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A landscape and landscape biography approach to assessing the consequences of an environmental policy implementation

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  • E. Anne Spicer
  • Simon Swaffield
  • Kevin Moore

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Assessing outcomes of agri-environmental policy implementations is complex. Traditional parametric methods such as using key indicators can miss outcomes that are displaced in time and space, seldom account for the integrated nature of social and biophysical dynamics, and may overlook unintended consequences. This project aimed to overcome these drawbacks by using a landscape biography approach to analyse an innovative agri-environmental policy experiment around Lake Taupo, New Zealand. Landscape biographies were developed for each of three embedded cases, analysed as socio-ecological systems focused on relationships at different spatial scales. Landscape development paths were identified and a future trajectory estimated. The multiscale approach revealed unforeseen consequences of the policy regime, enabled a more comprehensive portrayal of social and landscape outcomes, and made complex interactions and processes understandable and accessible.

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  • E. Anne Spicer & Simon Swaffield & Kevin Moore, 2020. "A landscape and landscape biography approach to assessing the consequences of an environmental policy implementation," Landscape Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 45(4), pages 444-457, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:clarxx:v:45:y:2020:i:4:p:444-457
    DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2019.1669147
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    1. Nuno de Santos Loureiro, 2023. "Photography, Land-Cover and Land-Use Changes, and Tourism Urbanization: A Narrative Focused on Hotel do Garbe, Armação de Pêra, Algarve, Portugal," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(3), pages 1-23, March.

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