“Indicators (for landscape analysis)
need to provide a good indicator of change in character, have resonance (capture public attention), be capable of measure and use meaningful data that is either easily available or capable of being easily collected.” Source: Landscape Character Assessment; Topic Paper 2: Links to other Sustainability Tools. In:
Landscape Access Recreation. P. Nelson and : Boden (eds.) 2005, A discussion paper prepared for: Countryside Agency (LAR Division)
"The landscape indicators can be used to classify geographic areas in a consistent, quantitative manner, for example, identifying relative ecological vulnerabilities. Thus, the indicators become a useful tool in deciding where to invest monitoring resources or in making other management decisions. By factoring the relative vulnerabilities into the decision process, the landscapes approach allows adaptation of a sampling design to focus on areas at highest risk. Because of its flexibility and applicability at multiple scales, the landscapes approach is widely recognized as the only cost-effective method to assess the potential impacts of complex natural and anthropogenic forces on the structure and function of ecological resources at various temporal and geographical scales. The implementation of the landscapes approach has begun only recently with the availability of highresolution, remotely sensed data and the computer technology to manage these data (Jones et al., 1997). ..." Source: Pitchford, A.M. et al. (2000): Testing Landscape Indicators for Stream Condition Related to Pesticides and Nutrients: Landscape Indicators for Pesticides Study for Mid-Atlantic Coastal Streams (LIPS-MACS). EPA
Projects in relation to landscape indicators:
Important
publication in relation to
landscape indicators:
- Cassatella, Claudia; Peano, Attilia (Eds.) (2011): Landscape Indicators: Assessing and Monitoring Landscape Quality. Springer, 1st Edition., 2011, X, 240 p., ISBN: 978-94-007-0365-0.
- Wascher, D.M. (2004): Landscape-indicator development: steps towards a European approach. In: Jongman,R.H.G. (eds.): The New Dimensions of the European Landscape. Springer, ISBN 1-4020-2909-8, page: 237-252
- Piorr, H.-P. (2003): Environmental policy, agri-environmental indicators and landscape indicators. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 98, 17-33