Landscape Services and Their Impact on the Well-Being of Local Actors Through Participatory Mapping. A Case-Study in the Inner Areas of Northern Apennines, Piedmont

Landscape Services assessments provide opportunities for regional and local landscape planning since they offer a good overview of public values and perceptions of people on their landscapes. This study presents a spatial pattern analysis of public perception of an Inner Area in Piedmont, Italy. The Landscape Services were used as a framework on which a participatory mapping survey was constructed. To describe the spatial distribution and intensity of the landscape services, a Kernel density analysis on the point layers was executed. Together with a nearest-neighbour (NN) analysis, this contribution explores the distribution of the Landscape Services and their relation with the personal well-being. These aspects should be included in future projects aiming at the rural development of Inner Areas as it gives a good overview of what is used, valued, and considered by the local community.