Changing Landscapes - Sustainability

The Research Centre Changing Landscapes is arranging a discussion seminar
on the development of the open landscape, 21-22 October 1998.

The landscape outside urban areas is changing significantly these years. The changes have probably never before taken place at such a pace. New metods in the production of agriculture and forestry are making fundamental transformations, as are the ownership relations, elements in the landscape and buildings. Other changes pertain to new legislature on the protection of groundwater reserves and increased expectations to the management and re-establishment of nature areas.

The changes to the landscape are significant and the participation by the public administration regarding the management of the landscape is extensive. The rapid development regarding the landscape taking place and the management thereof should, in the future, take place on a sustainable basis.

It is well know that the term sustainable can be interpreted in various ways, from a very general level to a much more particular and detailed level. In this seminar the term 'sustainable' will be analysed and discussed in relation to the management of the open land in regard to agriculturl programmes and legislature, cultural history, natural history and recreation.

The seminar is structured in such a way that each of the five topics will be discussed by a manager of the subject area in question as well as a researcher within the area. The focus of the discussion will be the interaction between reality, management and sustainability.

The purpose of the seminar.

It is the purpose of the seminar to focus on the notion sustainability in regard to public planning and management of the resources in the open landscape. By letting a manager from a certain area discuss the issues with a researcher within the same area it is the intention to reach a better understanding and wording of barriers and possibilities of a more sustainable management in the future. The participating managers are thus invited to contribute to developing detailed research topics and questions.

The target group of the seminar.

Participants in the seminar are researchers and PhD-students associated Changing Landscapes funded by the Danish Environmental Research Programme II and running from 1997-2001.

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Back to Index Page The Research Centre Changing Landscapes is arranging a discussion seminar on the development of the open landscape, 21-22 October 1998. The landscape outside urban areas is changing significantly these years. The changes have probably never before taken place at such a pace. New metods in the production of agriculture and forestry are making fundamental transformations, as are the ownership relations, elements in the landscape and buildings. Other changes pertain to new legislature on the protection of groundwater reserves and increased expectations to the management and re-establishment of nature areas. The changes to the landscape are significant and the participation by the public administration regarding the management of the landscape is extensive. The rapid development regarding the landscape taking place and the management thereof should, in the future, take place on a sustainable basis. It is well know that the term sustainable can be interpreted in various ways, from a very general level to a much more particular and detailed level. In this seminar the term 'sustainable' will be analysed and discussed in relation to the management of the open land in regard to agriculturl programmes and legislature, cultural history, natural history and recreation. The seminar is structured in such a way that each of the five topics will be discussed by a manager of the subject area in question as well as a researcher within the area. The focus of the discussion will be the interaction between reality, management and sustainability. The purpose of the seminar. It is the purpose of the seminar to focus on the notion sustainability in regard to public planning and management of the resources in the open landscape. By letting a manager from a certain area discuss the issues with a researcher within the same area it is the intention to reach a better understanding and wording of barriers and possibilities of a more sustainable management in the future. The participating managers are thus invited to contribute to developing detailed research topics and questions. The target group of the seminar. Participants in the seminar are researchers and PhD-students associated *Changing Landscapes* funded by the Danish Environmental Research Programme II and running from 1997-2001. Back to Index Page