Abstract
This study examines the relationships of four general landscape characteristics to viewer preference for a coastal landscape including oil and gas development. Landscape management possibilities that address these characteristics are apparent naturalness, compatibility of development with its set ting, and ephemeral characteristics, including tidiness. Forty residents of and visitors to a Louisiana Gulf Coast is land were interviewed. They were asked to describe and rate the attractiveness of local views. Three hundred and ninety-three views containing a total of 99 features were described. A content analysis determined which of the 99 features were present in each view. Then factor analysis was performed on the feature pres ence classifications to suggest viewtypes. The 26 factors, or *This work was partially funded by the U.S. Department of Interior Bu reau of Land Management. Coastal Zone Management Journal. Volume 11, Number 3 0090-8339/83/020199-00$02.00/0 Copyright © 1983 Crane, Russak & Company, Inc.
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