Context The current paradigms for the sustainable development of forests and agriculture involve territorial organization of these activities as well as the multifunctionality of the related landscapes. Accordingly, the new management strategies need to take into account the suitability of the resulting landscapes to produce the goods and services expected by society. & Aims The aim of the study was to assess t...
Mediterranean landscapes reveal extremely adequate conditions for the development of other functions besides production (nature conservation, recreation, life quality, local identity). These functions support the provision of public goods and services increasingly recognized by society. With this goal, the production of knowledge that may support decision is highly needed. In Mediterranean extensively used area...
O projecto ROSA decorreu entre Junho/2009 e Ju- nho/2011, executado por uma equipa do Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas (ICAAM), da Universidade de Évora, em parceria coma CCDRA e a DRAPAL. O projecto teve como objectivo avaliar a procura social da paisagem na região do Alentejo, através das preferências expressas por vários grupos de utilizadores: caçadores, turistas (incluindo pratica...
One of the stated goals of the CAP post-2013 and further rural policies in Europe is improving the sustainability of European rural areas, including the wellbeing of rural communities, so that rural areas keep on being attractive as living places. The multidimensional nature of well-being is an important challenge in terms of evaluation and consequently there is a need for developing appropriate evaluation met...
The European Landscape Convention (2000) states that landscape is an important contributor to the quality of life for people everywhere and that landscape is a complex of natural and cultural factors, as they are seen by the observer. Landscape preference, i.e. the degree to which people like a landscape and variations in the same type of landscape pattern, is an emerging field of knowledge, still under develop...
A great part of the Alentejo region in Southern Portugal is covered by an agro-silvo pastoral system, the Montado. This traditional landuse system is specific, inter alia, in its ability to join production with favorable conditions for non-production functions. At the present time, as society positively evaluates and even demands cultural and amenity functions from the countryside, the Montado management faces ...
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