Metoda oceny wartości i kształtowania krajobrazu oraz jej zastosowanie dla wybranych małych miast województwa pomorskiego objętych obszarami chronionego krajobrazu

Abstract

The aim of the research was to delimit landscapes, identify their features, analyse their frequency and assess their value, as well as to provide some recommendations on their development and protection. The research area covers four small towns in the Province of Pomerania (Człuchów, Gniew, Prabuty and Dzierzgoń), where protected landscape areas have been established. A wide range of numerical data was used, especially on land cover and relief, as well as on cultural assets. Initially, what was applied was the methodology proposed for performing a landscape audit of the provinces. However, it was significantly modified during the course of the study. Use was made of two approaches to landscape delimitation: one based on land cover and a comprehensive one, allowing for a type of relief, a degree of anthropisation and the texture of a landscape. The first approach made it possible to assess the degree of landscape anthropisation, and the second one enabled the evaluation of the landscape when the criterion of the value of landscape exposure elements was added. The degrees of anthropisation and landscape value vary in the investigated cities, with greater differences in the parts covered by protected landscape areas than in those located in their surroundings. There are also significant differences in the scope and extent of proposed conservation measures. The research – in addition to modifying the previously proposed method – as also found that some of the protected areas have landscapes of lower value than their neighbourhoods, so it can also support planning changes in the existing boundaries or creating new protected areas.