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Wolff, Saskia, Silke Hüttel, Claas Nendel, and Tobia Lakes. "Agricultural Landscapes in Brandenburg, Germany: An Analysis of Characteristics and Spatial Patterns." International Journal of Environmental Research 15, no. 3 (March 20, 2021): 487–507. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41742-021-00328-y.

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AbstractThe increasing demand for agricultural commodities for food and energy purposes has led to intensified agricultural land management, along with the homogenization of landscapes, adverse biodiversity effects and robustness of landscapes regarding the provision of ecosystem services. At the same time, subsidized organic agriculture and extensive grassland use supports the provision of ecosystem services. Yet little is understood about how to evaluate a landscape’s potential to contribute to protecting and enhancing biodiversity and ecosystem services. To address this gap, we use plot-level data from the Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) for Germany’s federal state of Brandenburg, and based on a two-step cluster analysis, we identify six types of agricultural landscapes. These clusters differ in landscape structure, diversity and measures for agricultural land management intensity. Agricultural land in Brandenburg is dominated by high shares of cropland but fragmented differently. Lands under organic management and those with a high share of maize show strong spatial autocorrelation, pointing to local clusters. Identification of different types of landscapes permits locally- and region-adapted designs of environmental and agricultural policy measures improves outcome-oriented environmental policy impact evaluation and landscape planning. Our approach allows transferability to other EU regions.
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Savytska, Olena, and Natalia Korogoda. "The use of electronic map “natural basis of Kyiv city landscapes” in the studies on urban aesthetic resources." Visnyk of the Lviv University. Series Geography, no. 48 (December 23, 2014): 292–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.30970/vgg.2014.48.1353.

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Use of electronic landscape map in the study of aesthetic resources of the urban environment is an important component in study of landscape of the modern city. These maps are the basis for the organization of various GIS applications. Electronic maps which containing information about a natural basis of urban landscapes can be used for effectively management of the urban areas, environmental design and environmental protection. Key words: GIS, electronic map of landscapes, urban landscapes, aesthetic resources.
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Proverbs, Tracey, and Trevor Lantz. "Cumulative Environmental Impacts in the Gwich’in Cultural Landscape." Sustainability 12, no. 11 (June 8, 2020): 4667. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12114667.

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Environmental changes are impacting northern environments and human communities. Cumulative impact assessments are vital to understanding the combined effects of regional industrial developments and natural disturbances that affect humans and ecosystems. A gap in cumulative impacts literature includes methods to evaluate impacts in cultural landscapes. In this study, we utilized spatial overlay analysis to assess cumulative environmental impacts in the cultural landscape of northern Canada’s Gwich’in Settlement Region. In three analyses, we quantified and mapped: (1) Cultural feature density, (2) cumulative environmental disturbance, and (3) potential overlap between disturbances and cultural features. Our first analysis depicts the extent and pattern of cultural relationships with regional landscapes and illustrates the Gwich’in cultural landscape, with widespread harvesting trails, named places, traditional use areas, and archaeological sites found in highest densities near important waterways. Our second analysis suggests that spatial overlay can track multiple disturbances, illustrating diffuse, lower intensity cumulative environmental impacts. The final analysis shows that overlaying disturbance and cultural feature data provides a novel way to investigate cumulative impacts in a cultural landscape, indicating relatively low levels of potential overlap between Gwich’in cultural features and disturbances. These methods provide one way to investigate cumulative impacts, relevant for well- documented cultural landscapes.
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Vasey, Daniel E. "Uncommon Ground: Cultural Landscapes and Environmental Values:Uncommon Ground: Cultural Landscapes and Environmental Values." American Anthropologist 100, no. 4 (December 1998): 1071–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/aa.1998.100.4.1071.

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Velarde, Ma D., G. Fry, and M. Tveit. "Health effects of viewing landscapes – Landscape types in environmental psychology." Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 6, no. 4 (November 2007): 199–212. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2007.07.001.

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Blanton, Ryan. "Chronotopic Landscapes of Environmental Racism." Journal of Linguistic Anthropology 21 (August 2011): E76—E93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1548-1395.2011.01098.x.

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Holden, J., L. Shotbolt, A. Bonn, T. P. Burt, P. J. Chapman, A. J. Dougill, E. D. G. Fraser, et al. "Environmental change in moorland landscapes." Earth-Science Reviews 82, no. 1-2 (May 2007): 75–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2007.01.003.

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Young, Lola. "Environmental images and imaginary landscapes." Soundings 78, no. 78 (August 1, 2021): 138–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.3898/soun.78.12.2021.

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Lola Young discusses the work of photographer Ingrid Pollard, and looks at the extent to which environmental issues are racialised, including in relation to issues of population control and environmental degradation. Cities are often represented as breeding crime, disease and alienated subjects, while the English countryside is held up as a repository of values, culture and heritage. Although the range of locations and occupations in which black people may be found has expanded over the years, old stereotypes persist. Pollard addresses this in her work, including her work on the Lea Valley in East London, which looks at the 'country within the city'.
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Batáry, Péter, András Báldi, David Kleijn, and Teja Tscharntke. "Landscape-moderated biodiversity effects of agri-environmental management: a meta-analysis." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278, no. 1713 (November 24, 2010): 1894–902. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.1923.

