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  • Is research keeping up with changes in Landscape Policy? A review of the literature.
    Journal of environmental management, 2011
    Co-Authors: Elisabeth Conrad, Michael Christie, Ioan Fazey
    Abstract:

    Several innovative directions for Landscape Policy development and implementation have emerged over recent years. These include: (i) an expansion of scope to include all Landscape aspects and Landscape types, (ii) an increased emphasis on public participation, (iii) a focus on designing measures appropriate for different contexts and scales, and (iv) encouraging support for capacity-building. In this paper, we evaluate the extent to which these Policy directions are reflected in the practice of academic Landscape research. We evaluate all research papers published in three leading Landscape journals over six years, as well as published research papers relating directly to the European Landscape Convention. The latter, which was adopted in 2000, establishes a framework for Landscape protection, planning and management in Europe and is to date the only international legal instrument of its kind. Results indicate that whilst Policy innovations do not appear to be a major stimulus for academic research, studies nevertheless address a range of Landscape aspects, types and scales (albeit with a slight bias towards bio-physical Landscape aspects). However, geographical representativeness of research is weak and dominated by the United States and northern/western Europe, and research capacity likewise appears to be unevenly distributed. Landscape research is also limited in the extent to which it involves stakeholders or develops innovative methods for doing so, notwithstanding that this remains a key challenge for Policy-makers. Results point to the potential for Landscape research to address areas (topical and geographical) which have received little attention to date, as well as suggesting mutual benefits of stronger links between Policy and academia.

  • Rhetoric and Reporting of Public Participation in Landscape Policy
    Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 2011
    Co-Authors: Elisabeth Conrad, Louis F. Cassar, Michael Jones, Sebastian Eiter, Zita Izaovicova, Zuzana Barankova, Michael Christie, Ioan Fazey
    Abstract:

    The involvement of the public in decision-making is established as a key feature of many planning policies. However, there is evidence from the literature of a prevailing gap between participation rhetoric on paper and participation at the operational level. We assess whether this is also the case with Landscape Policy and review Landscape characterization and assessment initiatives in England, Norway, Slovakia and Malta, focusing on five dimensions of good practice: (i) scope of public participation, (ii) representativeness of those involved, (iii) timeliness of public involvement, (iv) extent to which participation is rendered comfortable and convenient for the public, and (v) eventual influence of public input on decisions. Reviewed reporting results indicate weaknesses in the implementation of public participation, with public involvement largely limited to consultation, with few efforts to ensure representativeness of participants, with predominantly late involvement of the public, and with limited i...

Hans Ekvall - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Elisabeth Conrad - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Is research keeping up with changes in Landscape Policy? A review of the literature.
    Journal of environmental management, 2011
    Co-Authors: Elisabeth Conrad, Michael Christie, Ioan Fazey
    Abstract:

    Several innovative directions for Landscape Policy development and implementation have emerged over recent years. These include: (i) an expansion of scope to include all Landscape aspects and Landscape types, (ii) an increased emphasis on public participation, (iii) a focus on designing measures appropriate for different contexts and scales, and (iv) encouraging support for capacity-building. In this paper, we evaluate the extent to which these Policy directions are reflected in the practice of academic Landscape research. We evaluate all research papers published in three leading Landscape journals over six years, as well as published research papers relating directly to the European Landscape Convention. The latter, which was adopted in 2000, establishes a framework for Landscape protection, planning and management in Europe and is to date the only international legal instrument of its kind. Results indicate that whilst Policy innovations do not appear to be a major stimulus for academic research, studies nevertheless address a range of Landscape aspects, types and scales (albeit with a slight bias towards bio-physical Landscape aspects). However, geographical representativeness of research is weak and dominated by the United States and northern/western Europe, and research capacity likewise appears to be unevenly distributed. Landscape research is also limited in the extent to which it involves stakeholders or develops innovative methods for doing so, notwithstanding that this remains a key challenge for Policy-makers. Results point to the potential for Landscape research to address areas (topical and geographical) which have received little attention to date, as well as suggesting mutual benefits of stronger links between Policy and academia.

  • Rhetoric and Reporting of Public Participation in Landscape Policy
    Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 2011
    Co-Authors: Elisabeth Conrad, Louis F. Cassar, Michael Jones, Sebastian Eiter, Zita Izaovicova, Zuzana Barankova, Michael Christie, Ioan Fazey
    Abstract:

    The involvement of the public in decision-making is established as a key feature of many planning policies. However, there is evidence from the literature of a prevailing gap between participation rhetoric on paper and participation at the operational level. We assess whether this is also the case with Landscape Policy and review Landscape characterization and assessment initiatives in England, Norway, Slovakia and Malta, focusing on five dimensions of good practice: (i) scope of public participation, (ii) representativeness of those involved, (iii) timeliness of public involvement, (iv) extent to which participation is rendered comfortable and convenient for the public, and (v) eventual influence of public input on decisions. Reviewed reporting results indicate weaknesses in the implementation of public participation, with public involvement largely limited to consultation, with few efforts to ensure representativeness of participants, with predominantly late involvement of the public, and with limited i...

Simon Swaffield - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Science for action at the local Landscape scale
    Landscape Ecology, 2013
    Co-Authors: Paul Opdam, Joan Iverson Nassauer, Zhifang Wang, Christian Albert, Gary Bentrup, Jean-christophe Castella, Clive Mcalpine, Jianguo Liu, Stephen R.j. Sheppard, Simon Swaffield
    Abstract:

    For Landscape ecology to produce knowl- edge relevant to society, it must include considerations of human culture and behavior, extending beyond the natural sciences to synthesize with many other disci- plines. Furthermore, it needs to be able to support Landscape change processes which increasingly take the shape of deliberative and collaborative decision making by local stakeholder groups. Landscape ecol- ogy as described by Wu (Landscape Ecol 28:1-11, 2013) therefore needs three additional topics of investigation: (1) the local Landscape as a boundary object that builds communication among disciplines and between science and local communities, (2) iterative and collaborative methods for generating transdisciplinary approaches to sustainable change, and (3) the effect of scientific knowledge and tools on local Landscape Policy and Landscape change. Collec- tively, these topics could empower Landscape ecology to be a science for action at the local scale.

  • guiding rural Landscape change
    Applied Geography, 2013
    Co-Authors: Jorgen Primdahl, Lone Soderkvist Kristensen, Simon Swaffield
    Abstract:

    Abstract Public Policy interventions concerning rural Landscapes have grown significantly in recent decades in many developed countries and internationally, in response to a range of imperatives. These include concern for declining biodiversity, heritage and social wellbeing in the face of urbanisation, and structural change in rural economies involving both agricultural intensification and extensification. The public Policy response has been a fragmented array of measures, both horizontally (across Policy sectors) and vertically (across political-administrative-organisational levels). Against this background, rural Landscape Policy approaches are analysed in respect to their instrumentality and spatial logic, informed by Hagerstrand's concepts of territorial and spatial competence. A framework for local Policy making and Policy integration inspired by Landscape strategy making approaches is presented and illustrated through four Danish experiments in rural Landscapes of various scale and with different Policy issues. Results suggest that Landscape strategy making represents a promising way to improve Policy integration in rural contexts but research is needed to find suitable ways to engage large scale intensive farming with the community based process.

Göran Bostedt - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

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