Landscape visualisation tools and methods: Decision making with scenarios

Abstract

Landscapes reflect the multifunctional nature of land and the complex relationships that exist between society and the environment. Land management systems have evolved to provide resources to meet societal demand but within a human lifetime these practices can significantly change both the landscape and the relationship that people have with the affected land. Land uses have differing, often conflicting objectives and making decisions on landscape futures is challenging to decision makers and compromises must be made between competing economic, ecological and social values. When dealing with competing criteria, land use decision-making is complex, made more so when we consider the spatial a..