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Assessing the Economic Aspects of Landscape

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There are many economic aspects associated with landscape. Firstly, landscape is an “externality”, as the economic activities involving the use and transformation of landscape have different effects and repercussions on the same; secondly, landscape, especially in modern society, is seen more and more as a limited resource, and is therefore perceived as an “economic good”. In consideration of these assumptions, the current chapter will examine the main indicators used in literature to assess the economic aspects of landscape, with an interpretation on the basis of two major approaches to analysis: the “economic value” of landscape and the “economic strength” of landscape. Finally we will propose a set of indicators based on the DPSIR model on two different scales for monitoring macro transformations (regional scale) and the following in-depth study (local scale).

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Bottero, M. (2011). Assessing the Economic Aspects of Landscape. In: Cassatella, C., Peano, A. (eds) Landscape Indicators. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0366-7_8

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