Interpreting Estonian mires: common perceptions and changing practices

Over the centuries mires have been considered to be mostly useless, even dangerous places. Adopting a landscape semiotic perspective the article delineates the current common perceptions of Estonian mires based upon 767 questionnaires. Today the mire is commonly perceived as undisturbed wilderness o...

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Main Authors: Piret Pungas-Kohv, Riste Keskpaik, Marko Kohv, Kalevi Kull, Tõnu Oja, Hannes Palang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Geographical Society of Finland 2015-08-01
Series:Fennia: International Journal of Geography
Online Access:http://ojs.tsv.fi/index.php/fennia/article/view/48089/15709