 Nearby Nature and Experiential Farming: How are their Roles Perceived within the Rural-Urban Fringe?Reija Hietala, Harri Silvennoinen, Be�ta T�th and Liisa Tyrv�inen Landscape Research, 2013, vol. 38, issue 5, 576-592 Abstract: This paper presents the preferences of residents towards green areas and, in particular, for agricultural environments in Vantaa City, southern Finland. The study area includes three growing suburbs and farming land immediately adjacent to the city centre. During the study period, new residential areas in the fringe area, combined with a simultaneous build-up of the road network, resulted in fragmentation and increased land use diversity. We found that the farming land at the fringe of the city had a greater recreational role than its basic function linked to either food or fodder production. Visual mapping of pleasant places proved the importance of public traditional farms and that preserved nature areas were preferred more than constructed parks for residents living in the urban fringe. This suggests that an emphasis in careful urban land use policy might be placed more upon the maintenance of natural areas that remain unchanged. Date: 2013 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:clarxx:v:38:y:2013:i:5:p:576-592 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2012.674497 Access Statistics for this article Landscape Research is currently edited by Dr Anna Jorgensen More articles in Landscape Research from Taylor & Francis Journals |
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