ABSTRACT
The European Landscape Convention has introduced a Europe-wide concept of protection, management and planning of all landscapes – not just the outstanding ones. This book reflects on the background to the establishment of the convention, takes a critical look at examples and experiences of its implementation, and discusses future developments for the convention and the management of landscapes in Europe.
A decade after the creation of the European Landscape Convention, this book asks how it has influenced the governance and development of European landscapes, and what role it will play in the coming years.
The authors provide a wide range of analyses, reflections and visions, informed by their diverse experiences of researching, working with and using the convention. The sixteen essays are organised into three sections, focusing on the fundamental concepts and values behind the convention, current projects and experiences of implementation, and prospects for future developments.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |2 pages
Introduction
part |55 pages
New ideas of landscape
chapter |10 pages
Transdisciplinary Landscapes
part |49 pages
New methods in landscape practices
chapter |10 pages
Landscape Assessments as Imaginative (Poetic) Landscape Narratives
chapter |9 pages
How Wide is the Border?
chapter |14 pages
Regional Landscape Characterisation in Sweden
part |29 pages
Democratising landscape
part |48 pages
Mainstreaming landscape
chapter |12 pages
Swiss Landscape Policy from the European Landscape Convention Perspective
part |8 pages
Conclusion