Forests and Landscapes: Linking Ecology, Sustainability and Aesthetics. IUFRO Research Series, No. 6.

Forests are an important component in the visual appeal of landscapes. There is an increasing recognition of the importance of this subject among foresters and environmental scientists. Increasingly, forest resource managers must consider both the aesthetic consequences of timber harvesting operations and management plans and public perceptions of the sustainability of forest eco-system management. Written by world class authorities this book is the first to address this subject area. It consists of 17 chapters and is divided into six parts. The interdisciplinary nature of the book brings together not only foresters and ecologists, but also landscape architects, psychologists and philosophers. Contributors are leading research workers in their subjects, from Canada, the USA and UK. Cover......Page 1 IUFRO Research Series......Page 2 Forests and Landscapes: Linking Ecology, Sustainability and Aesthetics......Page 4 ©......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Image Credits......Page 10 Contributors......Page 14 Foreword......Page 22 Acknowledgements......Page 30 Part I: Linking Ecological Sustainability to Aesthetics: Do People Prefer Sustainable Landscapes?......Page 32 1 Landscape Aesthetics and Sustainability: An Introduction......Page 34 Part II: Seeing and Knowing: Approaches to Aesthetics and Sustainability......Page 44 2 Aesthetic Preference and Ecological Sustainability......Page 46 3 Aesthetic Preferences for Sustainable Landscapes: Seeing and Knowing......Page 62 4 Visible and Non-Visible Indicators of Forest Sustainability: Beauty, Beholders and Belief Systems......Page 86 5 Why Do You Think that Hillside is Ugly? A Sociological Perspective on Aesthetic Values and Public Attitudes About Forests......Page 100 Part III: Perspectives on Forest Sustainability......Page 114 6 Criteria and Indicators of Sustainable Forestry: A Systems Approach......Page 116 7 International Initiatives for the Sustainable Management of Forests......Page 138 8 The Tloo-qua-nah Principle in Forest Sustainability: A First Nations Perspective......Page 146 Part IV: Theories Relating Aesthetics and Forest Ecology......Page 152 9 An Ecologist's Ideas About Landscape Beauty: Beauty in Art and Scenery as Influenced by Science and Ideology......Page 154 10 Can a Fresh Look at the Psychology of Perception and the Philosophy of Aesthetics Contribute to the Better Management of Forest Landscapes?......Page 168 11 Beyond Visual Resource Management: Emerging Theories of an Ecological Aesthetic and Visible Stewardship......Page 192 12 What is Essential is Invisible to the Eye: Understanding the Role of Place and Social Learning in Achieving Sustainable Landscapes......Page 216 Part V: Visualization of Forested Landscapes......Page 232 13 The Rhetoric of Visual Simulation in Forest Design: Some Research Directions......Page 234 14 Immersion in a Virtual Forest - SomeImp lications......Page 248 15 Considerations for Digitial Visualization of Landscape......Page 268 16 Predicting Preferences for Scenic Landscapes using Computer Simulations......Page 290 Part VI : Reconciling Forest Sustainability and Aesthetics ......Page 304 17 Priorities for Reconciling Sustainability and Aesthetics in Forest Landscape Management......Page 306 Index......Page 332 The visual landscape of forests is an important source of information for the public in judging the sustainability of forest resource management, and there is an increasing recognition of the importance of the linkage between forest ecology and aesthetics among foresters and environmental scientists. Forest resource managers pursuing the goals of ecosystem management must consider the aesthetic consequences of timber harvesting operations and find ways to explain the ecological benefits of their activities. This book addresses the relationship between people's perceptions and sustainability. It arose from a workshop organized and funded by the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies and the Faculty of Forestry of the University of British Columbia. After a foreword (by Gobster, P. H.), it has 17 chapters by various authors arranged in 6 parts: I. Linking ecological sustainability to aesthetics: do people prefer sustainable landscapes? (one introductory chapter by the editors); II. Seeing and knowing: approaches to aesthetics and sustainability (4 chapters); III. Perspectives on forest sustainability (3 chapters); IV. Theories relating aesthetics and forest ecology (4 chapters); V. Visualization of forest landscapes (4 chapters); and VI. Reconciling forest sustainability and aesthetics (one concluding chapter discussing priorities). Twelve (unpaginated) pages of colour plates, and a subject index are included. All the chapters are noticed separately on the CAB ABSTRACTS database Forests are an important component in the visual appeal of landscapes. There is an increasing recognition of the importance of this subject among foresters and environmental scientists. Increasingly, forest resource managers must consider both the aesthetic consequences of timber harvesting operations and management plans and public perceptions of the sustainability of forest eco-system management. Written by world class authorities this book is the first to address this subject area. It consists of 17 chapters and is divided into six parts. The interdisciplinary nature of the book brings together not only foresters and ecologists, but also landscape architects, psychologists and philosophers.--Publisher's website.