Europe's living landscapes : : essays exploring our identity in the countryside / / (editors) Bas Pedroli ... [and others].

• TeilnehmendeR: Pedroli, G. B. M.
• Place / Publishing House: Zeist : : KNNV Publishing.; c2007.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (432 pages)
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

This book is the result of three symposia of the Dutch Society for Landscape Ecology. The first symposium in 2005 was about the National Ecological Network in the Netherlands . The reason was that the implementation of the NEN, decided upon in 1990, was halfway. The second symposium, in 2006, was about urban ecology and the third one, to be held in 2007, will be about civil infrastructure. This book does not cover the conferences completely and new contributions are added. The three themes are important contexts in which landscape ecologists do their research and apply their knowledge and skills. Of course, there are many more subjects to hold conferences about, for example climate change, urbanisation, agriculture, landscape ecology itself et cetera The focus of the conferences is on the Netherlands, with its urbanisation, intensive land use and water management as characteristic features. Although many WLO members do their work abroad or in an international context, these conferences offer a window on what happens in the Dutch context. The experiences may be of value for other contexts and that is why we present the results in English. The selected themes and the focus on the Dutch context are serious demarcations of what landscape ecology in the Netherlands is all about. The book does not represent all research and applications of landscape ecology.

Table of Contents

Preliminary material -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Europe’s living landscapes at a turning point / Bas Pedroli , Dirk Wascher , Geert de Blust , Maria Luisa Paracchini and Anne van Doorn -- Chapter 2: High Nature Value farmland and traditional agricultural landscapes: Open opportunities in the development of rural areas / Maria Luisa Paracchini , Jean-Michel Terres , Jan-Erik Petersen and Ybele Hoogeveen -- Chapter 3: European Landscape Characterisation / Sander Mücher and Dirk Wascher -- Chapter 4: The Saint-Nectaire cheese landscapes: myth or reality? / Yves Michelin , Olivier Aznar , Fabien Guerreiro , Lydie Menadier , Claire Planchat and Dominique Vollet -- Chapter 5: The Norwegian summer farming landscape: A presentation of the characteristic summer farming landscape in south central Norway / Ann Norderhaug and Hanne Sickel -- Chapter 6: Renewing the landscapes of Lombardy: A green vision / Paolo Lassini , Francesco Monzani and Paolo Pileri -- Chapter 7: Multi-functional Landscapes in Scotland / Maria Nijnik , David Miller , Albert Nijnik and Jane Morrice -- Chapter 8: Building New ‘Ring Forts’ in Defence of the Irish Landscape / Terry O'Regan -- Chapter 9: Cultural landscape paths in a polarised Belgium / Marc Antrop , Trees Ongena , Marjanne Sevenant and Veerle Van Eetvelde -- Chapter 10: The Oer-IJ: A metropolitan wetland on Amsterdam’s doorstep: The archaeological-historical landscape as inspiration for spatial planning / Tom Bloemers and Arnold Van der Valk -- Chapter 11: Heathland, an ever changing landscape / Geert de Blust -- Chapter 12: Can fine landscape qualities be sustained under relentless pressure for change?: The example of Holy Island / David Eagar -- Chapter 13: The Netherlands’youngest polder in its prime: The Master plan of the Roggebot Country Estate, Flevoland / Johan Meeus -- Chapter 14: Farming for nature in the Fehntjer Tief: A contribution to the sustainable development of an East Frisian cultural landscape / Heinrich Pegel -- Chapter 15: The veiled patterns of power: Changes in the marginalised countryside of Estonia and local identity / Hannes Palang , Anu Printsmann , Marju Kõivupuu , Valter Lang and Marge Konsa -- Chapter 16: The cultural landscape of Moritzburg: Between traditions and new challenges / Olaf Bastian -- Chapter 17: The Východné Karpaty, a forgotten landscape: Environmental and cultural values as starting points for sustainable development / Zita Izakovičová and Július Oszlányi -- Chapter 18: The Pannonian Great Plain a flourishing garden?: Water as a key to the history and future of the central lowlands in the Carpathian basin / Éva Konkoly Gyuró -- Chapter 19: The Copenhagen Finger Plan: Keeping a green space structure by a simple planning metaphor / Henrik Vejre , Jørgen Primdahl and Jesper Brandt -- Chapter 20: The Aegean Islands: a paradise lost?: Tourism as a driver for changing landscapes / Thanasis Kizos , Ioannis Spilanis and Maria Koulouri -- Chapter 21: Chianti beyond its wine / Paolo Baldeschi -- Chapter 22: Complexity in the simplicity: the Spanish dehesas: The secret of an ancient cultural landscape with high nature value still functioning in the 21st century / Marta Pérez Soba , Alfonso San Miguel and Ramón Elena-Rosselló.