The report explains the conceptual and methodological development of the agrienvironmental indicator on landscape state and diversity, calculated in support of COM(2006)508 “Development of agri-environmental indicators for monitoring the integration of environmental concerns into the common agricultural policy”. The indicator is based on three components: the degree of naturalness of the rural-agrarian landscape, intended as the influence exerted by society on the agrarian landscape with its agricultural activities and modifications of the original natural state introduced by farming practices; the physical structure, intended as land cover and its spatial organisation as a product of land management (organisation of different land cover types, plot size, fragmentation, diversity etc.); the societal awareness of the rural-agrarian landscape, as the society perceives, values and assesses landscape quality; the society plans, manages, and uses the landscape for productive or non productive purposes.
PARACCHINI Maria-Luisa;
CAPITANI Claudia;
2012-03-15
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC68008
978-92-79-22395-2 (print),
978-92-79-22396-9,
1018-5593 (print),
1831-9424 (online),
EUR 25114 EN,
OP LB-NA-25114-EN-C (print),
OP LB-NA-25114-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC68008,
10.2788/25137 (print),
10.2788/26827 (online),
