 19 respondents while their eye movements were recorded, and after each picture they were asked to evaluate the landscape in terms of stewardship using a 7-point Likert scale. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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- Ode Sang, Åsa
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Indicators of perceived naturalness as drivers of landscape preference
- 2009
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Ingår i: Journal of Environmental Management. - : Elsevier BV. - 0301-4797 .- 1095-8630. ; 90, s. 375-383
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The concept of naturalness is one of the more studied concepts in landscape preference research and describes how close a landscape is to a perceived natural state. In this study we explored the relationship between landscape preference and three landscape indicators of naturalness (level of succession, number of woodland patches and shape index of edges). We used computer-generated visualisations of a hypothetical landscape containing pasture and broadleaved woodland. In the landscape simulations we altered the values of the naturalness indicators between the levels of low, medium and high, creating 27 different visualisations. The survey wits distributed as an on-line survey in seven different languages and obtained 703 respondents. The study showed a strong relationship with preference for both the level of succession and number of woodland patches, and a weaker relationship with shape index of edges. The two demographic factors which were shown to contribute most to the formation of preference were gender and having a landscape related profession. The results suggest that the selected indicators are more important drivers of preference than demographic factors. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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- Ode Sang, Åsa
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Landscape assessment in metropolitan areas – developing a visual indicator-based approach
- 2014
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Ingår i: SPOOL. - 2215-0897 .- 2215-0900. ; 1, s. 301-316
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Many studies have addressed landscape preferences in rural settings, identifying key aspects and elements of the visual landscape important for people's appreciation. Information about these characteristics of landscapes has then been used as bases for indicator frameworks linking measurable indicators to landscape aesthetic theory. However, there is a need to expand and develop these frameworks to be relevant for assessment of metropolitan landscapes. Nine key concepts, identified by Tveit et al. (2006) and Ode et al (2008), in existing frameworks for visual landscape assessment, stewardship, naturalness, complexity, imageability, visual scale, historicity, coherence, disturbance and ephemera, are revisited in a metropolitan context, identifying landscape elements and indicators relevant for measuring visual landscape character in metropolitan areas. The study reviews existing evidence of people's landscape preferences relating to urban landscapes and links this knowledge to map-based indicators that can be used by planners and decision-makers responsible for the management and monitoring of landscapes. This paper presents the key concepts in development of a theoretical framework for visual landscape assessment in metropolitan areas.
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- Ode Sang, Åsa
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Landscape modelling and stakeholder engagement : participatory approaches and landscape visualisation for conflict resolution
- 2015
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Ingår i: A review on the state of the art in scenario modelling for environmental management: potential for application in achieving the Swedish environmental objectives. - 9789162066956 ; :6695, s. 23-48
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Engaging stakeholders in developing scenarios of alternative futures and landscape change contributes to public policies linked to the Aarhus Declaration on access to information and public participation in decision-making. �� The use of scenarios enables consideration of options, and assessing alternative outcomes and futures. However, narratives and storylines should consider the pathways of change which could include adverse short term impacts on landscapes before realising longer term benefits. �� 3D visualization tools, linked to spatially expressed scenarios and modelling, provide effective means of communicating, but need to be easily interpreted and designed with the target audience in mind, whether domain expert, policy officer, land manager, or member of the public. �� The increasing popularity of citizen science has the potential for capturing data on stakeholder's opinions on landscapes and potential impacts of pressures for change, using 3D tools which enable geospecific representations of alternative futures.
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- Ode Sang, Åsa, et al.
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Linking perception of green space characteristics and biodiversity with well-being and recreation in order to map urban cultural ecosystem services
- 2015
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Annan publikation (refereegranskat)abstract
- Urban green spaces provide a wide variety of ecosystem services but are also under a constant threat through processes of densification and changes in transport infrastructure. For urban areas, the cultural ecosystem services are often expressed by planners and managers to be of special importance. There has been an increased recognition of the importance that green spaces has with regards to people's health and well-being, with green areas a setting for both physical activity and restoration. However, the connection between well-being and the more nuanced view of green spaces as for species, flora and biodiversity per se is less studied. Here we studied the connection between people's experience of green spaces in the city of Gothenburg and biophysical values related to biodiversity. In total 6 specific green spaces of varied characteristics were studied (size 1.8-3.5 ha). For each green space a survey was sent out to its near-by residents asking questions of people's perception and importance of different characteristics and associated feelings of well-being and recreational use of each green space respectively (N= 1347) Parallel to this, field inventories relating to different aspects of biodiversity were conducted including pollinators (bumblebees), birds, treespecies, tree dbh, treecover, shrubs, dead trees and flora. The responses from the survey is analysed together with field data and results on the relationship between perception of the green space with regards to aspects of naturalness and stewardship, different aspects of measured biodiversity and cultural ecosystem services such as recreation and well-being will be presented.
