The visual preferences for forest regeneration and field afforestation - four case studies in Finland

摘要: The overall aim of this dissertation was to study the public’s preferences for forest regeneration fellings and field afforestations, as well find out relations these landscape management instructions, ecological healthiness, contemporary theories predicting preferences. This includes four case studies in Finland, each based on visualization options surveys. Guidelines improving visual quality afforestation are given studies. results show that can be connected positive images memories when area is small some time has passed since felling. Preferences may not depend only alternative itself but also viewing distance, point, scene which implemented. current Finnish guidelines healthiness studied a large extent compatible with However, there discrepancies. For example, instructions hypotheses suggest retention trees need left groups, whereas people usually prefer individually located those groups. Information psycho-evolutionary provide possible explanations people’s afforestation, cannot consistently explained by theories. different stakeholder groups were very similar. preference ratings make their living from – owners professionals slightly differed others. These support assumptions largely consistent at least within one nation, knowledge reference group influence