Identifying and mapping the values of Victorian public lands
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2014
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Weber, D.L.
Brown, G.
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This project was undertaken to provide public input to assist Parks Victoria in better understanding the values and management preferences of Victorians in relation to public lands. A total of 1905 respondents provided information about the values they associated with public lands and their preferences for future management via an interactive, web-based public participatory geographic information system (PPGIS). Landscape values are perceptions about places that determine land use aspirations and conflict. When landscape values are scientifically identified and mapped, they provide for a wide range of land use suitability and social impact analyses. This project developed a state wide geospatial database of people's values and preference for public lands using public participation geographic information systems (PPGIS). This research will relate landscape values to biophysical land features to identify patterns, processes, and potential areas of land use conflict. The project will provide a comprehensive, internet-based geospatial database of values for Parks Victoria that can be used in conjunction with their existing GIS layers.