MIKULEC JANA, ANTOUŠKOVÁ MICHAELA: Perception of landscape, forest and settlement in protected landscape areas. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2013, LXI, No. 3, pp. 721-728 The paper focuses on perception of landscape, forest and settlement in four Czech protected landscape areas (Kokořínsko, Český Kras, Železné Hory, and Blaník). It studies the relation of perception between the mentioned variables. To study this relation the probability model of

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... c regression and Spearman's correlation coeffi cient are applied. Necessary data for conducted analysis are collected through visitors' (both tourists and residents) survey in studied areas. Data collection was eff ectuated during summer 2011. The results prove the positive relation between studied variables and are supposed to help to improve economical, ecological and social conditions of these areas. Pieces of knowledge introduced in this paper resulted from a solution of the institutional research intention MSM 6046070906 "Economics of resources of Czech agriculture and their effi cient use in frame of multifunctional agri-food systems" and the Internal Grant Agency (IGA) of the Czech University of Life Science in Prague, Registration Number 201111110049. protected landscape area, tourism, landscape, forest, settlement, tourist's profi le, perception Address Ing.