Objective The management of land is increasingly decided at a local level, with trends across Europe of greater public participation in landscape planning processes and empowerment of local administrations to determine resource exploitation and development. Yet, understanding of the outcomes and consequences of landscape planning decisions is generally poor among the public and their elected representatives. This project analyses public preferences and land manager aims for present landscapes and scenarios of future land use to produce a set of new visualization tools that enable public participation in landscape management. It uses relationships between visual qualities and other landscape functions such as biodiversity, cultural heritage, amenity and sustainable production to support a sound stewardship of the rural and peril-urban landscape, and an increased understanding of change. Fields of science natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystemssocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy Programme(s) FP5-LIFE QUALITY - Specific Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Quality of life and management of living resources", 1998-2002 Topic(s) 1.1.1.-5. - Key action Sustainable Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator MACAULAY LAND USE RESEARCH INSTITUTE EU contribution No data Address Craigiebuckler AB15 8QH ABERDEEN United Kingdom See on map Total cost No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF NORWAY Norway EU contribution No data Address 1432 AAS See on map Total cost No data ESCOLA SUPERIOR AGRARIA DE COIMBRA Portugal EU contribution No data Address Bencanta - Escola Superior Agraria de Coimbra 3040-316 COIMBRA See on map Total cost No data FORESTRY COMMISSION RESEARCH AGENCY United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Northern Research Station EH25 9SY ROSLIN-MIDLOTHIAN See on map Total cost No data Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) France EU contribution No data Address 147 rue de l'Université 75341 Paris See on map Total cost No data SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ZUERICH Switzerland EU contribution No data Address ETH Hoenggerberg 8093 ZURICH See on map Total cost No data THE SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES Sweden EU contribution No data Address 230 53 ALNARP See on map Total cost No data