Abstract
The paper presents the results of the study on participative mapping of landscape values and conflicts and a subsequent interpretation of the indicated localities from respondents’ point of view. The study focused on younger groups of landscape users—lower-secondary-school students (aged 11–15) and university students (aged 20–25)—in comparison with experts’ points of view. The research presumed that the perception of landscape values and issues are determined by age, level of education and by experience in the field. The study was conducted in the southeastern area of the Czech Republic (49° N, 16° E) via online data collection. Based on the obtained records, we conclude that, in terms of the typology of the valuable and problematic locations, the individual groups of respondents did not differ significantly and the selection of location types was similar across all groups. Lower-secondary-school students rather identified cultural values associated with everyday activities, and the descriptions contained emotional overtones. University students preferred natural values associated with formal values based on general consensus or conflicts associated with society-wide impacts. The experts base served as the benchmark for other groups.
Highlights
The impact of human society on the landscape is indisputable
Understanding the level of perception of the landscape by young people is very important for landscape planning
The present generation is in charge of land-use decision-making, which determines trends in the development and condition of the landscape over the long-term and should conduct the landscape planning in the spirit of sustainable development and conservation of values
Summary
The impact of human society on the landscape is indisputable. It is negative in the long run, especially when it comes to economic development. The landscape is often transformed in a negative and irrevocable way This is caused by insufficient consideration of the impact of local activities on a regional and national scale. A society without direct links to the land has lost its knowledge of the natural development of the landscape, and this is reflected in thought patterns lacking continuity in the planning of spatial development. This negative trend in the use of land is substantiated by the Global Environment Outlook 6 report [1], which identifies spatial planning and soil management based on a participatory approach and bottom-up initiatives as appropriate solution tools
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