Perceived landscape values and public participation in a road-planning process - a case study in Sweden

The European Landscape Convention indicates that assessment of different dimensions that exist in landscapes should be taken into account in planning. In this study, we first investigated ecological, cultural and social values as perceived by the local people in a highway-planning process in Sweden....

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Published in:Journal of environmental planning and management 2015-04, Vol.58 (4), p.631-653
Main Authors: Henningsson, Marianne, Blicharska, Malgorzata, Antonson, Hans, Mikusiński, Grzegorz, Göransson, Görgen, Angelstam, Per, Folkeson, Lennart, Jönsson, Sofia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
15 Road: Environment
Area planning & development
Assessments
Attitudes
Citizen participation
Conservation
Conventions
Ecological effects
Ecological monitoring
Ecology
ELC
Environment management
Highway
Human Geography
Kulturgeografi
Landscape
Landscape ecology
landscape values
Landscapes
participation
Perception
perceptions
Planning
planning process
Psychology
Psykologi
Public participation
Public works
Roads
Roads & highways
Samhällsvetenskap
Social and Economic Geography
Social factors
Social och ekonomisk geografi
Social Sciences
Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Social values
Stakeholder
Studies
Sweden
Tvärvetenskapliga studier
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Summary:The European Landscape Convention indicates that assessment of different dimensions that exist in landscapes should be taken into account in planning. In this study, we first investigated ecological, cultural and social values as perceived by the local people in a highway-planning process in Sweden. Next, we explored which factors influenced the local people's participation in the road-planning process. We used questionnaires, planning documents and the Theory of Planned Behavior to investigate the relations between different factors and local people's participation in the planning process. The results showed that people presumed the ecological values in the landscape to be adversely affected by the new road, while the social values would remain the same. Landowners had heard of the participatory-process, but few participated. Those who lived within 300 m of the road were more active in the planning process than people living further away. The findings suggest that people living within a few hundred metres of the road should be treated as key stakeholders in the planning process. The involvement of other stakeholders, and when in the public participation process stakeholders should be involved, is also discussed.
ISSN:0964-0568
1360-0559
1360-0559
DOI:10.1080/09640568.2013.876391