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Record Nr.

UNINA9910446339103321

Titolo

The conservation of cultural landscapes / / edited by M. Agnoletti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, : CABI, 2006

ISBN

1-280-73599-6

9786610735990

1-84593-154-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AgnolettiMauro

Disciplina

363.69

Soggetti

Cultural property - Protection

Cultural policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""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 Europe�s Economic Centre and Periphery""

""9. Rethinking Traditional Preservation Approaches for Managing a Forested Cultural Landscape: the Case of Marsh�Billings�Rockefeller National Historical Park�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 Vermont�s Marsh�Billings�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""

Sommario/riassunto

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