The European Landscape Convention
Subtitle: Challenges of Participation
By: edited by Michael Jones, Marie Stenseke
Contributors: Stenseke, Marie; SpringerLink (Online service)
Series: Landscape Series -- 13
Publisher: Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9789048199310; 9789048199327
Subjects: Life sciences; Environmental management; Nature conservation; Regional planning; Landscape ecology; Environmental law
Description: This important and insightful book provides, for the first time, a broad presentation of ongoing research into public participation in landscape conservation, management and planning, following the 2000 European Landscape Convention which came into force in 2004. The book examines both the theory of participation and what lessons can be learnt from specific European examples. It explores in what manner and to what extent the provisions for participation in the European Landscape Convention have been followed up and implemented. It also presents and compares different experiences of participation in selected countries from northern, southern, eastern and western Europe, and provides a critical examination of public participation in practice. However, while the book's focus is necessarily on Europe, many of the conclusions drawn are of global relevance.The book provides a valuable reference for researchers and advanced students in landscape policies and management, as well as for professionals and others interested in land-use planning and environmental management.