naa a22 4500 510762689 CHVBK 20180411083145.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11355-011-0168-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11355-011-0168-x Assessing visual impacts of forest operations on a landscape in the Serre Regional Park of southern Italy [Elektronische Daten] [Francesco Scarfò, Roberto Mercurio, Carlos del Peso] Forest operations impose changes on biological, ecological, hydrological, social, and esthetic attributes of forested landscapes. Methodologies are needed to evaluate the visual impact of forest operations on landscapes as part of the planning process. We assessed the visual impact of forest operations on views from a major travel corridor within a protected area by analyzing three landscape characteristics: visibility, forest landscape quality, and visual sensitivity at distances ranging from 0m to 5km. A geographic information system was used to perform: (a) visibility analysis, (b) forest landscape quality analysis, (c) visual fragility analysis, and (d) landscape sensitivity analysis. The output was a landscape sensitivity map, a powerful planning tool that displays the most sensitive areas and the most sensitive forest type, in this study, specifically holm oak forest (Quercus ilex L.) managed under the coppice silvicultural system. Our results suggest some guidelines for reducing the visual impact of forest operations and demonstrate the efficacy of this methodology for designing the visual quality of forested landscapes. International Consortium of Landscape and Ecological Engineering and Springer, 2011 Visual impact assessment nationallicence Forest visual impact nationallicence Geographic information system nationallicence Landscape nationallicence Scarfò Francesco Department of Forest and Agricultural Systems Management, Mediterranean University, Feo di Vito, 89100, Reggio Calabria, Italy aut Mercurio Roberto Department of Forest and Agricultural Systems Management, Mediterranean University, Feo di Vito, 89100, Reggio Calabria, Italy aut del Peso Carlos Departamento de Producción Vegetal y Recursos Forestales Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenierías Agrarias, Universidad de Valladolid, Campus de Palencia, Palencia, Spain aut Landscape and Ecological Engineering Springer Japan 9/1(2013-01-01), 1-10 1860-1871 9:1<1 2013 9 11355 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11355-011-0168-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11355-011-0168-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Scarfò Francesco Department of Forest and Agricultural Systems Management, Mediterranean University, Feo di Vito, 89100, Reggio Calabria, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mercurio Roberto Department of Forest and Agricultural Systems Management, Mediterranean University, Feo di Vito, 89100, Reggio Calabria, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- del Peso Carlos Departamento de Producción Vegetal y Recursos Forestales Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenierías Agrarias, Universidad de Valladolid, Campus de Palencia, Palencia, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Landscape and Ecological Engineering Springer Japan 9/1(2013-01-01), 1-10 1860-1871 9:1<1 2013 9 11355 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer