Assessment method for forest landscapes based on aesthetic attributes as explanatory variables of preferences

this paper presents an assessment method for forest landscapes based on a mixed approach using aesthetics attributes. A set of variables have been deduced in order to objectively quantify in photographs its lines, colors, shapes, texture, scale and spatial composition. Referred variables have been m...

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Main Authors: Zubelzu, Sergio, Hernández, Ana
Format: Online
Language:spa
Published: Instituto de Ecología, A.C. 2015
Online Access:https://myb.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/myb/article/view/432
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Summary:this paper presents an assessment method for forest landscapes based on a mixed approach using aesthetics attributes. A set of variables have been deduced in order to objectively quantify in photographs its lines, colors, shapes, texture, scale and spatial composition. Referred variables have been measured in a forest landscape and preferences for that landscape have been collected. Using this information, regression functions have been tested to deduce a predictive method for preferences. The deduced optimum method adopts a linear structure and is able to explain 60,1% of the variance of population preferences.