Forests and Landscapes:

✍ Scribed by Stephen R J Sheppard, Howard W Harshaw

Publisher: CABI
Year: 2000
Tongue: English
Leaves: 337
Series: IUFRO Research Series
Edition: First
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Forests are an important component in the visual appeal of landscapes. There is an increasing recognition of the importance of this subject among foresters and environmental scientists. Increasingly, forest resource managers must consider both the aesthetic consequences of timber harvesting operations and management plans and public perceptions of the sustainability of forest eco-system management.Written by world class authorities this book is the first to address this subject area. It consists of 17 chapters and is divided into six parts. The interdisciplinary nature of the book brings together not only foresters and ecologists, but also landscape architects, psychologists and philosophers. Contributors are leading research workers in their subjects, from Canada, the USA and UK.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
IUFRO Research Series......Page 2
Forests and Landscapes: Linking Ecology, Sustainability and Aesthetics......Page 4
©......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Image Credits......Page 10
Contributors......Page 14
Foreword......Page 22
Acknowledgements......Page 30
Part I: Linking Ecological Sustainability to Aesthetics: Do People Prefer Sustainable Landscapes?......Page 32
1 Landscape Aesthetics and Sustainability: An Introduction......Page 34
Part II: Seeing and Knowing: Approaches to Aesthetics and Sustainability......Page 44
2 Aesthetic Preference and Ecological Sustainability......Page 46
3 Aesthetic Preferences for Sustainable Landscapes: Seeing and Knowing......Page 62
4 Visible and Non-Visible Indicators of Forest Sustainability: Beauty, Beholders and Belief Systems......Page 86
5 Why Do You Think that Hillside is Ugly? A Sociological Perspective on Aesthetic Values and Public Attitudes About Forests......Page 100
Part III: Perspectives on Forest Sustainability......Page 114
6 Criteria and Indicators of Sustainable Forestry: A Systems Approach......Page 116
7 International Initiatives for the Sustainable Management of Forests......Page 138
8 The Tloo-qua-nah Principle in Forest Sustainability: A First Nations Perspective......Page 146
Part IV: Theories Relating Aesthetics and Forest Ecology......Page 152
9 An Ecologist's Ideas About Landscape Beauty: Beauty in Art and Scenery as Influenced by Science and Ideology......Page 154
10 Can a Fresh Look at the Psychology of Perception and the Philosophy of Aesthetics Contribute to the Better Management of Forest Landscapes?......Page 168
11 Beyond Visual Resource Management: Emerging Theories of an Ecological Aesthetic and Visible Stewardship......Page 192
12 What is Essential is Invisible to the Eye: Understanding the Role of Place and Social Learning in Achieving Sustainable Landscapes......Page 216
Part V: Visualization of Forested Landscapes......Page 232
13 The Rhetoric of Visual Simulation in Forest Design: Some Research Directions......Page 234
14 Immersion in a Virtual Forest - SomeImp lications......Page 248
15 Considerations for Digitial Visualization of Landscape......Page 268
16 Predicting Preferences for Scenic Landscapes using Computer Simulations......Page 290
Part VI : Reconciling Forest Sustainability and Aesthetics
......Page 304
17 Priorities for Reconciling Sustainability and Aesthetics in Forest Landscape Management......Page 306
Index......Page 332

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