ABSTRACT
This chapter considers the nature of landscape values, how they may be categorised and framed, and considers how this relates to the people involved. It presents a brief consideration of how different ways of landscape planning make different assumptions about who makes decisions, and about whose values should influence the decisions. The chapter then reviews the stages and ways of involving citizens – owners, users and other stakeholders – in the analysis process. It also considers the process of collecting information on values and preferences, including the role of experts and local knowledge and values. The term assessment refers to the overall process of considering landscape values. This includes specific tasks of valuation, evaluation, and judgements of which values to highlight or prioritise. Three types of community are especially relevant to landscape analysis. They are communities of place, communities of practice and communities of interest.
