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- Hungarian Journal for Landscape Ecology
- The New Dimensions of the European Landscapes
- Landscape Ecology: a widening Foundation
- Mosaico Territorial para la Region Metropolitana de Barcelona
Hungarian Journal for Landscape Ecology “Tájökológiai Lapok”
Since 2003 there is a Hungarian Journal of Landscape Ecology. It
publishes papers in Hungarian with English summaries as well as English
papers interesting for Landscape Ecology in Hungary. The journal also
publishes abstracts and scientific papers related to conferences.
Editor in Chief: Attila Barczi and Károly Penska
Web address:
http://www.mkk.szie.hu/~centeri/lapok.html
e-mail: centeri.csaba@kti.szie.hu
One issue of the journal costs € 8,00
The New Dimensions of the European Landscapes
Series: Wageningen UR Frontis Series, Vol. 4 Jongman, R.H.G (Ed.) 2005,
Approx. 270 p., 85 illus., 4 in color., Softcover
ISBN: 1-4020-2910-1
Price: 55,00 €
This Frontis Publication is based on the workshop on the New Dimensions of the European Landscape that was held in Wageningen on 10-12 June 2002. The workshop was aiming to develop visions on the landscape in Europe, its development and design in the future and to strengthen the international network in landscape planning. This book contains the majority of the contributions; only a few have not been included due to various reasons.
The European Landscape is under stress of globalization, the disappearance of the iron curtain and the recent EU enlargement to 25 countries. The European landscapes as we know them now are facing huge changes. The rural and cultural heritage of Europe has to be adapted to the new situation, but it is also worth to be conserved as it represents the European history in the same way as castles and churches.
It cannot be prevented that Europe adapts to the new dimensions of the world. We, in Europe, have to define what we think is important, what must be conserved and what can be adapted to be used for new functions. In this workshop no final answers have been given, but the various aspects have been discussed and new roads are presented. One thing is agreed: education is needed to teach the urban dweller his or her rural past. That is the basis for the rural economy and the persistence of the cultural landscape.
Landscape Ecology: a widening Foundation
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Author: Vittorio Ingegnoli Publisher Springer http://www.springeronline.com
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Table of contents:
Foreword by Richard T.T. Forman.
Part I
Part II: Landscape Methodologies and Applications: Landscape Analysis; Evaluation of the Components of the Landscape; Diagnosis of the State of the Landscape; Landscape Ecology and Sustainability; Landscape Ecology and Conservation Biology; Landscape Ecology and Environmental Design; Landscape Ecology and Territorial Planning; Case Studies of Landscape Ecology Applications (Italia: Trentino, Friuli, Lombardy, Calabria; Africa: Burkina-Faso; India; Japan; USA: Rocky Mountains; Mediterranean, Subalpine and Rhine Landscape Systems).
About this book:
The urgent need for a sustainable environment has resulted in the
increased recognition of the field of landscape ecology amongst policy
makers working in the area of nature conservation, restiration and
territirial planning. Nonetheless, the question of what is precisely meant
by the term landscape ecology is still unresolved. This book develops a
foundation for the discipline. It provides all the diverse aplications of
the discipline with a solid framework and proposes an effective diagnostic
methodology to investigate the ecological state an the pathologies of the
landscape.
Written for: Scientific ecologists, urban planners, environmental consulting offices and agencies, researchers, graduate students
Mosaico Territorial para la Region Metropolitana de Barcelona
Author:
Richard
T.T. Forman
Editorial Gustavo Gili, Barcelona, 2004
Plan of the Ecological considerations of the future Development of Barcelona (in
Spanish)
"A new point of departure
for territorial thought. "
"These proposals ... integrate the protection of natural values with the
needs of development and the demands of the quality of people's lives. This
integrative characteristic, using the logic of a systematic vision that
recognizes existing connections among the natural web, the socio-cultural
network and economics, must be the new point of departure ...”
(Jaume Terradas, Professor and Founding Director, Centre
of Ecology Research and Forestry Applications, Universitat Autonoma de
Barcelona
"An ecological model,
accessible for the planner and architect, that provides a set of indispensable
tools for an urban landscape project. "
"Principally, the guidelines play out in three spheres.
The first consists of a selective list of mosaic pieces, that is, the
elements that the author considers fundamental for the ecological equilibrium of
the system, with protection measures to palliate their progressive deterioration.
The second constitutes a series of usage standards for providing adequate
resources, which, even if apparently innocuous, can have great effect on
improving the overall functioning of the region. Third, it is evident that the
proposal does not avoid tough issues; it pinpoints places that, for their
attributes and location in the system, are more appropriate for human uses, and
those which, therefore, would be more suitable for locating installations with
major environmental impact. "
"In short, the proposal of Richard T T Forman recognizes the anxieties over
the state of the region and offers us an optimistic vision for the future.
"
(Josep A. Acebillo, Director of Barcelona Regional, Chief Architect of the City
of Barcelona, and Dean, Mendrisio-Universita de Lugano, Switzerland )
Available through:
Editorial Gustavo GIU, SA Barcelona 08029, Spain Rossello, 87-89 Fax
34-93-322-9205 Tel. 34-93-322-8161 Info@ggili.com,
http://www.ggili.com
Mexico, Naucalpan 53050 Valle de Bravo, 21 [Tel. 55 60 60 11)
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ISBN: 84-252-1971-x 150 pages, 28
maps, 8 figures 26 x 26 cm, paperback, Espanol Price: € 28.85 +20 euros
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(For USA: Ordering at Barnes & Noble, with its Spanish- language distributors, may be most efficient; http://www.barnesandnoble.com
