Ecology and Esthetics, Esthetic Ecology and the Ecological Esthetic in the Landscape: Contributions to the Apparent TongueTwister

Alicia López-Rodríguez, Ana-Belén Berrocal Menárguez, Rafael Escribano Bombín and Simon Bell
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Alicia López-Rodríguez: School of Forest Engineering and Natural Resources, Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM), c/José Antonio Novais, 10, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Ana-Belén Berrocal Menárguez: Department of Transport, Urban and Regional Planning, Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM), c/Profesor Aranguren, 3, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Rafael Escribano Bombín: School of Forest Engineering and Natural Resources, Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM), c/José Antonio Novais, 10, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Simon Bell: Department of Landscape Architecture, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi, 1, 51006 Tartu, Estonia

Land, 2021, vol. 10, issue 9, 1-11

Abstract: The interface between ecology and esthetics does not only exist but is often vaster than thought at first sight. The implications of one for the other are diverse and often subtle, but both dimensions share a link that is as elusive as it is significant because of its influence on human behavior and on the landscape itself. Therefore, it is increasingly viewed as one of the aspects in the complex human–nature reality that should receive serious consideration to better manage the landscape. However, this relationship can be approached in different ways, and each of these perspectives will shape certain outcomes and different ways of intervening in the landscape. This article presents a generic framework of the models of analysis and intervention in the landscape from the point of view of how they address the ecological and esthetic component, with the aim of defining the limits in which each one moves, the differentiating nuances, and the repercussions they can have on the landscape. Likewise, the strategy that would best incorporate a more effective and meaningful relationship between ecology and esthetics in landscape planning is suggested.

Keywords: landscape; ecology; esthetic; landscape planning; social research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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