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About landscape perception and the ability to communicate. Can landscape perception research provide a tool for starting a dialogue between different users of the countryside? More and more, society's expectations of rural landscapes are rising and farmers are increasingly stimulated to incorporate ‘green services' into their operational management. This assumes matching perceptions of the landscape between farmers, landscape experts and the general public. A psychophysical method based on a picture enquiry was used to measure landscape perception in the ‘Pajottenland', a central Belgian, rural area. Additional questions assessed the importance of meanings and functions of the landscape and revealed differences in perception among three target groups (farmers, landscape experts and country-dwellers). The results confirmed that the three groups look at landscapes in a different way, attaching importance to different landscape features and finding different functions appropriate for the considered landscapes. As a consequence, policies concerning landscape servicing by the farming community should incorporate appropriate incentives of communication and generate modes of understanding between different stakeholders. Rogge, E. Nevens, F. and Gulinck H. 2007. Perception of rural landscapes in Flanders: Looking beyond aesthetics. Landscape and Urban Planning, Volume 82 (4) pp. 159-174 The intensification of greenhouse horticulture is a commonly occurring trend in many regions around the world, including the Netherlands, Australia, Canada, Spain, the U.S., and the U.K. One typical characteristic of this intensification is that high-technology and large-scale greenhouses are being built. An additional phenomenon is the clustering of several of these large greenhouses on a single site, into so-called ‘greenhouse parks'. The main incentive for this clustering is the reduction ofproduction costs by sharing infrastructure such as energy, water and gas facilities. In Flanders the development of greenhouse clusters is being encouraged and promoted by the Flemish government's Agricultural Department. One of the major problems all developments of this size face is their impact on the aesthetics of the surrounding landscape, and this may even prevent their realisation. In recent years there has been an increasing resistance against the construction of large greenhouses in Flanders. The visual impact of these clusters seems to be one of the major obstacles to their public acceptance. The wider public's perception of large greenhouses should therefore not be neglected by policy makers and planners if they want to succeed in developing large-scale projects. This perception is, however, hard to objectify, let alone to measure. In this paper, we demonstrate the value of a GIS-based method to objectively quantify the visual impact of large-scale greenhouse developments. We also assess the potential of a GIS-based planning instrument to evaluate the effectiveness of ‘landscape design plans'. Rogge, E., F. Nevens and H. Gulinck (2008) Reducing the visual impact of ‘greenhouse parks' in rural landscapes. Landscape and urban planning 87 (1) pp. 76-83 The intensification of greenhouse horticulture is a notable trend in many regions around the world. This intensification causes the grouping of large-scale greenhouses on a single site, into so-called ‘greenhouse clusters'. The main incentive for clustering is the reduction of production costs by sharing infrastructure such as energy, water and gas facilities. Despite these advantages, the public remains sceptic towards greenhouse clusters and resistance in Flanders is frequent and often fierce. The objective of this research is to obtain insight into the reasons, underlying motives and processes that steer thisresistance. A grounded theory approach resulted in a comprehensive theoretical scheme that visualizes the key factors that underlie and make up the process of public resistance. In addition to the expected NIMBY-syndrome and the fear for the loss of landscape quality, societal values, market related factors and structural problems also play a part in the formation of the public attitude towards greenhouse clusters. Rogge, E., Dessein, J. and Gulinck H. 2008. Public attitude towards major landscape changes: The case of greenhouse clusters in Flanders. Submitted to Sociologia Ruralis Over landschapsperceptie en de kans tot communicatie Kan landschapsperceptie leiden tot een dialoog tussen de verschillende gebruikersgroepen van het platteland? Landbouw en landschap zijn altijd nauw met elkaar verbonden geweest. Sinds zijn oorspong heeft de landbouw gebruikt gemaakt van lokaal beschikbare bronnen en dit heeft altijd een belangrijke impact gehad op het landschap. De voorbije decennia is deze relatie echter aan heel wat veranderingen onderhevig geweest. Naast het produceren van voedsel en grondstoffen verwacht de maatschappij nu ook andere diensten van de landbouw, zoals agrarisch natuurbehoud, hoevetoerisme, beschermen van erfgoed, recreatie of rust en stilte. Deze ontwikkelingen zorgen er echter voor dat steeds meer functies op het platteland gecombineerd worden en dit leidt steeds vaker tot spanningen en conflicten. Wanneer beleidsmakers oplossingen willen bieden voor deze conflicten is het essentieel dat ze een inzicht krijgen in de verschillen in perceptie die de gebruikers van het platteland hebben. Aan de hand van twee casestudies ontwikkelt dit onderzoek drie verschillende methodes om landschapsperceptie te meten of te beschrijven. De eerste casestudie sluit aan bij het ideaaltypisch agrarisch landschap van het Pajottenland. De tweede casestudie focust op de ontwikkeling van grootschalige glastuinbouwzones. Eén van de meest opmerkelijke vaststellingen van het onderzoek is dat landschap een medium bij uitstek blijkt te zijn om het debat rond bepaalde ontwikkelingen op het platteland te openen

Paysage --- Landscape --- Terre agricole --- farmland --- Valeur d'utilisation --- Use value --- Relation ville campagne --- Rural urban relations --- Valeur esthétique --- Aesthetic value --- Bien-être social --- social welfare --- Comportement social --- social behaviour --- Système de valeurs --- value systems --- Netherlands --- Open ruimtefuncties --- Platteland --- Landschap --- Academic collection --- 316.334.55 --- 711.3 --- 712.2 --- Plattelandssociologie --- Agrarische planologie --- Planologie van landschappen--(algemeen) --- Theses --- Landschap. --- 712.2 Planologie van landschappen--(algemeen) --- 711.3 Agrarische planologie --- 316.334.55 Plattelandssociologie