<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Although perceptions of landscape aesthetics are currently attracting great research interest, some aspects of the topic have remained almost unexamined. This review highlights some less studied areas that are of particular importance for landscape management, with special focus on rapidly growing exurban areas. While the visual quality of the environment is undoubtedly one of the drivers that has been spurring the exurban development of rural settlements, much remains unknown about the perception of the visual quality of these settlements. Another pressing issue is the need to determine general principles of consensus formation concerning visual landscape preferences. This study concludes that in order to preserve the rural character of exurban landscapes, there is an urgent need to identify the aesthetic values that define the character of rural settlements and their importance to the stakeholder groups.</p></abstract>

Although perceptions of landscape aesthetics are currently attracting great research interest, some aspects of the topic have remained almost unexamined. This review highlights some less studied areas that are of particular importance for landscape management, with special focus on rapidly growing exurban areas. While the visual quality of the environment is undoubtedly one of the drivers that has been spurring the exurban development of rural settlements, much remains unknown about the perception of the visual quality of these settlements. Another pressing issue is the need to determine general principles of consensus formation concerning visual landscape preferences. This study concludes that in order to preserve the rural character of exurban landscapes, there is an urgent need to identify the aesthetic values that define the character of rural settlements and their importance to the stakeholder groups.

Rural identity and landscape aesthetics in exurbia: Some issues to resolve from a Central European perspective

Dept. of Land Use and Improvement, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague,

Department of Applied Geoinformatics and Spatial Planning, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague,

Moravian Geographical Reports

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Although perceptions of landscape aesthetics are currently attracting great research interest, some aspects of the topic have remained almost unexamined. This...

Rural identity and landscape aesthetics in exurbia: Some issues to resolve from a Central European perspective

Published Online: Apr 12, 2017

Page range: 2 - 12

Received: Jun 02, 2016

Accepted: Dec 06, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mgr-2017-0001

Keywords
landscape perception, visual quality assessment, exurban landscapes, judgement variability, Central Europe

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Rural identity and landscape aesthetics in exurbia: Some issues to resolve from a Central European perspective

Published Online: Apr 12, 2017

Page range: 2 - 12

Received: Jun 02, 2016

Accepted: Dec 06, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mgr-2017-0001

Keywordslandscape perception, visual quality assessment, exurban landscapes, judgement variability, Central Europe

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
landscape perception, visual quality assessment, exurban landscapes, judgement variability, Central Europe