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Agri-environmental management (AEM) is heralded as being key to biodiversity conservation on farmland, yet results of these schemes have been mixed, making their general utility questionable. We test with meta-analysis whether the benefits of AEM for species richness and abundance of plants and animals are determined by the surrounding landscape context. Across all studies (109 observations for species richness and 114 observations for abundance), AEM significantly increased species richness and their abundance. More specifically, we test the hypothesis that AEM benefits species richness and abundance (i.e. increases the difference between fields with and without AEM) more in simple than in complex landscapes. In croplands, species richness but not abundance was significantly enhanced in simple but not in complex landscapes. In grasslands, AEM effectively enhanced species richness and abundance regardless of landscape context. Pollinators were significantly enhanced by AEM in simple but not in complex landscapes in both croplands and grasslands. Our results highlight that the one-size-fits-all approach of many agri-environmental programmes is not an efficient way of spending the limited funds available for biodiversity conservation on farmland. Therefore, we conclude that AEM should be adapted to landscape structure and the species groups at which they are targeted.
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Kablukov, O. V. "RITERIA FOR OPTIMAL FUNCTIONING IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LAND RECLAMATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT MEASURES." Vestnik scientific and methodological council in environmental engineering and water management, no. 19 (2020): 16–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.26897/2618-8732-2020-16-21.

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When choosing criteria for optimal management of cultural agricultural landscapes, it is necessary to be guided by the achievement of a specific goal - creating their environmentally sustainable structure and ensuring normal functioning. Various aspects of economic, technological, or natural landscape orientation can be com-ponents of the system of criteria for optimal functioning. The criteria are used in the design of agroecosystems and the formation of cultural agricultural landscapes on reclaimed land. In this case, the interaction of related processes aimed at increasing the productivity and sustainability of agricultural landscapes isensured, high quality of products is achieved, damage from aggressive and negative processes is localized, energy, material, labor and financial costs are minimized.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Environmental landscapes"

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Bond, Sara E. "Landscapes and environmental explorations." The Ohio State University, 1991. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1303486314.

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Gorski, Andrew David. "The Environmental Aesthetic Appreciation of Cultural Landscapes." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/193297.

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In recent decades the canon of environmental aesthetics has expanded beyond its primary concern of understanding what is beautiful in the fine arts to the appreciation of natural and cultural landscapes. Corresponding with society's growing interest in conservation, environmental aesthetics has emerged as relevant to many conservation discussions. The preservation and interpretation of cultural landscapes is complicated by resources that are in a constant state of change. Traditional cultural landscape preservation practices have had mixed results. A focus on interpretation rather than preservation is generally considered a strategy for improving cultural landscape practices. Applying theories developed in the field of environmental aesthetics to cultural landscapes may lead to principles helpful to their preservation and interpretation. In this study, an environmental aesthetic framework is developed and applied to the Canoa Ranch, a historic property south of Tucson, Arizona, to evaluate the potential of using environmental aesthetics in appreciation of cultural landscapes.
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Hogarth, Jan. "'Dislocated landscapes' : a sculptors response to contemporary issues within the British landscape." Thesis, University of Sunderland, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.268041.

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Reul, Lindsay Kramer. "Designing landscapes for economy : designing regional landscape infrastructure to enable economic and environmental benefits." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/73708.

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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2012.
This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
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This thesis seeks to deploy landscape design as a regional economic development strategy. It investigates the relationship between economic activity and the built environment. Economies transition from one trend to the next at a faster pace than urban stock, meaning the landscape and infrastructure, is able to adjust. Thus, flows of ephemeral economic phases leave patterns of durable infrastructure elements that may not serve as relevant or useful purposes in the emerging economic movements. These landscapes and infrastructure elements can then become underutilized or obsolete. Instead of allowing these facets of the built environment to fall subject to abandonment, entirely rely upon subsidies, or solely become a commodity tourist attraction, this thesis seeks to redesign and repurpose old infrastructure to deliver productive services to the surrounding contemporary society. This paper asks if adaptively repurposing regional infrastructure can contribute positively to regional economics. In order to test this argument, it investigates a single case study - the Erie Canal in Upstate New York. The Erie Canal was a piece of 19th century infrastructure built in 1825 that gave substantial rise and economic prosperity to the region. However, since its initial opening, the Erie Canal has declined in relevance and today suffers from underutilization. This paper seeks to discover if redesigning and repurposing the Erie Canal can generate both economic benefits and ecologic benefits to contribute positively to the surrounding urban region. It applies a systems-based design approach to assess the current conditions of the Canal, and then identifies points of leverage, or catalyst sites, along the linear system that will most greatly engender positive benefits for the entire surrounding region. A full mapping assessment was conducted per the research principles of systems-based design. Further economic and site information was recalled through secondary source reports and interviews. From these research methods, three typologies of catalyst sites and spaces were identified along the linear canal system and five potential economic opportunities were identified in the Erie Canal Region. This thesis proposes three alternative trajectories to move forward with these physical and economic findings: conduct a primary source investigation to discover the true potential of the latent economic opportunities surrounding the canal; remove the subsidy from the Canal budget all together and deinfrastructuralize the waterway to a natural state; or amplify the natural strengths of the Canal by diversifying its utilization.
by Lindsay K. Reul.
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Wacha, Kenneth Michael. "From soilscapes to landscapes: a landscape-oriented approach to simulate soil organic carbon dynamics in intensely managed landscapes (IMLS)." Diss., University of Iowa, 2016. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/6327.

