Search Results - subject:"visual quality"

Marginality and Restoration of Olive Plantations in Andalusia

Arriaza Balmón, Manuel; Guzman, Jose R.; Nekhay, Olexandr - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2005

This paper presents the first results of the initial stages of a three years research project on optimization of the use of agricultural lands subject to risk of abandonment. After devising a physical marginality index for olive cultivation based on soil quality and slope, we estimate an...

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Landscape Assessment via Regression Analysis

Arriaza Balmón, Manuel; Canas, Juan F.; Canas, Juan A.; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2005

This paper presents a methodology for assessing the visual quality of agricultural landscapes through direct and … negative, agricultural fields, mainly of cereals and olive trees, and a natural park. The results show that perceived visual … quality increases, in decreasing order of importance, with the degree of wilderness of the landscape, the presence of well …

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Social Preferences for Management of Rural Forests in the Iberian Atlantic Region

Prada, Albino; Gonzalez, Manuel; Vazquez, Maria Xose; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2002

This article presents results from an experiment into attribute perception and relevant levels for management of woodland and mountain areas typical of the Iberian Peninsula's Atlantic region. The aim, which the authors argue has been robustly reached, was to identify those aspects of forestry...

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