Characterization Methodology on Example of the Strategy for Landscape Character Protection of the City of Zagreb

Main focus of this paper is methodology research in the field of landscape characterization. Within the area of the City of Zagreb we have determined six general landscape types ; mountain upland forest, upland hilly mixed, lowland urban, lowland river mixed, lowland rural landscape and hilly rural landscape. Determined landscape types werw analysed and evaluated by: key characteristic, visual, historical and ecological character, visual and landscape sensitivity, development pressures, which formed the basis for development of guidelines for planning and management strategy.