As landscapes change continuously in a more or less chaotic way, the concept of
sustainable landscapes could be viewed as a utopian goal. New landscapes emerge with …

All over the world, efforts are being made to preserve landscapes facing fundamental
change as a consequence of widespread agricultural intensification, land abandonment and …

The multifunctional role of agriculture as a producer of collective goods in addition to food
and fibre, has been stressed within the context of negotiations on the liberalization of the …

Attempts at assessing the values people attach to ecosystems reveal profound
methodological gaps regarding the non-material domains associated with aesthetic, spiritual …

The concept of'landscape'has multiple meaning and is intrinsically holistic. Since the
Renaissance period different ways of dealing with the landscape have developed, each with …

This volume contains some of the papers presented at the 20th session of the Permanent
Conference for the Study of the Rural Landscapes, held in Tartu and Otepää, Estonia, in …

A new geological epoch has begun—the Anthropocene. Huge anthropogenic
transformations of terrestrial landscapes over the past five decades have forced its …

To bridge the gaps between restoration as a science and as a practice, restoration ecology
has to broaden its scope toward transdisciplinarity in close cooperation with landscape …

In this study we ask how the planning process that coordinates the interests of various
sectors on a municipal level affects the cultural heritage assets in suburban landscapes …

Landscape has become widely accepted as a concept for embracing the natural sphere as
well as human society. There are, however, challenges in implementing the somewhat …