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Sustainable Forest, Beautiful Forest, Well-Managed Forest: Attitudes towards Land Management and Their Influence on the Perception of a Mediterranean Agroforestry Landscape

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  • Alicia López-Rodríguez

    (School of Forest Engineering and Natural Resources, Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM), C/José Antonio Novais, 10, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain
    Observatory for a Culture of the Territory (OCT), C/del Duque de Fernán Núñez, 2, 28012 Madrid, Spain)

  • Verónica Hernández-Jiménez

    (Observatory for a Culture of the Territory (OCT), C/del Duque de Fernán Núñez, 2, 28012 Madrid, Spain
    Department of Geography, Faculty of Geography and History, Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), C/ProfesorAranguren, s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain)

Abstract

Aesthetic and ecological qualities overlap and interrelate in people’s attitudes towards landscapes. Additionally, the way a landscape manager is perceived, as well as the way a landscape is managed, usually play a significant role in the interpretation of these dimensions and how they are evaluated. A qualitative study was conducted in a Mediterranean agroforestry landscape (Sierra Oeste, Madrid) to understand how different components of a landscape (ecology, aesthetics, and management) influence the way that itis understood and valued by local stakeholders. Based on the results of a series of semistructured interviews and focus groups, a detailed analysis of the participants’ discourse was conducted. A series of guidelines for land planning and management were derived to reinforce the social perceptions of the landscape and enhance its ecological and aesthetic conditions.

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  • Alicia López-Rodríguez & Verónica Hernández-Jiménez, 2022. "Sustainable Forest, Beautiful Forest, Well-Managed Forest: Attitudes towards Land Management and Their Influence on the Perception of a Mediterranean Agroforestry Landscape," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(8), pages 1-16, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jlands:v:11:y:2022:i:8:p:1260-:d:882084
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    1. Alicia López-Rodríguez & Rafael Escribano-Bombín & Verónica Hernández-Jiménez & Simon Bell, 2019. "Perceptions of ecological and aesthetic quality by natural resource professionals and local people. A qualitative exploration in a mountainous landscape (La Rioja, Spain)," Landscape Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 44(2), pages 241-255, February.
    2. Alicia López-Rodríguez & Ana-Belén Berrocal Menárguez & Rafael Escribano Bombín & Simon Bell, 2021. "Ecology and Esthetics, Esthetic Ecology and the Ecological Esthetic in the Landscape: Contributions to the Apparent TongueTwister," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(9), pages 1-11, August.
    3. Panagopoulos, T., 2009. "Linking forestry, sustainability and aesthetics," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 68(10), pages 2485-2489, August.
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