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The primary objective of this research was to develop a landscape-oriented, process-based approach that can enhance understanding and prediction of SOC fluxes in IMLs by incorporating the key mechanisms impacting soil carbon dynamics when moving from the soilscape to the landscape. The mechanisms that are considered to be the focus of this study are redistribution of SOC due to erosion and deposition without neglecting the importance of litter incorporation into the soil column, decomposition due to microbial activity, and physical and chemical stabilization of carbon. To accomplish this objective, field experiments were performed to examine how selective entrainment of different soil size fractions, quantified through the enrichment ratio (ER), varies with management and hillslope position. Differential modes in soil mobilization between rill and interrill areas were either elevated or dampened depending on the prevalent management practice, the gradient of the site and landscape position. Sites where sediment and runoff fluxes were highest were found to have lower ER values (around unity) due to the mobilization of all size classes making static and dynamic samples almost identical. The size fractions analyzed in these experiments were found to have varying levels of carbon associated with them, especially the larger aggregates, which encapsulate organic material. Neglecting them in transport estimates could lead to large errors in predicted fluxes of SOC. For this reason, a careful attention was placed on identifying how aggregate stability varies with respect to management and hillslope position, through controlled experiments looking size distributions to reflect tillage disturbance and aggregate stability to assess resistance to rainsplash. Lastly, a landscape-oriented modeling framework was developed that captures not only the SOC spatial heterogeneity in IMLs but also determines the impacts that redistribution has on this heterogeneity and ultimately on SOC dynamics. The integrative modeling framework considers the collective effects of both rainsplash/rainfall- and tillage-induced erosion on SOC redistribution in IMLs through an ER-module developed and woven within this framework to connect an upland erosion model with a soil biogeochemical model. It provides not only size fraction updates to the active layer and ER values, but also explicitly considers the effects of splash-driven interrill erosion on those ER estimates. The model was applied to twentieth-century changes in SOC across a representative agricultural hillslope in the study watershed and compared to recent SOC data. The chronosequence in SOC storage within the erosional zone revealed that soils were continually depleted of the rich organic matter long after the 1930’s “Dust bowl” due to enhanced erosion that accompanied agricultural practices. However, conservation tillage and enhanced crop production that began in the late 1980’s reversed the downward trend in SOC losses, causing nearly 26% of the lost SOC to be regained. Results from this study can be used to aid policy and decision makers in developing a food-system that accounts for the co-evolution of human and natural activity, to develop sustainable agro-ecosystems through the use of data supported recommended best management practices.
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Alexandre, Marta Martins. "Environmental drivers of mesocarnivores presence in Mediterranean landscapes." Master's thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/21470.

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Terrestrial ecosystems are highly complex and the species inhabiting them, including Humans, interact with each other influencing how each one exploits the available resources. With the growth of the human population and, consequently, of the urban areas and those devoted to produce goods for humans, the landscapes have undergone changes leading to an accelerated loss of habitat, which is considered the main cause for biodiversity decline. Due to this decline, species face challenges to their survival, shaping their ecology to adapt to new environmental conditions, and these adaptations have cascading repercussions throughout the ecosystem. Carnivores, being at high trophic levels, play an important role in the structure and proper functioning of ecosystems. The development and implementation of effective conservation plans is essential for the preservation of these species. Since they are mostly nocturnal and / or crepuscular, have high mobility and low densities, carnivores are usually monitored through the study of their signs of presence, in particular, their scats, because these are abundant and easy to find. In earlier studies, scats were exclusively identified through morphological and odoriferous criteria. However, due to the high uncertainty associated with this technique, new non-invasive sampling methods using molecular techniques began to be used, proving to be a solution for a more rigorous and accurate identification. The present study aimed: 1) to test the accuracy of mesocarnivores scats identification, from a community in the Northeastern region of Portugal, based on a conventional approach (morphological and odoriferous criteria), using as a standard for accuracy the results of molecular identification; 2) to understand, using the ecological modelling approach (GLMM), how the landscape context influences the presence of two generalist species - the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) and the stone marten (Martes foina) - in an area composed by natural areas and the practice of traditional agriculture. In total, between July and September of 2016, 291 mesocarnivores’ signs of presence (scats and footprints) were recorded. From this sampling, 63 scats were genetically analysed and the DNA of 83% of the samples was successfully amplified and sequenced. The highest success rate in species identification, based on morphological criteria, was 67%, but the success of the identification varied among species. Of the 291 recorded data and based on the observer's classification with the highest success rate, 212 signs of presence were considered to belong to the red fox and 55 to the stone marten. The generated distribution models revealed that the red fox appears to have two distinct strategies. When inhabiting an environment with a high percentage of forest, human activities have a negative effect (disturbance in habitat). Inversely, when in an environment where the forest cover is reduced, the presence of this species is positively influenced by the agricultural activity and the proximity to urban area (food availability). Stone marten’s distribution is negatively affected by anthropogenic activities (habitat alteration and disturbance), although the proximity to urban has a positive effect (allows to obtain food and avoids competition with other mesocarnivores). Our results support the need for the use of genetic identification as a tool in carnivore ecology studies, since it allows for a higher accuracy and provide more rigor to the morphological identification. We were also able to confirm the opportunistic nature and adaptability of the red fox and the stone marten. This study contributes to improve our knowledge of the dynamics and strategies of some of the most common mesocarnivores in Portugal, crucial for the application of conservation and management actions focused on those species. Furthermore, we demonstrated that, at least for the red fox, the landscape context influences the pattern of distribution. Consequently, by considering that populations of the same species are constrained by the same factors, independently of the landscape composition, will affect the efficacy of management measures put in place to assure the regional survival of a species
Os ecossistemas terrestes apresentam uma elevada complexidade e, as espécies que neles habitam, incluindo o Homem, interagem entre si influenciando a forma como cada uma explora e utiliza os recursos disponíveis. Com o crescimento da população humana e, consequentemente, das áreas urbanas e de terrenos dedicados à produção de bens para consumo humano, as paisagens têm vindo a sofrer alterações, conduzindo a uma acelerada perda de habitat, sendo esta considerada a principal causa do declínio da biodiversidade. Devido a este declínio, as espécies enfrentam desafios à sua sobrevivência, moldando a sua ecologia como forma de se adaptarem às novas condições ambientais, tendo estas adaptações repercussão em todo o ecossistema. Os carnívoros, estando em elevados níveis tróficos, desempenham um importante papel na estrutura e no bom funcionamento dos ecossistemas, sendo essencial o desenvolvimento e implementação de planos de conservação efetivos para a preservação destas espécies. Devido a serem um grupo que, na sua maioria, possui hábitos noturnos e/ ou crepusculares, apresenta elevada mobilidade e reduzidas densidades, os carnívoros são normalmente monitorizados através do estudo dos seus indícios de presença, em particular, dos dejetos, por estes serem abundantes e fáceis de encontrar. Até recentemente os dejetos eram identificados, exclusivamente, através de critérios morfológicos e odoríferos. No entanto, devido à elevada incerteza associada a esta técnica, novos métodos de amostragem não-invasiva usando técnicas moleculares começaram a ser utilizados, revelando-se uma solução eficaz e precisa para uma identificação mais rigorosa. O presente estudo teve como principais objetivos: 1) testar a precisão da identificação de dejetos de uma comunidade de mesocarnívoros na região Nordeste de Portugal, através da aplicação do método convencional (critérios morfológicos e odoríferos), utilizando como critério de precisão o resultado da identificação molecular; e 2) perceber, com recurso à modelação ecológica (GLMM), de que forma o contexto paisagístico influencia a presença de duas espécies generalistas – a raposa (Vulpes vulpes) e a fuinha (Martes foina) – numa área fortemente marcada pela presença de áreas naturais e pela prática da agricultura tradicional. No total, entre julho e setembro de 2016, foram registados 291 indícios de presença de mesocarnívoros (dejetos e pegadas). Desse conjunto, 63 dejetos foram analisados geneticamente. Destes foi amplificado e sequenciado, com sucesso, o ADN de 83% das amostras. A taxa de sucesso mais elevada na classificação das espécies, com base em critérios morfológicos, foi de 67%, sendo que o sucesso da identificação variou de espécie para espécie. Dos 291 indícios registados e, tendo por base a classificação do observador com a maior taxa de sucesso, conclui-se que 212 indícios pertenciam a raposa e 55 a fuinha. Os modelos de distribuição gerados revelaram que a raposa aparenta ter duas estratégias distintas. Quando em ambientes com elevada percentagem florestal, as atividades humanas exercem um efeito negativo (causam perturbação). Já quando a percentagem florestal é reduzida, a presença desta espécie é influenciada positivamente pela atividade agrícola e a proximidade à área urbana (disponibilidade de alimento). Em relação à fuinha, a sua distribuição é afetada negativamente por atividades de origem antropogénica (alteração e perturbação do habitat), contudo a proximidade a meios urbanos exerce um efeito positivo (permite a obtenção de alimento e evita a competição com outros mesocarnívoros). Os nossos resultados suportam a necessidade do uso da identificação genética como ferramenta em estudos de ecologia de carnívoros, pois conferem um maior grau de certeza e rigor à identificação específica. Conseguimos ainda confirmar, o caracter oportunista e a capacidade de adaptação da raposa e da fuinha a ambientes antrópicos. Este estudo contribui para um melhor conhecimento da dinâmica e estratégias de alguns dos mesocarnívoros mais comuns em Portugal, crucial para a elaboração e aplicação de ações de conservação e gestão destas espécies, uma vez que demonstrámos que, pelo menos para a raposa, o contexto paisagístico influencia o padrão de uso do espaço detetado. Este facto sugere que considerar que diferentes populações de uma espécie são condicionadas pelos mesmos fatores, independentemente do contexto paisagístico, tornará ineficientes as medidas de gestão delineadas para assegurar a sobrevivência regional das espécies-alvo.
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Prescott, Graham William. "Effects of land-use, landscape configuration, and management practice on biodiversity in tropical agricultural landscapes." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2015. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.709023.

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Martinho, da Silva Isabel 1965. "The montado landscapes of Alentejo: Identification of threatened Mediterranean landscapes in southern Portugal." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291578.

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Montado landscapes are agro-silvo-pastoral systems where pastures and crops occur under the canopy of trees. They are specific to the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula. In Alentejo, two types of montado with different origins, geographic distribution, and economy can be distinguished: the Holm Oak Montado and the Cork Oak Montado. Changes in Alentejo's socioeconomic situation have led to montados, until recently the most profitable land use for the poor soils of the region, being currently in danger of extinction either by abandonment or substitution. This thesis seeks to identify the structure, dynamic evolution, and possible future of montados. It demonstrates, within an historical perspective, that these landscapes can assume different forms, corresponding to varying degrees of intensity and uses. Therefore, the preservation of their productive, ecological, and cultural values necessitates redefinition of their form in relation to the evolving socioeconomic context.
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Ekblom, Anneli. "Changing landscapes : an environmental history of Chibuene, Southern Mozambique /." Uppsala : Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-4587.

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Vadnjal, Dan. "Environmental conflict, contingent valuation and porperty rights." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.363870.

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Books on the topic "Environmental landscapes"

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Cultural landscapes and environmental change. London: Arnold, 2000.

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Sonfist, Alan. Nature, the end of art: Environmental landscapes. New York: D.A.P., 2004.

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Uncommon ground: Cultural landscapes and environmental values. Oxford: Berg, 1997.

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Zilberman, David, Randy Stringer, Takumi Sakuyama, and Leslie Lipper, eds. Payment for Environmental Services in Agricultural Landscapes. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77354-4.

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Lipper, Leslie, Takumi Sakuyama, Randy Stringer, and David Zilberman, eds. Payment for Environmental Services in Agricultural Landscapes. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72971-8.

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Scarred landscapes: War and nature in Vichy France. New york: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

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Sargolini, Massimo. Urban Landscapes: Environmental Networks and Quality of Life. Milano: Springer Milan, 2013.

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Landscapes and lives: Environmental dispatches on rural India. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2001.

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Cameron, R. W. F., and J. D. Hitchmough, eds. Environmental horticulture: science and management of green landscapes. Wallingford: CABI, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781780641386.0000.

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Groesbeck, Wesley A. The resource guide to sustainable landscapes. Salt Lake City, Utah: Environmental Resources, Inc., 1994.

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Book chapters on the topic "Environmental landscapes"

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Orland, Brian. "Synthetic Landscapes." In Environmental Simulation, 213–50. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1993. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1140-7_9.

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Smith, Kimberly K. "Valuing Landscapes." In Exploring Environmental Ethics, 77–88. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77395-7_7.

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Ažman Momirski, Lučka. "Slovenian Terraced Landscapes." In Environmental History, 45–62. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96815-5_4.

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Sevilla-Buitrago, Álvaro. "Environmental speculations." In Landscapes of Housing, 100–121. London: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315145983-7.

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Sargolini, Massimo. "Environmental and Landscape Quality." In Urban Landscapes, 11–17. Milano: Springer Milan, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2880-7_3.

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Sargolini, Massimo. "Environmental Networks for Smart Territories." In Urban Landscapes, 69–84. Milano: Springer Milan, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2880-7_7.

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Borrero, Luis Alberto. "Glacial Landscapes: Environmental Archaeology." In Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, 1–5. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51726-1_836-2.

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Hall, Allan, Harry Kenward, Mélanie Rousseau, and Allison Bain. "Urban Landscapes: Environmental Archaeology." In Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, 7544–49. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_2110.

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Borrero, Luis Alberto. "Glacial Landscapes: Environmental Archaeology." In Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, 3043–47. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_836.

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Hall, Allan, Harry Kenward, Mélanie Rousseau, and Allison Bain. "Urban Landscapes: Environmental Archaeology." In Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, 10922–28. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30018-0_2110.

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Conference papers on the topic "Environmental landscapes"

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Pukowiec-Kurda, Katarzyna, and Urszula Myga-Piatek. "Application of New Methods of Environment Analysis and Assessment in Landscape Audits – Case Studies of Urban Areas Like Czestochowa, Poland." In Environmental Engineering. VGTU Technika, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/enviro.2017.116.

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Following the 2000 European Landscape Convention, a new act strengthening landscape protection instruments has been in force since 2015. It sets forth legal aspects of landscape shaping (Dziennik Ustaw 2015, poz. 774) and introduces landscape audits at the province level. A landscape audit consists in identification and characterization of selected landscapes, assessment of their value, selection of so-called priority landscapes and identification of threats for preservation of their value. An audit complies with GIS standards. Analyses use source materials, i.e. digital maps of physical-geographical mesoregions, current topographic maps of digital resources of cartographic databases, latest orthophotomaps and DTMs, maps of potential vegetation, geobotanic regionalization, historic-cultural regionalization and natural landscape types, documentation of historical and cultural values and related complementary resources. A special new methodology (Solon et al. 2014), developed for auditing, was tested in 2015 in an urban area (Myga-Piatek et al. 2015). Landscapes are characterized by determining their analytic (natural and cultural) and synthetic features, with particular focus on the stage of delimitation and identification of landscape units in urban areas. Czestochowa was selected as a case study due to its large natural (karst landscapes of the Czestochowa Upland, numerous forests, nature reserves) and cultural (Saint Mary’s Sanctuary, unique urban architecture) potential. Czestochowa is also a city of former iron ore and mineral resources exploitation, still active industry, dynamic urban sprawl within former farming areas, and dynamically growing tourism. Landscape delimitation and identification distinguished 75 landscape units basing on uniform landscape background (uniform cover and use of the land). Landscape assessment used a new assessment method for anthropogenic transformation of landscape – the indicator describing the correlation between the mean shape index (MSI) and the Shannon diversity index (SHDI) (Pukowiec-Kurda, Sobala 2016). Particular threats and planning suggestions, useful in development of urban areas, were presented for selected priority landscapes.
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Boboc, Nicolae, and Valentina Munteanu. "Impactul activităților umane asupra stării peisajelor geografice din bazinul hidografic Cogâlnic în anii 2004-2014." In Provocări şi tendinţe actuale în cercetarea componentelor naturale şi socio-economice ale ecosistemelor urbane şi rurale. Institute of Ecology and Geography, Republic of Moldova, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.53380/9789975891608.25.

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The high degree of land use in the Republic of Moldova as a whole, and the Cogâlnic river basin in particular, imposes the need to assess the quality of the environment and the characteristics of the anthropogenic pressure on the landscapes in temporal and spatial dynamics and to identifying an adequate of measure system for the purpose to maintain/restore the optimal structure and functioning of landscape systems. Based from the Land Cadastre on data, statistical data of population censuses, bibliographic and cartographic sources, a system, was appraised a system of indicators(of naturalness, of artificialization of landscapes, environmental changes) and quantified human pressure on the environment through agriculture and anthropogenic pressure on forest landscapes from the Cogâlnic catchment area. The values of the indices and the human pressure on the landscapes were processed using GIS techniques and elaborated cartographic models.
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Banaszek, Jarosław, Marzena Leksy, and Oimahmad Rahmonov. "The Role of Spontaneous Succession in Reclamation of Mining Waste Tip in Area of Ruda Slaska City." In Environmental Engineering. VGTU Technika, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/enviro.2017.098.

