| Description |
Follows the development of the several threads of the concept of landscape as they have evolved across disciplines and across countries, leading to the European Landscape Convention, and the designation of Cultural Landscapes as World Heritage Sites.
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| Key Features |
| Author(s) | Peter J. Howard |
| Publisher | Ashgate Publishing Group |
| Date of Publication | 23/11/2011 |
| Language | English |
| Format | Hardback |
| ISBN-10 | 140940384X |
| ISBN-13 | 9781409403845 |
| Subject | Environment & Planning |
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| Publication Data |
| Place of Publication | Aldershot |
| Country of Publication | United Kingdom |
| Imprint | Ashgate Publishing Limited |
| Content Note | includes c. 79 b&w illustrations |
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| Dimensions |
| Width | 172 mm |
| Height | 244 mm |
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| Description |
| Table Of Contents | Preface; Introduction; Part I: Landscape as culture; Landscape as picture; Landscape as scale; Europe as round table; Landscapes of the other senses.; Part 2: Landscape as a common heritage; Our personal landscapes; Nationality; Class; Insiders and e; Our personal landscapes; Nationality; Class; Insiders and experts; Whose landscape when?; Where is this place?; Part 3: Protecting landscapes; Managing landscape; Enhancing the landscape; Trends for the future; Index. |
| Author Biography | Peter Howard is a geographer who studied at Newcastle and later at Exeter. He taught landscape ideas to students of art and design, and later ran degree courses in landscape and heritage, at Plymouth University. He is now Visiting Professor of Cultural Landscapes at Bournemouth, and is editor of the Landscape Research journal. |
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