scholarly journals Terraced landscapes: an increasingly prominent cultural landscape type

2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Drago Kladnik ◽  
Alexandra Kruse ◽  
Blaž Komac
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Landscape Type

scholarly journals Natural and Cultural Landscapes of Equatorial Africa

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-163
Author(s):  
Jerzy Gilarowski
Keyword(s):  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Surface Area ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Intensive Agriculture ◽  
Secondary Forests ◽  
Landscape Type ◽  
Equatorial Africa ◽  
Structure Changes

Abstract This paper attempts to characterise various cultural landscapes in the area of Equatorial Africa. To achieve this, the contents of various thematic maps and satellite photos representing: areas covered with forests (mostly secondary forests), nature reserves, areas of extensive and intensive agriculture and urban-industrial areas were overlaid with the contents of map of potential vegetation (which represent, to use a simplification, the natural, primeval landscape). The method applied allowed for distinguishing five types of cultural landscape that correspond to five levels of transformation of the primeval landscape. The resulting map shows a mosaic-like structure of landscapes. This structure changes constantly. The surface area of regions with a certain landscape type increases or decreases, or else the regions change their locations. A detailed analysis of socio-economic processes (and the related changes in the natural environment) can constitute a basis for a prediction of cultural landscape transformation. It is the author’s opinion that such prediction could be applied in various planning projects.

scholarly journals Caracterización espacial del paisaje cultural de los manglares. Caso de estudio de la Región Metropolitana de Florianópolis, costa Sur de Brasil

2017 ◽  
pp. 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bárbara Heliodora Alves d'Ancampora
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
Resident Population ◽  
Landscape Type

ResumenLos nueve manglares existentes de la Región Metropolitana de Florianópolis se encuentran en diferentes estados de degradación ambiental por la ocupación inadecuada del entorno físico a lo largo de la historia. Dentro de este marco, esta investigación tiene como objetivo caracterizar espacialmente el paisaje cultural de los manglares de la Región Metropolitana, en cuanto a los factores naturales y humanos, contrastándolo con el paisaje percibido por la población residente nativa y la residente temporal y visitante. Este hecho está relacionado con el valor cultural atribuido a este tipo paisaje a través del grado de conocimiento de la población sobre los componentes bióticos y abióticos, los servicios ecosistémicos, los impactos ambientales generados y los cambios para el futuro. Como conclusión, se ha verificado que la percepción de la población sobre este paisaje se presenta de forma muy diferente de la realidad física y ambiental, demostrando disparidades relevantes entre ambos.Palabras clave  Manglares, uso del suelo, paisaje cultural, impacto ambientalAbstractThe nine existing mangroves of the Metropolitan Region of Florianópolis are in different states of environmental degradation. The causes are derived from the inadequate occupation of the physical environment throughout history. Regarding this fact, this research aims to spatially characterize the cultural landscape of the Metropolitan Region’s mangroves, in terms of natural and human factors, contrasting with the landscape perceived by the native resident population, the temporary resident, and the visitor. This analysis is related to the cultural value attributed to this landscape type through the degree of knowledge of the population about the biotic and abiotic components, the ecosystem services, the generated environmental impacts and the changes for the future. As a conclusion, it has been verified that the perception of the population on this landscape is presented in a very different way from the physical and environmental reality, showing relevant disparities between both. KeywordsMangroves, land use, cultural landscape, environmental impact

scholarly journals The Degree of Landscape Openness as a Manifestation of Cultural Metamorphose

2014 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 145-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Plit ◽  
Urszula Myga-Piątek
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Landscape Management ◽  
Historical Process ◽  
Cultural Elements ◽  
Landscape Type ◽  
Synthetic Indicator ◽  
Historical Times ◽  
Anthropogenic Processes ◽  
Environment Evolution

Abstract The issues of aesthetic assessment of landscapes has now become important due to the need of rational and balanced cultural landscape management and the implementation of the provisions of the European Landscape Convention. The aim of this article is to show the methodology of the assessment and interpretation of the degree of the current openness of the cultural landscape of Poland as an effect of a historical process. The chronological analysis made it possible to single out stages of opening/enclosing of the landscapes of Poland with reference to crucial natural, historical and cultural factors. The degree of landscape openness may be treated as a synthetic indicator of the natural and cultural environment evolution. When a landscape type is viewed as a result of natural and anthropogenic processes, the analysis of proportions between the surface of natural and cultural elements becomes of prime importance. In the historical times, the process of landscape enclosing was not unidirectional. Four stages of transformation of cultural landscapes in Poland have been distinguished. These stages are characterized by differences of the landscape openness. It can be interpreted as the result of cultural metamorphosis.

For Those About to Rock

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-35
Author(s):  
Jennifer Tufts
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Minimal Risk ◽  
Noise Induced Hearing Loss ◽  
Essential Information ◽  
Informed Decisions ◽  
Hearing Health ◽  
Loud Music ◽  
Protective Strategies

Loud music and noisy hobbies are part of our cultural landscape. These activities can be enjoyed with minimal risk to hearing if a few commonsense guidelines are followed. Educating clients about risks and protective strategies will empower them to make informed decisions about their hearing health that best reflect their values and priorities. In this article, the author covers essential information to avoiding noise-induced hearing loss, writing in easily accessible language to better help clinicians convey this information to their clients.

USE OF CULTURAL LANDSCAPES AS A PART OF OPEN-AIR MUSEUMS

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-187
Author(s):  
Brych M ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Holistic Perception ◽  
Museum Exhibition

In Ukraine, there is no holistic perception of historical and cultural environments of monumental ensembles and complexes as an object of protection and use today. Their preservation will be effective only when the understanding of the object of protection is extended to the boundaries of the cultural landscape, including all its valuable elements. The best way to implement this concept is to include cultural landscapes in the open-air museum exhibition as its integral, active, and living element.

Nachhaltigkeit im Wald – vor und hinter der Welle der Globalisierung | Sustainable Forest Management – In Front and Behind the Wave of Globalization

2000 ◽  
Vol 151 (12) ◽  
pp. 502-507
Author(s):  
Christian Küchli
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Specific Situation ◽  
The South ◽  
The North ◽  
Time Space ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Impact

Are there any common patterns in the transition processes from traditional and more or less sustainable forest management to exploitative use, which can regularly be observed both in central Europe and in the countries of the South (e.g. India or Indonesia)? Attempts were made with a time-space-model to typify those force fields, in which traditional sustainable forest management is undermined and is then transformed into a modern type of sustainable forest management. Although it is unlikely that the history of the North will become the future of the South, the glimpse into the northern past offers a useful starting point for the understanding of the current situation in the South, which in turn could stimulate the debate on development. For instance, the patterns which stand behind the conflicts on forest use in the Himalayas are very similar to the conflicts in the Alps. In the same way, the impact of socio-economic changes on the environment – key word ‹globalisation› – is often much the same. To recognize comparable patterns can be very valuable because it can act as a stimulant for the search of political, legal and technical solutions adapted to a specific situation. For the global community the realization of the way political-economic alliances work at the head of the ‹globalisationwave›can only signify to carry on trying to find a common language and understanding at the negotiation tables. On the lee side of the destructive breaker it is necessary to conserve and care for what survived. As it was the case in Switzerland these forest islands could once become the germination points for the genesis of a cultural landscape, where close-to-nature managed forests will constitute an essential element.

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