1. WP 4: Landscape & Historic Environment WP Leader *1: Dr Ruth Swetnam Staffordshire Univ. 0.2 FTE Historic Louise Scott Ecorys Ltd. 0.2 FTE Landscape GIS Research Assistant 1.0 FTE Landscape GIS Research Assistant 1.0 FTE (Ju/J/A 2013 only) Departmental Research Lead Prof. Fiona Tweed Staffordshire Univ. Line management Project management * 1 See http://www.staffs.ac.uk/staff/profiles/rds2.jsphttp://www.staffs.ac.uk/staff/profiles/rds2.jsp Organogram : Landscape / GIS Research Assistant Geography Department, Staffordshire University, Stoke. AXIS II Monitoring & Evaluation Programme

2. WP4: Landscape Aim – To quantify physical & historic landscape quality. Specific activities – Collate landscape / historic data – Construct 3D models & calculate visual accessibility – Calculate visual quality of sites – Calculate value of historic assets – Model future landscape impact of Glastir interventions Outcome – Quantify changes in scenic quality and public response to them – Measure improvement in “visual access” 2025? 2012 ££?  Wider landscape Area visible 1972 1983 © Countryside Agency/Tom Worthington and Richard Westmacott 2006

3. EXTRACT appropriate LANDMAP layers for context Construct CROP & NAT URAL VEG. calendars. Construct “Seasonal landscape Swatches” (Colour Analysis ) 3D visualisation & VIEWSHED analysis from RoW. MODEL possible landscape change from Targeted El. RoW mapping as a component? FIELD SURVEY Map habitats, species, linear features Functional Landscape Analysis DEFINE SAMPLE All Wales Element (45 ) Targeted Element (45) CEH Land Cover Map Welsh Land Cover Map HISTORIC ENV. Calculate values of historic landscape seen? BANGOR Valuation aspects CARDIFF Social Science Focus Groups BANGOR Calculation of WTP for landscape? RAMBLERS Quality of access? ?             Independent of CEH field survey Partly dependent on CEH field survey Completely dependent on field survey Ramblers Bangor Ecorys Cardiff Staffordshire CEH Links between landscape analyses & other components. V1: Ruth Swetnam 22/3/12