The ‘landscape scale' in planning: Recent experience of bio-geographic planning units in Britain
Authors: Hamilton, Kyraleigh1; Selman, Paul2
Source: Landscape Research, Volume 30, Number 4, October 2005 , pp. 549-558(10)
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Abstract:
Landscape-scale mapping is becoming more widely used as an approach to identifying ‘characteristic' units of countryside for information gathering and policy delivery purposes. A number of innovative approaches currently being developed and applied in Britain are reviewed. The justifications for producing these methods, as reflected in published sources, are analysed. Interviews with selected professionals, who identify various benefits for more effective policy delivery, integrated planning, partnership formation and public engagement, are reported on. Most of the approaches also override administrative boundaries, which enables a more naturalistic reflection of environmental systems, whilst also creating some political difficulties. Other problems are associated with cost and subjectivity. Overall, the methods are likely to improve joined-up rural decision making, but further research into their effectiveness is needed.Keywords: Landscape scale; bio-geographic units; landscape characterization; rural policy; wider countryside
Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1080/01426390500273429
Affiliations: 1: Countryside and Community Research Unit, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, UK 2: Department of Landscape, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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