Chris Raymond Land and Biodiversity Services Division, DWLBC

Mapping landscape values for natural resources management planning

Outline

• What are landscape values?• Why map them?• How do you map them?• What do the results look like?• What are the implications for NRM

planning?

What are landscape values?

Attachment or emotional bond that people develop with place

– Use value (places that provide tangible benefits)

• Economic Value• Recreation Value

– Non-use value (places that represent ideas)• Spiritual Value• Future Value

GIS InformationGIS Information Map LayerMap Layer

**LANDSCAPE VALUES****LANDSCAPE VALUES**

Government assetsGovernment assets

Commercial activityCommercial activity

Wildfire threatWildfire threat

SalinitySalinity

Threatened speciesThreatened species

Water qualityWater quality

Soil typeSoil type

Towns and suburbsTowns and suburbs

Planning Study Index ReferencePlanning Study Index Reference

Why map landscape values?

• Lack of systematic methods for identifying and integrating community values into NRM

• Values are linked to political acceptability of land-use decisions

• Integral to Goal 3 of the State NRM Plan (Peoples and Communities)– 3.4.4 “Seek and value the knowledge, skills and expertise

of local people, including Aboriginal landholders, in planning and on-ground delivery”

• Identify place-specific priorities for NRM investment.

• Sample• Survey Instrument • Map• Landscape Values Typology• Survey Mail Out (Dillman TDM)• Data Entry• Results Analysis

How do you map landscape values?

Title is typed in Blue

What do the results look like?

Case Study 1: Otways Region of Victoria

Hotspot analysis of aesthetic value

STUDYAREA

Hotspot analysis of spiritual value

Hotspot analysis of tourism developmentpreferences

West Central Alberta, Canada

Implications for NRM planning

• Systematic and representative process• Transparent• Identify areas of values conflict and special

management concern • Overlay with other land attributes for integrated

resource management• Recognises the role of non-use values in resource

decision making• Provides a baseline for monitoring and evaluation

References

Brown, G. 2005. Mapping spatial attributes in survey research for natural resource management: Methods and applications. Society and Natural Resources 18(1):17-39.

Brown, G., and Raymond, C. (2007) The relationship between place attachment and landscape values: Toward mapping place attachment. Applied Geography 27(2):89-111.

Raymond, C., and Brown, G. (2006) A method for assessing protected area allocations using a typology of landscape values. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 49(6):797-812.

Raymond, C., and Brown, G. (2007). A spatial method for assessing resident and visitor attitudes toward tourism growth and development. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. Anticipated publication in Volume 15, issue 4 or 5..