<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The potential for using a standardized landscape evaluation method for planning a greenway in a young glacial area in northern Poland is evaluated in this paper. In the evaluation of visual landscape attractiveness (VLA), we took into account not only its natural but also its cultural components. The cultural components were divided into two groups, i.e. increasing and decreasing VLA scores. The sources of data needed for the evaluation included a Vector Smart Map level 2 (VMap L2), aerial photographs and a field survey. The newly-designated greenway links two landscape parks (which play the role of greenspaces) and runs along numerous lakes, forests, rivers, and objects of cultural heritage. The greenway is composed of existing local roads, allowing a more optimal utilisation of natural and cultural resources of the landscape, primarily those located between the selected greenspaces. Using this application, the idea of sustainable development can be implemented, and the overlapping protected areas will not be subject to devitalisation. The VLA method can facilitate multiple greenway designations in other areas.</p></abstract>

The potential for using a standardized landscape evaluation method for planning a greenway in a young glacial area in northern Poland is evaluated in this paper. In the evaluation of visual landscape attractiveness (VLA), we took into account not only its natural but also its cultural components. The cultural components were divided into two groups, i.e. increasing and decreasing VLA scores. The sources of data needed for the evaluation included a Vector Smart Map level 2 (VMap L2), aerial photographs and a field survey. The newly-designated greenway links two landscape parks (which play the role of greenspaces) and runs along numerous lakes, forests, rivers, and objects of cultural heritage. The greenway is composed of existing local roads, allowing a more optimal utilisation of natural and cultural resources of the landscape, primarily those located between the selected greenspaces. Using this application, the idea of sustainable development can be implemented, and the overlapping protected areas will not be subject to devitalisation. The VLA method can facilitate multiple greenway designations in other areas.

Planning a greenway based on an evaluation of visual landscape attractiveness

Faculty of the Earth Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń,

Institute of Geography, Kazimierz Wielki University, Bydgoszcz,

Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, Toruń,

Moravian Geographical Reports

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The potential for using a standardized landscape evaluation method for planning a greenway in a young glacial area in northern Poland is evaluated in this...

Planning a greenway based on an evaluation of visual landscape attractiveness

Published Online: Oct 08, 2016

Page range: 55 - 66

Received: Dec 15, 2015

Accepted: Aug 01, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mgr-2016-0017

Keywords
landscape quality, visual landscape attractiveness, greenway, GIS, Poland

© 2016 Łukasz Sarnowski et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Planning a greenway based on an evaluation of visual landscape attractiveness

Published Online: Oct 08, 2016

Page range: 55 - 66

Received: Dec 15, 2015

Accepted: Aug 01, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mgr-2016-0017

Keywordslandscape quality, visual landscape attractiveness, greenway, GIS, Poland

© 2016 Łukasz Sarnowski et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
landscape quality, visual landscape attractiveness, greenway, GIS, Poland