Environmental Reviews and Case Studies: Mapping Landscape Values: Issues, Challenges and Lessons Learned from Field Work on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington

摘要: In order to inform natural resource policy and land management decisions, landscape values mapping (LVM) is increasingly used collect data about the meanings that people attach places activities associated with those places. This type of provides geographically referenced on areas high density or different types values. article focuses issues challenges commonly occur in LVM, drawing lessons learned US Forest Service Olympic Peninsula Human Ecology Mapping Project. The discussion covers choosing a spatial scale for collecting data, creating base map, developing collection strategies, use ascribed versus assigned values, pros cons formats. Understanding common LVM will assist makers, managers, researchers designing project effectively balances goals, time budgetary constraints, personnel resources in...