Context

It is essential for policy-making and planning that we understand landscapes not only in terms of landscape ecological patterns, but also in terms of their contribution to people's quality of life.

Objectives

In this study our objective is to test relationships between landscape ecology and social science indicators, by investigating how landscape patterns are linked to people’s perception of landscape quality.

Methods

To assess public views on landscapes we conducted a survey among 858 respondents in Switzerland. We combined this survey data on perceived landscape quality and place attachment with landscape metrics (e.g. diversity, naturalness of land cover, urban sprawl, fragmentation) in a statistical model to test hypotheses about the relationships between the different variables of interest.

Results

Our results illustrate the contribution of both landscape composition metrics and social science indicators to understanding variation in people’s perception and assessment of landscape. For example, we found the landscape ecology metrics on urban sprawl and fragmentation to be a negative predictor of overall satisfaction with landscape, and that perceived landscape quality positively predicted place attachment and satisfaction with the municipality landscape.

Conclusions

This study highlights the importance and feasibility of combining landscape ecology metrics and public survey data on how people perceive, value and relate to landscape in an integrated manner. Our approach has the potential for implementation across a variety of settings and can contribute to holistic and integrated landscape assessments that combine ecological and socio-cultural aspects.

中文翻译：

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将景观生态指标与关于感知景观质量和地方依恋的公共调查数据相关联

语境

我们不仅要从景观生态模式，还要从它们对人们生活质量的贡献来理解景观，这对于决策和规划至关重要。

目标

在这项研究中，我们的目标是通过调查景观模式如何与人们对景观质量的感知相关联，测试景观生态学和社会科学指标之间的关系。

方法

为了评估公众对景观的看法，我们对瑞士的 858 名受访者进行了调查。我们将这些关于感知景观质量和地方依恋的调查数据与景观指标（例如多样性、土地覆盖的自然性、城市扩张、碎片化）结合在一个统计模型中，以测试关于不同感兴趣变量之间关系的假设。

结果

我们的结果说明了景观构成指标和社会科学指标对理解人们对景观的感知和评估变化的贡献。例如，我们发现关于城市扩张和碎片化的景观生态指标是对景观整体满意度的负面预测指标，而感知的景观质量正面预测了地方依恋和对市政景观的满意度。

结论

本研究强调了将景观生态指标与公众调查数据结合起来，以综合方式了解人们如何看待、评价和与景观相关的重要性和可行性。我们的方法具有在各种环境中实施的潜力，并有助于结合生态和社会文化方面的整体和综合景观评估。