Landscape ecological concepts in planning: review of recent developments.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Landscape ecology as an interdisciplinary science has great potential to inform landscape planning, an integrated, collaborative practice on a regional scale. It is commonly assumed that landscape ecological concepts play a key role in this quest.

Objectives

The aim of the paper is to identify landscape ecological concepts that are currently receiving attention in the scientific literature, analyze the prevalence of these concepts and understand how these concepts can inform the steps of the planning processes, from goal establishment to monitoring.

Methods

We analyzed all empirical and overview papers that have been published in four key academic journals in the field of landscape ecology and landscape planning in the years 2015-2019 (n = 1918). Title, abstra

SUBMITTER: Hersperger AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8549942 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature