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This book is intended as both an introduction to the discipline for students of landscape architecture, architecture, and planning, and a source of continuing interest for more experienced environmental designers. The book offers various materials for landscape architects and other planning professionals. The book is divided into 4 parts and 17 chapters. Part I ""Introduction to the Landscape Architecture Theme"" is general reading on landscape architecture. Part II ""Art's Replica and Landscape Architecture Model"" includes three chapters. This part represents a theoretical and sensitive visual interpretation of landscape architecture. Part III ""Sustainable Prototypes of a Contemporary Landscape Architecture"" includes four chapters, with sustainability as a concept and guiding thought. Part IV ""Landscape Architecture Around the World (Study Cases)"" includes 9 chapters with many examples from different geographical practical cases.
Life Sciences --- Environmental Sciences --- Ecology --- Landscape Ecology
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The intensive increase in land use change is considered both a source of richness and a serious problem to landscape sustainability. In this scenario, although land use change plays a very important role for societal development, the impact of land use changes on economic, social, and ecological functions requires special attention. The new environmental paradigms associated with globalization and progressive climate change will certainly intensify the entropy and the instability in most of the existing land-uses. In this regard, this book aims to highlight a body of knowledge related to the discussion of the opportunities and challenges associated with the development of new sustainable landscapes, considering current and future challenges related to land-use changes and planning.
Life Sciences --- Environmental Sciences --- Ecology --- Landscape Ecology
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Some European lands have been progressively alleviated of human pressures, particularly traditional agriculture in remote areas. This book proposes that this land abandonment can be seen as an opportunity to restore natural ecosystems via rewilding. We define rewilding as the passive management of ecological successions having in mind the long-term goal of restoring natural ecosystem processes. The book aims at introducing the concept of rewilding to scientists, students and practitioners. The first part presents the theory of rewilding in the European context. The second part of the book directly addresses the link between rewilding, biodiversity, and habitats. The third and last part is dedicated to practical aspects of the implementation of rewilding as a land management option. We believe that this book will both set the basis for future research on rewilding and help practitioners think about how rewilding can take place in areas under their management.
Nature Conservation --- Environmental Management --- Biodiversity --- Landscape Ecology --- Applied Ecology
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This open access book presents up-to-date analyses of community-based approaches to sustainable resource management of SEPLS (socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes) in areas where a harmonious relationship between the natural environment and the people who inhabit it is essential to ensure community and environmental well-being as well as to build resilience in the ecosystems that support this well-being. Understanding SEPLS and the forces of change that can weaken their resilience requires the integration of knowledge across a wide range of academic disciplines as well as from indigenous knowledge and experience. Moreover, given the wide variation in the socio-ecological makeup of SEPLS around the globe, as well as in their political and economic contexts, individual communities will be at the forefront of developing the measures appropriate for their unique circumstances. This in turn requires robust communication systems and broad participatory approaches. Sustainability science (SuS) research is highly integrated, participatory and solutions driven, and as such is well suited to the study of SEPLS. Through case studies, literature reviews and SuS analyses, the book explores various approaches to stakeholder participation, policy development and appropriate action for the future of SEPLS. It provides communities, researchers and decision-makers at various levels with new tools and strategies for exploring scenarios and creating future visions for sustainable societies.
Environmental Management --- Landscape Ecology --- Development and Sustainability --- Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning --- Environmental Sociology --- Sustainable Development --- Development Studies --- Geography --- Biotechnology --- Environmental Social Sciences --- Indigenous and local knowledge --- Science-policy interface --- Ecosystem services --- Future scenarios --- Stakeholder analysis --- Visualization --- Satoyama --- Satoumi --- SEPLS --- Social-ecological system --- Open Access --- Environmental management, --- Botany & plant sciences --- Sustainability --- Regional & area planning --- Sociology --- The environment
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