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Coal exploitation has produced a huge amount of mining waste whose considerable part is being piled on the waste dumps. The analysis was carried out in the area of Ruda Slaska city. The waste dumps are located within the city limits. The spontaneous processes of succession can thus help to manage such urban landscapes in compliance with the principles of sustainable development. The majority of such territories are managed and restored. However, some areas avoid reclamation processes and instead undergo the process of spontaneous vegetation or even landscape succession. The aim of the research is first and foremost to characterize the spontaneous succession of vegetation in terms of habitat requirements to which we include light, temperature, humidity, trophic conditions, reaction (pH), granulometric composition and plant life forms. In the second place the aim was to determine the direction of the spontaneous succession of vegetation as well as to demonstrate the usefulness of such types of research while planning the reclamation of the post-mining areas that have been deformed to suit the urban landscape. The result of the analysis showed the occurrence of 108 vascular plants in I and 60 in II waste dump. It was mostly photophilous species that prevailed on both waste dumps. They were mostly native as well as non-native species. Some species like Calamagrosits epigejos, Robinia pseudoacacia, Betula pendula have high biological productivity despite unfavorable conditions. The overgrown dumps shaped the image of the city landscape in a specific way. However, the investigation showed that the number of species on the waste dumps increases with time. The results of the research into the conditions that reign on the dumping grounds provide the basis for projects of reclaiming the post-mining sites, in particular the waste dumps, from raw material extraction, as well as demonstrate the usefulness of the spontaneous succession of plants.
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Farghaly, Yasser, Nermine Aly Hany, and Yasmin Moussa. "The Interrelationship Between Restorative Environments and Visual Preferences in University Campus Landscapes." In 4th International Conference of Contemporary Affairs in Architecture and Urbanism – Full book proceedings of ICCAUA2020, 20-21 May 2021. Alanya Hamdullah Emin Paşa University, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.38027/iccaua2021223n16.

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Educational settings are considered some of the most mentally depleting environments since they require high concentration, creativity, and efficiency. University campuses clearly portray these environments. Therefore, there is an immense need for campus settings where users can take outdoor breaks to restore and redirect their attention. Well-designed outdoor landscapes can have restorative effects on users, and in turn increase their concentration and overall productivity. This interdisciplinary research explores key literature on restorative concepts and visual preferences from the field of environmental psychology. It also examines the restorative campus landscape character from an urban design perspective. However, there are no coherent frameworks that correlate the three dimensions: restorative landscape design concepts, visual landscape preferences, and appropriate campus planning strategies. Therefore, the research summarizes the key literature findings, and merges the three parameters into a comprehensive assessment tool designed explicitly for university campuses. The paper concludes with a proposed tool (framework) that can provide guidelines to help landscape architects and planners to design restorative campus open spaces and recognize their insufficiencies.
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Senetra, Adam. "Research on the Dynamics of Changes in the Sight-aesthetic Quality of Rural Lake District Landscapes in the Aspect of Implementing the European Landscape Convention." In Environmental Engineering. VGTU Technika, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/enviro.2017.045.

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The article presents selected methodological assumptions of developing and evaluating landscape attribute maps that could be used in the process of the implementation of the European Landscape Convention (ELC). The Convention led to the passing of the Act of 24th April 2015 on the modification of some acts due to the enhancement of landscape protection tools. Article 7 implements changes in the Act of 23rd March 2003 on spatial planning and land use management. Determining general rules for landscape auditing and defining the priority landscape are elements of the changes. On 11th September 2015, the regulations that partially carry out the recommendation of the Convention entered into force. The regulations oblige local governments to conduct landscape auditing (not less often than every 20 years). The article presents a new method for evaluating the aesthetic-scenic value of landscape (EEVL), developed by the author on the basis of conceptual works done between 2004 and 2008. Tests of this method started in 2008. Then an assessment of the aesthetic value of the municipality of Pozezdrze in the Masurian Lake District was made. The three measurements, collected in 2008, 2012 and 2016, were then used in comparing the dynamics of landscape transformations considering the aesthetic value over 8 years. The research enabled the assessment of the usefulness of the method in landscape auditing.
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Дряхлов, А. Г., and И. Г. Нестеренко. "THE USE OF LANDSCAPE APPROACH TO STUDY THE ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATION IN THE REGION OF OZ, VASKOV DURING THE STUDENT PRACTICES OF STUDENTS OF GEOGRAPHERS OF FEFU." In Геосистемы Северо-Восточной Азии. Crossref, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.35735/tig.2021.30.64.015.

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В статье обосновывается применение ландшафтного подхода как научной основы проведение учебных практик по специальности «география» Показано, что современные ландшафты – важные территориальные единицы для комплексных оценок состояние окружающей среды для выявления экологических проблем, которые выполняются во время учебных практик. The article substantiates the application of the landscape approach as a scientific basis for conducting educational practices in the specialty "geography" It is shown that modern landscapes are important territorial units for comprehensive assessments of the state of the environment to identify environmental problems that are carried out during educational practices.
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Requena-Mesa, C., M. Reichstein, M. Mahecha, B. Kraft, and J. Denzler. "Predicting Landscapes as Seen from Space from Environmental Conditions." In IGARSS 2018 - 2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. IEEE, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/igarss.2018.8519427.

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Primakov, N. B., and E. G. Tsaloeva. "THE RATIO OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS OF THE KRASNODAR REGION." In 11-я Всероссийская конференция молодых учёных и специалистов «Актуальные вопросы биологии, селекции, технологии возделывания и переработки сельскохозяйственных культур». V.S. Pustovoit All-Russian Research Institute of Oil Crops, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.25230/conf11-2021-292-294.

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The article presents the approaches aimed at optimizing the ratio of agricultural lands of the Krasnodar region. The aim of the work is to analyze the load on agricultural land in the Krasnodar region, to determine the ratio of land in agricultural landscapes, to develop measures to improve the environmental situation on agricultural land. The work studies the load on agricultural land in the administrative districts of the Krasnodar region. We identified (ranged) three zones with different degrees of anthropogenic impact. We presented a set of measures aimed at improving the environmental situation in the agricultural landscapes of the region. The choice of a system of measures will depend on the load on the agricultural landscape.
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Baranoski, Gladimir V. G., and Bradley W. Kimmel. "Can porosity affect the hyperspectral signature of sandy landscapes?" In Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications, edited by Ulrich Michel and Karsten Schulz. SPIE, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2278683.

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Dhakal, Krishna P., and Lizette R. Chevalier. "Implementing Low Impact Development in Urban Landscapes: A Policy Perspective." In World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2015. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784479162.031.

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Reports on the topic "Environmental landscapes"

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Duguma, Lalisa, Judith Nzyoka, Clement A. Okia, Cathy Watson, and Charles Ariani. Restocking woody biomass to reduce social and environmental pressures in refugee-hosting landscapes: Perspectives from Northwest Uganda. World Agroforestry Centre, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.5716/wp19032.pdf.

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Phuong, Vu Tan, Nguyen Van Truong, Do Trong Hoan, Hoang Nguyen Viet Hoa, and Nguyen Duy Khanh. Understanding tree-cover transitions, drivers and stakeholders’ perspectives for effective landscape governance: a case study of Chieng Yen Commune, Son La Province, Viet Nam. World Agroforestry, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5716/wp21023.pdf.

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Integrated landscape management for sustainable livelihoods and positive environmental outcomes has been desired by many developing countries, especially for mountainous areas where agricultural activities, if not well managed, will likely degrade vulnerable landscapes. This research was an attempt to characterize the landscape in Chieng Yen Commune, Son La Province in Northwest Viet Nam to generate knowledge and understanding of local conditions and to propose a workable governance mechanism to sustainably manage the landscape. ICRAF, together with national partners — Vietnamese Academy of Forest Sciences, Soil and Fertilizer Research Institute — and local partners — Son La Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Son La Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Chieng Yen Commune People’s Committee — conducted rapid assessments in the landscape, including land-use mapping, land-use characterization, a household survey and participatory landscape assessment using an ecosystem services framework. We found that the landscape and peoples’ livelihoods are at risk from the continuous degradation of forest and agricultural land, and declining productivity, ecosystem conditions and services. Half of households live below the poverty line with insufficient agricultural production for subsistence. Unsustainable agricultural practices and other livelihood activities are causing more damage to the forest. Meanwhile, existing forest and landscape governance mechanisms are generally not inclusive of local community engagement. Initial recommendations are provided, including further assessment to address current knowledge gaps.
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Goodbred, Jr, and Steven L. Environmental Stress and Human Migration in a Low-lying Developing Nation: A Comparison of Co-evolving Natural and Human Landscapes in the Physically and Culturally Diverse Context of Bangladesh. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, September 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada598368.

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Goodbred, Jr, and Steven L. Environmental Stress and Human Migration in a Low-lying Developing Nation: A Comparison of Co-evolving Natural and Human Landscapes in the Physically and Culturally Diverse Context of Bangladesh. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, September 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada572759.

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Phuong, Vu Tan, Nguyen Van Truong, and Do Trong Hoan. Commune-level institutional arrangements and monitoring framework for integrated tree-based landscape management. World Agroforestry, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5716/wp21024.pdf.

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Governance is a difficult task in the context of achieving landscape multifunctionality owing to the multiplicity of stakeholders, institutions, scale and ecosystem services: the ‘many-multiple’ (Cockburn et al 2018). Governing and managing the physical landscape and the actors in the landscape requires intensive knowledge and good planning systems. Land-use planning is a powerful instrument in landscape governance because it directly guides how actors will intervene in the physical landscape (land use) to gain commonly desired value. It is essential for sustaining rural landscapes and improving the livelihoods of rural communities (Bourgoin and Castella 2011, Bourgoin et al 2012, Rydin 1998), ensuring landscape multifunctionality (Nelson et al 2009, Reyers et al 2012) and enhancing efficiency in carbon sequestration, in particular (Bourgoin et al 2013, Cathcart et al 2007). It is also considered critical to the successful implementation of land-based climate mitigation, such as under Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), because the Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) sector is included in the mitigation contributions of nearly 90 percent of countries in Sub-Saharan and Southern Asia countries and in the Latin American and Caribbean regions (FAO 2016). Viet Nam has been implementing its NDC, which includes forestry and land-based mitigation options under the LULUCF sector. The contribution of the sector to committed national emission reduction is significant and cost-effective compared with other sectors. In addition to achieving emission reduction targets, implementation of forestry and land-based mitigation options has the highest benefits for social-economic development and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (MONRE 2020). Challenges, however, lie in the way national priorities and targets are translated into sub-national delivery plans and the way sub-national actors are brought together in orchestration (Hsu et al 2019) in a context where the legal framework for climate-change mitigation is elaborated at national rather than sub-national levels and coordination between government bodies and among stakeholders is generally ineffective (UNDP 2018). In many developing countries, conventional ‘top–down’, centralized land-use planning approaches have been widely practised, with very little success, a result of a lack of flexibility in adapting local peculiarities (Amler et al 1999, Ducourtieux et al 2005, Kauzeni et al 1993). In forest–agriculture mosaic landscapes, the fundamental question is how land-use planning can best conserve forest and agricultural land, both as sources of economic income and environmental services (O’Farrell and Anderson 2010). This paper provides guidance on monitoring integrated tree-based landscape management at commune level, based on the current legal framework related to natural resource management (land and forest) and the requirements of national green-growth development and assessment of land uses in two communes in Dien Bien and Son La provinces. The concept of integrated tree based landscape management in Viet Nam is still new and should be further developed for wider application across levels.
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Robbins, William G., and Donald W. Wolf. Landscape and the intermontane Northwest: an environmental history. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 1994. http://dx.doi.org/10.2737/pnw-gtr-319.

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Atkinson, Dan, and Alex Hale, eds. From Source to Sea: ScARF Marine and Maritime Panel Report. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, September 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.9750/scarf.09.2012.126.

