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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461803303321

Autore

Selman Paul H.

Titolo

Sustainable landscape planning : the reconnection agenda / / Paul Selman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-283-52078-8

9786613833235

0-203-11986-X

1-136-31749-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Disciplina

658.4/083

Soggetti

Ecological landscape design

Ecological landscape design - Europe

Sustainable development - Planning

Sustainable development - Europe - Planning

Landscape ecology

Landscape ecology - Europe

Landscape protection

Landscape protection - Europe

Land use - Environmental aspects

Land use - Environmental aspects - Europe

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; 1 Landscape - connections and disconnections; 2 Functions, services and values of landscapes; 3 Change and resilience in landscapes; 4 Physical connections in landscapes; 5 Social connections in landscapes; 6 Landscape connectivity in the future: thinking and doing; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book takes as its starting point the need to examine critically the case for landscape reconnection. It looks at alleged disconnections and their supposed consequences. It explores the arguments about



reconnecting the natural and human elements of whole landscapes. More broadly, it considers landscape as an arena within which science, humanities and professions can find common ground, and in which vivid social learning can occur about key social and environmental issues. It takes a dynamic view of landscape, in contrast to the popular image of timeless, traditional scenery. It accepts