The New Dimensions of the European Landscapes (Paperback)

Status and socio-economic trends.- European agricultural landscapes supply and demand: implications of agricultural policy reform.- Planning for the local food system in the United States.- Agriculture in the Northwest-European Delta Metropolis.- Cultural landscapes, planning and policy.- Culture and nature versus culture or nature.- Rural-urban conflicts and opportunities.- Barriers and bridges to sustaining cultural landscapes.- Landscape management decisions and public-policy interventions.- Multifunctional landscapes.- Changing landscapes in Northeastern Europe based on examples from Baltic countries.- Multifunctionality in Mediterranean landscapes - past and future.- Alpine farming in Austria, for nature, culture or economic need?.- Landscape linkages and biodiversity in European landscapes.- Perspectives.- Is there a future for cultural landscapes?.- Driving forces behind landscape transformation in Europe, from a conceptual approach to policy options.- A landscape-ecological appraisal of the diversity and relevance of cultural landscapes.- Landscape-indicator development: steps towards a European approach.- Discussion and conclusions.