1. Learning from people

P1. Assessing intangible landscape values for landscape planning and design

Irena Niedźwiecka-Filipiak, Elżbieta Raszeja, Krzysztof Młynarczyk, Maciej Kłopotowski, Agnieszka Ozimek

One of the important objectives of landscape research is to observe phenomena and trends occurring in the landscape. These observations are the basis for its proper planning, design and management, as well as shaping landscape policies. The methods, tools, as well as assessment approaches depend on scientific disciplines that deal with these issues. It is still a somewhat underestimated, or simply challenging to assess, problem to combine land use and land cover measurements with human-scale view investigations, and to create coherent systems for assessing intangible landscape elements. This also raises the question of how to assess intangible, non-measurable landscape characteristics, including landscape views, in order to contribute to landscape planning and design adequately.

P2. Approaches integrating ecosystem services and disservices in social-ecological landscapes to foster sustainability

Julien Blanco, Pierre-Cyril Renaud, Juliette Mariel

Ecosystem services and disservices (ES/EDS; ecological features that benefit or harm human well-being) have gained momentum in landscape ecology research. In particular, EDS have recently been advocated as complementary to ES to explore tensions and conflicts around natural resource management in multiuse landscapes and find new sustainable pathways. This symposium will focus on recent research that combines ES and EDS, discussing the potential and limitations of this dual approach to unpacking the social-ecological interactions that drive landscapes in order to improve their sustainability.