Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

This successful book has been completely revised and updated and is a comprehensive overview of the principles and practices of planning rural and urban environments. Introducing general ideas rather than specific practices, the book assumes little prior knowledge and includes concise introductions to the nature and purpose of town planning; wildlife and landscape protection; and pollution control. This edition pays particular attention to the scientific and social scientific background to environmental planning. Specific topics covered include: environmentally-sustainable agriculture; mulit-purpose forestry; the management of designated areas; urban wildlife; land resource evaluation; and environmental impact assessment. The conclusion reviews methods for managing information and making decisions.

Conservation des ressources naturelles --- Conservation du patrimoine naturel --- Conservation of natural resources --- Conservation of resources --- Instandhouding van de natuurlijke hulpbronnen --- Natural resources -- Conservation --- Natural resources conservation --- Nature--Conservation des ressources --- Natuurlijke hulpbronnen--Instandhouding --- Resources conservation [Natural ] --- Ressources naturelles--Conservation --- Conservation of natural resources. --- Environmental planning. --- Land use, Rural --- Geografie --- Environmental aspects. --- Planning. --- Landschapskunde --- Milieu en ecologie. --- Land use [Rural ] --- Environmental aspects --- Planning

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Traditionally, landscape planning has involved the designation and protection of exceptional countryside. However, whilst this still remains important, there is a growing recognition of the multi-functionality of rural areas, and the need to encourage sustainable use of the whole countryside rather than just its "hotspots." With an inter-disciplinary assessment of the rural environment, this book draws on theories of landscape values, people-place relationships, sustainable development, and plan implementation. It focuses on the competing influences of globalization and localization as they are expressed in the landscape: external forces lead to a uniformity of landscapes and a decline in those farming/forestry practices that sustain local distinctiveness, whilst at the same time many people crave local identity and cherish inherited patterns of land use. This book sees the role of planning as that of reconciling these conflicting demands, reinforcing character and distinctiveness without museum-izing rural areas. Selman here examines the "unmaking" and "remaking" of landscape character, taking a critical approach to the -often conflicting- values associated with multi-functional landscapes and giving equal attention to both valued heritage sites and de-valued urban sites. Taking a "landscape scale" approach to the topic, this book responds to the interest sparked by concern for rural landscapes and by recent local and national policy shifts in this area. It combines human perspectives with scientific and policy perspectives and provides a valuable resource for students, academics and professionals in environmental management and planning, landscape management and planning, town and country planning, land economy, land design and geography.

Geografie --- Land use, Rural. --- Landscape protection. --- Regional planning. --- Sustainable development. --- Landschapskunde --- Zorg en Planning.