The European Landscape Convention: Challenges of Participation

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Front Matter....Pages 25-25
The Issue of Public Participation in the European Landscape Convention....Pages 1-23
European Landscape and Participation – Rhetoric or Reality?....Pages 27-44
The Dutch Approach....Pages 45-66
The Participatory Dimension in Nature Conservation Processes: Examples of Ideology and Practice from Norway....Pages 67-79
The Implementation of the European Landscape Convention in Poland....Pages 81-98
Landscape Regulation in Regional Territorial Planning: A View from Spain....Pages 99-120
In Search of the Greek Landscape: A Cultural Geography....Pages 121-141
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
Landscape in Participatory Processes: Tools for Stimulating Debate on Landscape Issues?....Pages 145-173
The Prospective Vision: Integrating the Farmers’ Point of View into French and Belgian Local Planning....Pages 175-197
‘Landscape Quality Objectives’ for Remote Rural Landscapes in Portugal: Addressing Experts’ and Stakeholders’ Perspectives on Future Developments....Pages 199-218
Landscape Perception Through Participation: Developing New Tools for Landscape Analysis in Local Planning Processes in Norway....Pages 219-237
Participation Within the Landscape of the River Dart Catchment, Devon, England....Pages 239-260
Regional Landscape Strategies and Public Participation: Towards Implementing the European Landscape Convention in Sweden....Pages 261-274
The Role of Information, Knowledge, and Acceptance During Landowner Participation in the Natura 2000 Designations: The Cases of Otepää and Kõnnumaa, Estonia....Pages 275-294
Conclusion: Benefits, Difficulties, and Challenges of Participation Under the European Landscape Convention....Pages 295-309
Back Matter....Pages 311-326