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- Ode Sang, Åsa
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Managing the potential for outdoor recreation: Adequate mapping and measuring of accessibility to urban recreational landscapes
- 2014
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Ingår i: Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. - : Elsevier BV. - 1618-8667 .- 1610-8167. ; 13, s. 71-83
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Following the increasing public health concerns related to physical inactivity in the population, the relationship between outdoor recreation and public health has been increasingly acknowledged over the last decades. To improve public health, planners and policy-makers aim to provide good accessibility to recreational landscapes to facilitate outdoor recreational activity. At the same time, they are facing development pressure due to urban growth. In order for planners and policy-makers to secure people access to urban and near urban recreational areas, there is a need to map and measure access in a way that is adequate as a basis for decision-making in planning and design processes. Access is often defined as distance, or proximity, from residents' homes to recreational areas. This paper explores different ways to map and measure distance to recreational areas, and aims to provide better decision support for planners and decision-makers. Moss municipality in Norway serves as a case study. We begin by addressing the meaning of the term 'recreational landscape' and how the choice of definition affects the results when mapping recreational areas. We also discuss who we are measuring distance for, and how different user groups will have different thresholds or critical distances affecting their frequency of visits to a recreational area. Last, we explore different methods for measuring distance within a GIS environment. The paper shows how the purpose of the analysis must be decisive when defining recreational landscapes and choosing methods for measuring access to recreational landscape, in order to provide valuable input to planners and policy-makers aiming at enhancing the possibility for outdoor recreation for people. (C) 2014 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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- Ode Sang, Åsa
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Perceptions of stewardship in Norwegian agricultural landscapes
- 2013
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Ingår i: Land Use Policy. - : Elsevier BV. - 0264-8377 .- 1873-5754. ; 31, s. 557-564
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The importance of the landscape as a tourism asset is well known, and the significance of perceptions of landscape is increasingly being recognized in policy and planning, in Europe thanks largely to the implementation of the European Landscape Convention. The abandonment of agricultural land is one of the ongoing processes of landscape change that are having a profound impact not only in Norway - the subject of this article - but across Europe. The article presents the findings from a study of perceptions of stewardship in Norwegian agricultural landscapes and the ways in which perceived stewardship is linked to landscape preference. The results of the study show that there are differences between landscape professionals and the general public with regards to the perception of stewardship and cues used for assessing stewardship, and suggests that stewardship is a stronger factor in shaping the general public's preferences. The implications of these results are discussed in relation to the European Landscape Convention and need for methods to assess and monitor landscape change processes. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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- Ode Sang, Åsa, et al.
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Planning, Designing, and Managing Green Roofs and Green Walls for Public Health : An Ecosystem Services Approach
- 2022
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Ingår i: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. - : Frontiers Media S.A.. - 2296-701X. ; 10
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- Installing green roofs and green walls in urban areas is suggested to supply multiple ecosystem services of benefit to human health and well-being. In a three-step literature review, we examined current knowledge on the link between public health and green roofs and green walls. A systematic search identified 69 scientific articles on green roofs/walls with a public health discourse. These articles were categorized according to type of health path covered (reduction of temperature, air pollution, noise or environmental appraisal) and coverage of issues of relevance for strategies on planning, design/construction, and maintenance of green roofs and green walls. Articles identified through the structured search were complemented with reviews (with no explicit public health rationale) covering reduction of noise, temperature, or air pollution and environmental appraisal. Other relevant studies were identified through snowballing. Several of the articles provided guidelines for optimizing the effect of green roofs/walls in supporting ecosystem services and maximizing well-being benefits to support health pathways identified. These included specifications about planning issues, with recommended spatial allocation (locations where people live, sun-exposed for maximum ambient temperature reduction) and with physical access needed for environmental appraisal. Recommendations regarding design parameters covered substrate depth (deeper generally being better), plant choices (more diverse roofs providing more services), and maintenance issues (moist substrate positively correlated with heat reduction).
