Landscape and Sustainable Development
Subtitle: Challenges of the European Landscape Convention (Environment)
Publisher: Council of Europe
Published: October 30, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9789287159892
Subjects: Nature; Nature/Ecology; Environmental - General; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Reference; Europe; Land use; Sustainable development
Description: The Council of Europe landscape convention was adopted in Florence (Italy) on 20 October 2000 with the aim of promoting the protection, management and planning of European landscape and organizing European co-operation in this area. It applies to the entire territory of the contracting parties and covers natural, rural, urban and peri-urban areas. It concerns landscapes that might be considered outstanding, commonplace or deteriorated. The convention represents an important contribution to achieving the Council of Europe's objectives, namely to promote democracy, human rights and the rule of law, as well as to seek common solutions to the main problems facing European society today.--Publisher's description.