title: Landscape evaluation: comparison of evaluation methods in a region of Spain.
abstract: Landscape evaluation is now widely recognised as a powerful, interdisciplinary, environmental research method. The aim of the present work was to compare two landscape evaluation methods as part of a physical planning process: the cartographic assessment method and the in situ assessment method. This comparison was performed using an area of the Montes de Toledo, in the centre of Spain. Both methods provided similar results for the majority of the landscape units studied. This shows that the cartographic method can be successfully used in landscape evaluation, allowing important savings in terms of fieldwork. However, this is only the case when the information provided by the available maps is sufficiently accurate to allow the correct assignment of coefficients by a panel of experts.
authors.affiliation: TRANSyT. UPM, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain. iotero@caminos.upm.es
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Otero Pastor
authors.forename: Miguel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Casermeiro Martínez
authors.forename: Alejandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ezquerra Canalejoa
authors.forename: Penélope
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Esparcia Mariño
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D001296:Audiovisual Aids; D004777:Environment; D005618:Fresh Water; D005843:Geography; D010944:Plants; D013030:Spain; D014197:Trees