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The main recommendations of the panel report can be summarised under four headings: 1. From Source to Sea: River systems, from their source to the sea and beyond, should form the focus for research projects, allowing the integration of all archaeological work carried out along their course. Future research should take a holistic view of the marine and maritime historic environment, from inland lakes that feed freshwater river routes, to tidal estuaries and out to the open sea. This view of the landscape/seascape encompasses a very broad range of archaeology and enables connections to be made without the restrictions of geographical or political boundaries. Research strategies, programmes From Source to Sea: ScARF Marine and Maritime Panel Report iii and projects can adopt this approach at multiple levels; from national to site-specific, with the aim of remaining holistic and cross-cutting. 2. Submerged Landscapes: The rising research profile of submerged landscapes has recently been embodied into a European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action; Submerged Prehistoric Archaeology and Landscapes of the Continental Shelf (SPLASHCOS), with exciting proposals for future research. Future work needs to be integrated with wider initiatives such as this on an international scale. Recent projects have begun to demonstrate the research potential for submerged landscapes in and beyond Scotland, as well as the need to collaborate with industrial partners, in order that commercially-created datasets can be accessed and used. More data is required in order to fully model the changing coastline around Scotland and develop predictive models of site survival. Such work is crucial to understanding life in early prehistoric Scotland, and how the earliest communities responded to a changing environment. 3. Marine & Maritime Historic Landscapes: Scotland’s coastal and intertidal zones and maritime hinterland encompass in-shore islands, trans-continental shipping lanes, ports and harbours, and transport infrastructure to intertidal fish-traps, and define understanding and conceptualisation of the liminal zone between the land and the sea. Due to the pervasive nature of the Marine and Maritime historic landscape, a holistic approach should be taken that incorporates evidence from a variety of sources including commercial and research archaeology, local and national societies, off-shore and onshore commercial development; and including studies derived from, but not limited to history, ethnology, cultural studies, folklore and architecture and involving a wide range of recording techniques ranging from photography, laser imaging, and sonar survey through to more orthodox drawn survey and excavation. 4. Collaboration: As is implicit in all the above, multi-disciplinary, collaborative, and cross-sector approaches are essential in order to ensure the capacity to meet the research challenges of the marine and maritime historic environment. There is a need for collaboration across the heritage sector and beyond, into specific areas of industry, science and the arts. Methods of communication amongst the constituent research individuals, institutions and networks should be developed, and dissemination of research results promoted. The formation of research communities, especially virtual centres of excellence, should be encouraged in order to build capacity.
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Steele, Michael. Learning About New Demands in Schools: Considering Algebra Policy Environments (LANDSCAPE). Consortium for Policy Research in Education, April 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.12698/cpre.rr86.

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Wells, Aaron, Tracy Christopherson, Gerald Frost, Matthew Macander, Susan Ives, Robert McNown, and Erin Johnson. Ecological land survey and soils inventory for Katmai National Park and Preserve, 2016–2017. National Park Service, September 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36967/nrr-2287466.

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This study was conducted to inventory, classify, and map soils and vegetation within the ecosystems of Katmai National Park and Preserve (KATM) using an ecological land survey (ELS) approach. The ecosystem classes identified in the ELS effort were mapped across the park, using an archive of Geo-graphic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS) datasets pertaining to land cover, topography, surficial geology, and glacial history. The description and mapping of the landform-vegetation-soil relationships identified in the ELS work provides tools to support the design and implementation of future field- and RS-based studies, facilitates further analysis and contextualization of existing data, and will help inform natural resource management decisions. We collected information on the geomorphic, topographic, hydrologic, pedologic, and vegetation characteristics of ecosystems using a dataset of 724 field plots, of which 407 were sampled by ABR, Inc.—Environmental Research and Services (ABR) staff in 2016–2017, and 317 were from existing, ancillary datasets. ABR field plots were located along transects that were selected using a gradient-direct sampling scheme (Austin and Heligers 1989) to collect data for the range of ecological conditions present within KATM, and to provide the data needed to interpret ecosystem and soils development. The field plot dataset encompassed all of the major environmental gradients and landscape histories present in KATM. Individual state-factors (e.g., soil pH, slope aspect) and other ecosystem components (e.g., geomorphic unit, vegetation species composition and structure) were measured or categorized using standard classification systems developed for Alaska. We described and analyzed the hierarchical relationships among the ecosystem components to classify 92 Plot Ecotypes (local-scale ecosystems) that best partitioned the variation in soils, vegetation, and disturbance properties observed at the field plots. From the 92 Plot Ecotypes, we developed classifications of Map Ecotypes and Disturbance Landscapes that could be mapped across the park. Additionally, using an existing surficial geology map for KATM, we developed a map of Generalized Soil Texture by aggregating similar surficial geology classes into a reduced set of classes representing the predominant soil textures in each. We then intersected the Ecotype map with the General-ized Soil Texture Map in a GIS and aggregated combinations of Map Ecotypes with similar soils to derive and map Soil Landscapes and Soil Great Groups. The classification of Great Groups captures information on the soil as a whole, as opposed to the subgroup classification which focuses on the properties of specific horizons (Soil Survey Staff 1999). Of the 724 plots included in the Ecotype analysis, sufficient soils data for classifying soil subgroups was available for 467 plots. Soils from 8 orders of soil taxonomy were encountered during the field sampling: Alfisols (<1% of the mapped area), Andisols (3%), Entisols (45%), Gelisols (<1%), Histosols (12%), Inceptisols (22%), Mollisols (<1%), and Spodosols (16%). Within these 8 Soil Orders, field plots corresponded to a total of 74 Soil Subgroups, the most common of which were Typic Cryaquents, Typic Cryorthents, Histic Cryaquepts, Vitrandic Cryorthents, and Typic Cryofluvents.
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Schulte-Moore, Lisa A., Richard B. Hall, Kenneth J. Moore, Emily A. Heaton, Arne Hallam, Theodore P. Gunther, and Robert Manatt. Agronomic, Environmental, and Economic Performance of Alternative Biomass Cropping Systems (The Landscape Biomass Project). Ames: Iowa State University, Digital Repository, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.31274/farmprogressreports-180814-1870.

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