Land (Oct 2021)

Ecosystem Services for Scenic Quality Landscape Management: A Review

  • Richard Smardon

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/land10111123
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 11
p. 1123

Abstract

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Since the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Project proposed the valuation of ecosystem services—defined as regulatory, provisional, ecosystem and cultural—the question arises as to the utility of such assessments for scenic landscape management. This author as well as others has looked at the issue of integrating ecological concerns with landscape planning. This article will be a comprehensive literature review and analysis of issues involved with utilizing ecosystem services of assessment of scenic/visual landscape quality as well as management implications. Special emphasis will be placed on the role of cultural ecosystem services.

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