TY - JOUR

T1 - Challenges for a shared European countryside of uncertain future

T2 - Towards a modern community-based landscape perspective

AU - Pedroli, Bas

AU - Correia, Teresa Pinto

AU - Primdahl, Jørgen

PY - 2016

Y1 - 2016

N2 - This paper addresses current changes in the highly diverse Europeanlandscape, and the way these transitions are being treated in policy andlandscape management in the fragmented, heterogeneous and dynamiccontext of today’s Europe. It appears that intersecting driving forces areincreasing the complexity of European landscapes and causing polarisingdevelopments in agricultural land use, biodiversity conservation and culturallandscape management. On the one hand, multifunctional rural landscapes,especially in peri-urban regions, provide services and functions that servethe citizens in their demand for identity, support their sense of belongingand offer opportunities for recreation and involvement in practical landscapemanagement. On the other hand, industrial agricultural production onincreasingly large farms produces food, feed, fibre and energy to serveexpanding international markets with rural liveability and accessibility asa minor issue. The intermediate areas of traditionally dominant small andfamily farms in Europe seem to be gradually declining in profitability. Thepaper discusses the potential of a governance approach that can cope withthe requirement of optimising land-sharing conditions and communitybasedlandscape development, while adapting to global market conditions

AB - This paper addresses current changes in the highly diverse Europeanlandscape, and the way these transitions are being treated in policy andlandscape management in the fragmented, heterogeneous and dynamiccontext of today’s Europe. It appears that intersecting driving forces areincreasing the complexity of European landscapes and causing polarisingdevelopments in agricultural land use, biodiversity conservation and culturallandscape management. On the one hand, multifunctional rural landscapes,especially in peri-urban regions, provide services and functions that servethe citizens in their demand for identity, support their sense of belongingand offer opportunities for recreation and involvement in practical landscapemanagement. On the other hand, industrial agricultural production onincreasingly large farms produces food, feed, fibre and energy to serveexpanding international markets with rural liveability and accessibility asa minor issue. The intermediate areas of traditionally dominant small andfamily farms in Europe seem to be gradually declining in profitability. Thepaper discusses the potential of a governance approach that can cope withthe requirement of optimising land-sharing conditions and communitybasedlandscape development, while adapting to global market conditions

KW - Landscape transition

KW - landscape diversity

KW - rural landscape

KW - multifunctionality

KW - community-based

KW - peri-urban

KW - remote

U2 - 10.1080/01426397.2016.1156072

DO - 10.1080/01426397.2016.1156072

M3 - Journal article

VL - 41

SP - 450

EP - 460

JO - Landscape Research

JF - Landscape Research

SN - 0142-6397

IS - 4

ER -