Utilitarian attractiveness of agricultural plots – case studies of a complex of plots located in the Szczepankowo village (Warmia and Masuria region)
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Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie
Wydział Geodezji, Inżynierii Przestrzennej i Budownictwa
Instytut Geoinformacji i Kartografii
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Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie
Wydział Geodezji, Inżynierii Przestrzennej i Budownictwa
Publication date: 2019-09-30
Geomatics, Landmanagement and Landscape 2019;(3)
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The attractiveness of agricultural real estate is affected by a number of factors, of which the most important include: location, convenience of access, utilitarian value, spatial configuration, neighbourhood, agricultural culture, and level of crop difficulty. The attractiveness is related to spatial order. Indicators for the assessment of spatial order can be also used to assess the utilitarian attractiveness. The scope of features also depends on the buyers, i.e. potential users of the land. The aim of the present research was to assess the utilitarian attractiveness of agricultural parcels. The selection of indicators was made on the basis of a literature review and indications from the surveys. The research object was a complex of plots of the village of Szczepankowo located in the Lubawa municipality (Warmia-Masuria region). Each studied plot used for agriculture was assessed in terms of twelve attributes representing spatial order. The results of the assessment are presented in tabular and graphical format. The vast number of plots in the studied complex has favourable attractiveness for agricultural use. Due to the diverse nature of the elements and forms occurring in rural areas, ensuring spatial order in these areas is difficult. The use of the developed indicators provides the opportunity to indicate which of the attributes of the assessed space may have a negative impact on the attractiveness. Indication of elements disturbing spatial order and introducing chaos in space enables carrying out corrective actions, for example, agricultural land management measures that make it possible to influence the spatial structure of agricultural plots.