The conservation of cultural landscapes [electronic resource] / edited by M. Agnoletti.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Wallingford : CABI, 2006.
Description
1 online resource (296 p.)

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Summary note
The conservation and management of cultural landscapes, interpreted as the result of the interrelationships among economic, social and environmental factors through time and space, emerges as essential components in the definition and application of a modern approach to sustainable development. Cultural landscapes are the result of management practices and knowledge accumulated in human history and contribute not only to the cultural heritage of the world, but also to biodiversity and aesthetic beauty, providing also multiple goods and services for the development of rural areas. However, land
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English
Contents
  • ""4. Earth Observation Techniques and Geographic Information Systems as Tools for Assessing Land Use/Cover Changes in a Landscape Context""""PART II: MANAGEMENT""; ""5. The Project for the Rural Landscape Park in Moscheta (Tuscany, Italy)""; ""6. Long-term Vegetation Dynamics in Southern Scandinavia and Their Use in Managing Landscapes for Biodiversity""; ""7. Mountain Landscape, Pastoral Management and Traditional Practices in the Northern Pyrenees (France)""; ""8. Maintaining Cultural and Natural Biodiversity in Europeâ€?s Economic Centre and Periphery""
  • ""9. Rethinking Traditional Preservation Approaches for Managing a Forested Cultural Landscape: the Case of Marshâ€?Billingsâ€?Rockefeller National Historical Parkâ€?s Mount Tom Forest""""10. Working Forest Landscapes: Two Case Studies from North Carolina""; ""11. Restoration in the American National Forests: Ecological Processes and Cultural Landscapes""; ""12. Land-use and Landscape Histories: the Role of History in Current Environmental Decisions""; ""13. Cultural Landscape Management in Europe and Germany""
  • ""14. The Restoration of Forest Landscapes through Farmland Afforestation Measures in Spain""""PART III: CASE STUDIES""; ""15. Historic Landscape Restoration: Case Studies of Site Recovery in Post-industrial South Yorkshire, England""; ""16. Comparative International Research on Agricultural Land-use History and Forest Management Practices: the Tuscan Estate of Castello di Spannocchia and Vermontâ€?s Marshâ€?Billingsâ€?Rockefeller National Historical Park""; ""17. Shaping the Landscape: Long-term Effects of the Historical Controversy about the Viennese Forest (Wienerwald)""
  • ""18. Recovery and Valorization of a Historical Fruit Orchard: the Kolymbetra in the Temple Valley, Sicily""""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""The colour plate section""
ISBN
  • 1-280-73599-6
  • 9786610735990
  • 1-84593-154-8
OCLC
228145087
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