id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_yoycwpwjjbdlhg7kw7bdf3mkre Stefania Staniscia Four plus one dimensions of transferability: defining a framework for the application of a landscape characterization in the USA 2020.0 15 .pdf application/pdf 11635 853 52 The authors focus on the development of a theoretical framework for the adaptation of the method to a different cultural, geographical, social, political, and institutional context from the one it was designed for. mountaintop removal coal mining coexists with rural landscapes, forested mountains, and scarcely inhabited valleys. The significance of conducting a landscape characterization in such an area is acknowledged as well as the necessity to address five dimensions of the question of transferability: physical, cultural, disciplinary, political, and social. the article the authors examine the British and USA character-based approaches to landscape highlighting the main Keywords: Landscape Character Assessment, Mountaintop removal, Southern coalfields, West Virginia, Appalachian the United States using the Landscape Character Assessment (LCA) method initially developed in Great Britain the United States using the Landscape Character Assessment (LCA) method initially developed in Great Britain States of America (USA) is due to the need for a character-based or descriptive approach to landscape which can ./cache/work_yoycwpwjjbdlhg7kw7bdf3mkre.pdf ./txt/work_yoycwpwjjbdlhg7kw7bdf3mkre.txt