caa a22 4500 469074620 CHVBK 20180323132932.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19920301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00129702 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00129702 Nassauer Joan Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Minnesota, 212 North Hall, 2005 Buford Avenue, 55108, St. Paul, USA aut The appearance of ecological systems as a matter of policy [Elektronische Daten] [Joan Nassauer] Environmental policy should explicitly address the appearance of the landscape because people make inferences about ecological quality from the look of the land. Where appearances are misleading, failing to portray ecological degradation or ecological health, public opinion may be ill-informed, with consequences for environmental policy. This paper argues that while ecology is a scientific concept, landscape perception is a social process. If we do not recognize this difference, we have problems with the appearance of ecological systems. Three influential problems are discussed: 1) the problem of the false identity of ecological systems, 2) the problem of design and planning as deceit about ecological systems, and 3) the problem of invisible ecological systems. These problems for environmental policy may be resolved in part if landscape planners and policy-makers use socially-recognized signs to display human intentions for ecological systems. Specifically, planning and policy can include socially-recognized signs of beauty and stewardship to display human care for ecological systems. An example in United States federal agricultural policy is described. SPB Academic Publishing bv, 1992 Landscape Ecology Kluwer Academic Publishers 6/4(1992-03-01), 239-250 0921-2973 6:4<239 1992 6 10980 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00129702 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00129702 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Nassauer Joan Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Minnesota, 212 North Hall, 2005 Buford Avenue, 55108, St. Paul, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Landscape Ecology Kluwer Academic Publishers 6/4(1992-03-01), 239-250 0921-2973 6:4<239 1992 6 10980 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer