TY - JOUR N2 - The paper presents the results of partially categorized interviews conducted among the inhabitants of the nine lakeside villages located in the Łęczyńsko-Włodawskie lakeland. The aim of the study was to show how the inhabitants of rural areas featuring high natural values perceive the environment of their own village and what are their landscape preferences. The article presents the landscape elements which, according to the respondents, are the most and the least attractive in terms of aesthetics values as well as are considered to be characteristic or distinctive for a given village. Besides, a set of characteristics features and factors determining the landscape values of the analysed areas were presented. The results showed that the inhabitants attach little importance to the aesthetics values of their dwelling-place. It was also shown that lakes are considered, by the majority of the respondents, as landscape elements of the minor significance. The most important feature deciding on the villages aesthetic qualities occurred to be the law and order referring to the spatial, technical and visual aspects of buildings and sites resulted from the fact that an owner is taking care of a given place. Recently renovated or new sites and objects obtained the highest rate. L1 - http://czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/107248/PDF-MASTER/Soszy%C5%84ski%20Sowi%C5%84ska-%C5%9Awierkosz.pdf L2 - http://czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/107248 PY - 2017 KW - rural landscape KW - landscape perception KW - lakeside villages KW - Łęczyńsko-Włodawskie Lakeland A1 - Soszyński, Dawid A1 - Sowińska-Świerkosz, Barbara PB - Oddział PAN w Lublinie VL - Vol XIV DA - 2017 T1 - Landscape preferences of the lakeside villages’ residents: example of the West Polesie UR - http://czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/107248 T2 - Teka Komisji Ochrony I Kształtowania Środowiska Przyrodniczego ER -