"Forests and Landscapes: Linking Ecology, Sustainability and Aesthetics" ed. by S. R. J. Sheppard, H. W. Harshaw

This book addresses the relationship between people's perceptions and sustainability. It arose from a workshop organized and funded by the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies and the Faculty of Forestry of the University of British Columbia.

The visual landscape of forests is an important source of information for the public in judging the sustainability of forest resource management, and there is an increasing recognition of the importance of the linkage between forest ecology and aesthetics among foresters and environmental scientists.
Forest resource managers pursuing the goals of ecosystem management must consider the aesthetic consequences of timber harvesting operations and find ways to explain the ecological benefits of their activities.

This book has 17 chapters by various authors arranged in 6 parts:
I. Linking ecological sustainability to aesthetics: do people prefer sustainable landscapes?;
II. Seeing and knowing: approaches to aesthetics and sustainability ;
III. Perspectives on forest sustainability;
IV. Theories relating aesthetics and forest ecology;
V. Visualization of forest landscapes;
VI. Reconciling forest sustainability and aesthetics.

Contents
Image Credits
Contributors
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Part I: Linking Ecological Sustainability to Aesthetics: Do People Prefer Sustainable Landscapes?
1 Landscape Aesthetics and Sustainability: An Introduction
Part II: Seeing and Knowing: Approaches to Aesthetics and Sustainability
2 Aesthetic Preference and Ecological Sustainability
3 Aesthetic Preferences for Sustainable Landscapes: Seeing and Knowing
4 Visible and Non-Visible Indicators of Forest Sustainability: Beauty. Beholders and Belief Systems
5 Why Do You Think that Hillside is Ugly? A Sociological Perspective on Aesthetic Values and Public Attitudes About Forests
Part III: Perspectives on Forest Sustainability
6 Criteria and Indicators of Sustainable Forestry: A Systems Approach
7 International Initiatives for the Sustainable Management of Forests
8 The Tloo-qua-nah Principle in Forest Sustainability: A First Nations Perspective
Part IV: Theories Relating Aesthetics and Forest Ecology
9 An Ecologist's Ideas About Landscape Beauty: Beauty in Art and Scenery as Influenced by Science and Ideology
10 Can a Fresh Look at the Psychology of Perception and the Philosophy of Aesthetics Contribute to the Better Management of Forest Landscapes?
11 Beyond Visual Resource Management: Emerging Theories of an Ecological Aesthetic and Visible Stewardship
12 What is Essential is Invisible to the Eye: Understanding the Role of Place and Social Learning in Achieving Sustainable Landscapes
Part V: Visualization of Forested Landscapes
13 The Rhetoric of Visual Simulation in Forest Design: Some Research Directions
14 Immersion in a Virtual Forest - Somelmp lications
15 Considerations for Digitial Visualization of Landscape
16 Predicting Preferences for Scenic Landscapes using Computer Simulations
Part VI: Reconciling Forest Sustainability and Aesthetics
17 Priorities for Reconciling Sustainability and Aesthetics in Forest Landscape Management