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- Ode Sang, Åsa
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Public evaluation of landscape content and change: Several examples from Europe
- 2009
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Ingår i: Land Use Policy. - : Elsevier BV. - 0264-8377 .- 1873-5754. ; 26, s. 77-86
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper considers rural land use by analysing stakeholder values and perceptions concerning various landscape components. The purpose is to show that landscape content and land cover interactions with societal connections should be a base for land use development. The practical goal is to deliberate research tools to quantify public opinions and attitudes, which could form bases for developing of decision support tools. The main research objectives are: (1) to assess existing opinions concerning land use changes and provide a clearer insight into public attitudes to the role of woodlands for an integrated development of the countryside; (2) to place ecological and socio-economic values on inanimate natural components of landscapes; and (3) to assess values and preferences held by land use policy and management experts regarding multiple landscape components and features to assist in decision-making. Through the different levels of importance (values) accorded by the respondents to the integration of nature components in rural landscapes public priorities were identified. The paper develops an understanding of why certain aspects of land use changes are unfavourably viewed by some people and favourably received by others. It suggests some innovative perspectives on the areas of consensus and conflict between people, providing initial information for the selection and evaluation of land use management decisions. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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- Ode Sang, Åsa, et al.
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Swedish Pasture-An Exploration of Perceptual Attributes and Categorisation
- 2014
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Ingår i: Landscape Research. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1469-9710 .- 0142-6397. ; 39:4, s. 402-416
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study explores the concept of pasture, looking at how people classify it and the features that determine how an image is classified. The analysis is based on two parallel studies that used the same image material. The first study was a web-based survey in which respondents were asked to make a pairwise comparison of the images they felt best corresponded to pasture. The second study used eye-tracking to investigate the elements viewed by respondents as they considered the degree to which images corresponded to pasture. It is found that the respondents had clear and mostly similar concepts of pasture and that they apply these consistently when categorising pasture.
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- Ode Sang, Åsa
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Testing Public Preferences for Future Land Uses and Landscapes
- 2012
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Public policy for adaptation to climate change includes assessing potential impacts offuture land uses, using an Ecosystem Approach. Visualisation tools have been used to test for publicpreferences for scenarios of future land use, suggesting preferences for visual diversity, soundstewardship and perceived naturalness. A virtual reality environment was used to elicit a scenario ofpreferred future land use from audiences familiar and unfamiliar with the study area. Findings showedagreement in developing amenity woodland adjacent to a village, and environmental protection, butdifferences arose in relation to proposals for medium-sized windfarms.
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The challenge of enhancing accessibility to recreational landscapes
- 2014
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Ingår i: Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift / Norwegian Journal of Geography. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0029-1951 .- 1502-5292. ; 68, s. 145-154
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In recent years the relationship between outdoor recreation and public health has been increasingly acknowledged. One way planners and policymakers can promote physical activity within their administrative areas is to stimulate more people to engage in outdoor recreation. However, a prerequisite for outdoor recreation is accessibility to recreational landscapes. In current research, the terms 'access' and 'accessibility' are defined and used in different ways. In order to provide planners and policymakers responsible for urban green structure with useful tools for promoting outdoor recreation, there is a need to find ways for accessibility to be measured and mapped in ways reflecting the different dimensions of perceived accessibility. The literature review identifies the key dimensions describing accessibility to recreational landscapes and the related attributes that can be assessed when studying peoples' perceived accessibility. Two main dimensions of perceived accessibility are identified: physical accessibility (related to attributes in the physical landscape), and cultural, social, or sociopsychological accessibility (related to attributes of the observer). The author concludes that researchers, planners, policymakers, and others aiming to assess accessibility to a recreational landscape need to make conscious choices regarding which dimensions and attributes of perceived accessibility should be included based on the purpose of their assessment.
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