Economic Valuation Based on Determining the Visual and aesthetic landscape index (Malayer, Iran)

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1 ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURS AND ENVIRONMENTAL MALAYER IRAN

2 univwersiyl of malayer

3 university of malayer

Abstract

The aesthetic evaluation of the landscape shows that in the process of planning and intervention in the community to promote a healthy and active lifestyle In evaluation, consider both the environmental structure and the views of individuals in relation to the environment and the landscape.The aim of this study was to determine the indices of visual and aesthetic landscape of landscape ecology approach to economic valuation of landscape was. The indicators considered include the complexity index, the index of naturalness, the monitoring index, and the visibility indicator. The method of valuation was used for economic valuation and the analysis of the parameters was performed using the Logit model. The results showed that the indicator of naturalness is better than other indicators of the status of the landscape surface. People who prefer to keep Preserving the natural landscape prefer to others. They are willing to pay a monthly fee of 21054.82 Rials to maintain the landscape. Finally, the total value of the landscape in the study area was estimated at 24,952 billion rials.

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Journal of Environmental Science Studies
Volume 5, Issue 3
June 2020
Pages 2815-2822

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