Ofoegbu, C.; Balzter, H.; Phillips, M. Evidence Synthesis towards a Holistic Landscape Decision Framework: Insight from the Landscape Decisions Programme. Land2023, 12, 1543.
Ofoegbu, C.; Balzter, H.; Phillips, M. Evidence Synthesis towards a Holistic Landscape Decision Framework: Insight from the Landscape Decisions Programme. Land 2023, 12, 1543.
Ofoegbu, C.; Balzter, H.; Phillips, M. Evidence Synthesis towards a Holistic Landscape Decision Framework: Insight from the Landscape Decisions Programme. Land2023, 12, 1543.
Ofoegbu, C.; Balzter, H.; Phillips, M. Evidence Synthesis towards a Holistic Landscape Decision Framework: Insight from the Landscape Decisions Programme. Land 2023, 12, 1543.
Abstract
The development of a decision framework for landscape governance and management has become one of the prioritised policy instruments for actualising policy objectives relating to agri-food system, biodiversity conservation, nature restoration, environmental management, climate change mitigation and adaptation, net zero greenhouse gas emissions, and the transition to renewable energy supplies in the United Kingdom (UK). However, the landscape lens in policy-making is challenging because of the diverse landscape archetypes, environmental problems, and diverging policy targets that it must address. This highlights the importance of having a robust, evidence-based landscape decisions framework. To address this issue, this study undertakes a systematic review and transdisciplinary synthesis of research outputs from the Landscape Decisions Programme (LDP). This study compiles and synthesizes outputs from the LDP projects in the context of the relevant literature to develop an understanding of the relationships among the emerging evidence with respect to decision-making for more sustainable and multifunctional landscapes. The synthesis analyzed the drivers of landscape decisions, and methodological approaches used to generate evidence for decision-making. The emerging themes from the synthesis were distilled into five principles that can be used as a basis for a roadmap towards the development of a holistic landscape decisions framework.
Keywords
Transdisciplinary synthesis; environmental policy; sustainable landscape; ecosystem services; landscape governance; land use framework
Subject
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Environmental Science
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