TY - JOUR
T1 - From preference to landscape sustainability
T2 - a bibliometric review of landscape preference research from 1968 to 2019
AU - Yang, Gaoyuan
AU - Yu, Zhaowu
AU - Zhang, Jinguang
AU - Kristensen, Lone Soderkvist
PY - 2021/1/1
Y1 - 2021/1/1
N2 - Landscape preference (LP) studies highlight one of the most important issues of human-environment relationship, and their related publications have increased rapidly over the last two decades. However, there is no systematic review with a holistic understanding of this field. here we applied a bibliometric approach to examine the evolution of LP research and identify its status and future prospects. We obtained 7,637 LP research publications from Web of Science core collection from 1968 to 2019 and analyzed the characteristics of publication outputs as well as performances in various countries and institutions. Besides, content keywords analysis was conducted to discover the drivers, focus, motivation, and trends of LP research. We found that 1) publications, subject categories, and active journals increased rapidly since the 2000s ; 2) the USA, England, and Australia are the leading countries in LP research, while China is starting to have some influence; 3) LP research is most closely linked to ecological and environmental studies, being developed by objective drivers, i.e., interactions with landscape change, and subjective motivations ; and 4) LP research is advancing the landscape sustainability science, integrating natural and social science together through ecosystem services. By comprehensively reviewing the evolution and prospect of LP research, we provide insights for further research in this field.
AB - Landscape preference (LP) studies highlight one of the most important issues of human-environment relationship, and their related publications have increased rapidly over the last two decades. However, there is no systematic review with a holistic understanding of this field. here we applied a bibliometric approach to examine the evolution of LP research and identify its status and future prospects. We obtained 7,637 LP research publications from Web of Science core collection from 1968 to 2019 and analyzed the characteristics of publication outputs as well as performances in various countries and institutions. Besides, content keywords analysis was conducted to discover the drivers, focus, motivation, and trends of LP research. We found that 1) publications, subject categories, and active journals increased rapidly since the 2000s ; 2) the USA, England, and Australia are the leading countries in LP research, while China is starting to have some influence; 3) LP research is most closely linked to ecological and environmental studies, being developed by objective drivers, i.e., interactions with landscape change, and subjective motivations ; and 4) LP research is advancing the landscape sustainability science, integrating natural and social science together through ecosystem services. By comprehensively reviewing the evolution and prospect of LP research, we provide insights for further research in this field.
KW - Landscape preference
KW - scientific literature
KW - bibliometric analysis
KW - trends and prospects
KW - landscape sustainability
KW - VISUAL PREFERENCES
KW - ECOSYSTEM SERVICE
KW - PLACE ATTACHMENT
KW - PUBLIC PREFERENCES
KW - CHOICE EXPERIMENT
KW - AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE
KW - AGRARIAN LANDSCAPES
KW - CULTURAL LANDSCAPE
KW - QUALITY OBJECTIVES
KW - AESTHETIC QUALITY
U2 - 10.1080/20964129.2021.1948355
DO - 10.1080/20964129.2021.1948355
M3 - Review
VL - 7
JO - Ecosystem Health and Sustainability
JF - Ecosystem Health and Sustainability
SN - 2096-4129
IS - 1
M1 - 1948355
ER -