Abstract

GIS tools to support landscape quality assessment and enhancement
Track: Urban and Regional Planning
Authors: Domenico Enrico Massimo

Research set-up a methodology relying upon GIS tools, to spatially detect and define landscape units along with their endowment such as natural, ecological, historic, cultural, and urban resources then valuated with a GIS integrated multi criteria analysis tool set-up by the research team.
Results achieved open the possibility to generalize the prototype application at the regional, country levels and therefore support the planning implementation for landscape enhancement and protection.