ABSTRACT
Landscape plans often overlook local experiences and perspectives, leading to challenges in effective implementation. To address this gap, professionals have developed methods to assess landowner preferences, decision-making processes, and socioeconomic factors. Research indicates that landowner motivations extend beyond income to include environmental benefits, heritage, tradition, leisure, ethics, and self- perception.
This chapter explores how landowner management logics influence their willingness to adopt landscape transformations. A case study in southeastern Algarve, Portugal—an area at risk of desertification due to intensive agriculture—analyzed private forest landowners’ responses to a landscape recovery plan focused at restoring native species (holm oak and cork oak). The study identifies three key management logics—income, heritage, and status—and analyzes their impact on landowners’ willingness to implement proposed actions. Findings indicate that willingness varied according to these logics (property type, existing land uses, and access to subsidies), emphasising the importance of integrating such factors into landscape planning for successful restoration initiatives.
