The VALS: A new tool to measure people's general valued attributes of landscapes

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 163, Issue , 2015, Pages 224-233

  Kendal, Dave ^a,b   Ford, Rebecca M ^c   Anderson, Nerida M ^c   Farrar, Alison ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental values; Land management; Land policy; Natural area values; Values measurement

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; GREENSPACE; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; NATURAL RESOURCE; PARK MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; LANDSCAPE; MALE; MINING; POLICY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SEASHORE; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA; VALIDITY; VALUED ATTRIBUTES OF LANDSCAPE SCALE; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HUMANS; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC OPINION; RECREATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VICTORIA;

EID: 84940396551     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.08.017     Document Type: Article

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