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Countryside Planning : New Approaches to Management and Conservation.
Not since the 19th century has the future of the countryside been such a focus of political and public attention, nor of profound uncertainty and anguished debate. A watershed has now been reached, and in this time of unprecedented change, new tools are needed for planning and managing the countrysi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Taylor and Francis,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables, Figures and Boxes; List of Contributors; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Preface; 1 Then and Now: Planning for Countryside Conservation; Introduction; Defining countryside conservation and planning; Then: a lasting legacy; Now: a new era?; An outline; Part 1 The International Context for Countryside Planning and Management; 2 From Sandy to Rio: The Development of Biodiversity Action Planning; The road to Rio; The road from Rio; Re-framing the agenda; Conclusions.
- 3 European Frameworks for Nature Conservation: The Case of the Birds and Habitats DirectivesThe birds and habitats directives; Delivery mechanisms; Impact on the British planning system and wider countryside policy frameworks; The changing context; Conclusions; 4 Our Landscape from a Wider Perspective; Landscape
- an elusive concept for international policy; Cultural landscapes and the world heritage convention; Protected landscapes; European landscape convention; Recent developments in the European Union; The implications for the UK.
- 5 Policy Context for Community Involvement in Countryside PlanningGlobal and European drivers towards sustainable development, human rights and environmental policy; The UK response; Conclusions; Part 2 New Concepts and Tools; 6 The Natural Area Experience; New solutions to old problems; New needs and drivers; Developing the framework; Natural areas in practice; Where next?; Conclusions; 7 The Assessment of Countryside and Landscape Character in England: An Overview; The evolution of countryside and landscape character assessment; Making judgements based on countryside and landscape character.
- Practical applications of landscape character assessmentCurrent and future issues; 8 Policies and Priorities for Ireland's Landscapes; The heritage council; The first steps; The pilot landscape characterization
- County Clare; The next steps; Conclusions; 9 Development and Application of Landscape Assessment Guidelines in Ireland: Case Studies using Forestry and Wind Farm Developments; Irish landscape assessment guidelines; Case study 1: landscape assessment in the planning and design of forestry; Case study 2: landscape assessment in the planning and design of wind farms; Conclusions.
- 10 Historic Landscape CharacterizationBackground; Historic landscape characterization; The application of HLC; Conclusions; 11 Connecting the Pieces: Scotland's Integrated Approach to the Natural Heritage; The overall philosophy; Basic structure of approach; What are the benefits
- actual and expected?; Conclusions; 12 LANDMAP : A Tool to Aid Sustainable Development; Organizational change; How the method was developed; The LANDMAP; Where next
- towards sustainability?; Part 3 From Theory to Practice; 13 Applications of Landscape Character Assessment; Range of applications.