Exploring Landscape Character

Iris Bohnet

ISBN 10: 3844311661 / ISBN 13: 9783844311662

Editore: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Mai 2011, 2011

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Neuware -The concept of landscape character in creating local distinctiveness has long been recognised in the UK. It is only recently, however, that the concept has come to define a research agenda looking at both the causes and consequences of landscape change. In this research, a transdisciplinary approach was used to investigate the character and qualities of two agricultural landscapes and to understand past and future change. Through farm-based assessments, landscape character was analysed in terms of landscape coherences. Semi-structured interviews with farmers' enabled these coherences to be related to farmers' activities and management motives. 'Leitbilder' were developed at the local and farm level and the link between farm and locality explored. A clear link was found between farmers' attitudes towards landscape and the contribution of their farms to the local landscape. The 'Leitbild' approach elaborated in this research offers new opportunities for agricultural policy development and future landscape planning.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 512 pp. Englisch. Codice articolo 9783844311662

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Titolo: Exploring Landscape Character

Casa editrice: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Mai 2011

Data di pubblicazione: 2011

Legatura: Taschenbuch

Condizione: Neu

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Riassunto:

The concept of landscape character in creating local distinctiveness has long been recognised in the UK. It is only recently, however, that the concept has come to define a research agenda looking at both the causes and consequences of landscape change. In this research, a transdisciplinary approach was used to investigate the character and qualities of two agricultural landscapes and to understand past and future change. Through farm-based assessments, landscape character was analysed in terms of landscape coherences. Semi-structured interviews with farmers' enabled these coherences to be related to farmers' activities and management motives. 'Leitbilder' were developed at the local and farm level and the link between farm and locality explored. A clear link was found between farmers' attitudes towards landscape and the contribution of their farms to the local landscape. The 'Leitbild' approach elaborated in this research offers new opportunities for agricultural policy development and future landscape planning.

Informazioni sull?autore:

Dr Iris C. Bohnet studied landscape planning at the Applied University Nürtingen in Germany and earned her PhD in 2002 from Imperial College, University of London. She is a Research Scientist with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Cairns, Australia and an Adjunct Lecturer at James Cook University.