Landscape experiences as a cultural ecosystem service in a Nordic context
Subtitle: Concepts, values and decision-making
Contributors: Zandersen, Marianne; Lindhjem, Henrik
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9789289342391
Subjects: Sustainability
Description: Cultural ecosystem services in the form of experiences derived from landscapes are potentially important, but often overlooked. Given the large and unprecedented landscape changes many of the Nordic countries are undergoing, there is a need to find ways of including people?s preferences and the value of landscape impacts in policy assessments and decision-making processes. The project aim has been to synthesize knowledge about the magnitude and value of landscape experiences, and investigate current practices and examples of how landscape impacts are incorporated (or not) in policy assessments and decision-making contexts in the Nordics. The literature demonstrates potentially high unaccounted welfare loss from landscape change. We find clear weaknesses in current practices, that a second phase will try to address. The project was carried out by Vista Analysis in Oslo and Department of Environmental Science at Aarhus University from 2014?15.
Notes: English.