Świadomość krajobrazowa mieszkańców. Przykład Górnego Śląska i Zagłębia Dąbrowskiego

Abstract

In studies of landscape perception, the degree of awareness of changes in the landscape among people is increasingly being analyzed. It is an expression of residents’ interest in the state of their everyday landscape. In recent years, as one of the stages of spatial and strategic planning, research to determine the attitudes and landscape awareness among residents is carried out. They are identified using social research techniques, in particular surveys and face-to-face interviews. In this study, the questionnaire method was used. The survey covered the inhabitants of 11 gminas in the area of two regions: Upper Silesia and the Dąbrowa Basin (n = 300). The aim of the research was to identify landscape awareness on the basis of the analysis of residents’ attitudes towards landscape transformations. The results of the research show that residents are interested in the quality of the landscape. However, this does not translate into public participation in efforts to protect and shape the landscape.