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State-of-the-Art on Landscape Research—An Interdisciplinary Approach

A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 May 2023) | Viewed by 13598

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Adam Senetra

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Institute of Spatial Management and Geography, Faculty of Geoengineering, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
Interests: geography; land management; landscape; forestry; green spaces, geographic information systems; point valuation; real estate market; spatial analysis; tourism and recreation
Dr. Darijus Veteikis

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Department of Geography and Land Management, Institute of Geosciences, Faculty of Chemistry and Geosciences, Vilnius university, M. K. Ciurlionio Str. 21/27, 03101 Vilnius, Lithuania
Interests: landscape geography; ecosystem services; land use change; landscape hemeroby; anthropogenic landscapes; technosphere; landscape planning
Dr. Katarína Kristiánová

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Institute of Urban Design and Urban Planning, Faculty of Architecture, Slovak University of Technology, 811 07 Bratislava, Slovakia
Interests: landscape architecture; landscape planning; urban development; spatial planning; cultural landscapes; landscape change; sustainability

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Landscape, as the most complex contemporary conceptualization of our living environment, is a subject for research in many disciplines of science and humanities, such as geography, ecology, biology, and architecture. Each discipline presents the concept of landscape differently, thereby becoming a platform for studying its structure and evolution processes. Landscape is constantly changing under the influence of natural forces and as a result of human activity. Anthropogenic transformations of landscape systems can result both from planned and spontaneous processes. Registering and understanding this accumulating complexity is a prerequisite for sustainable spatial planning, balancing both economic interests with the preservation of biological diversity. Thus, alongside the multiple theoretical concepts richly represented in scientific literature, landscape becomes an extremely important issue as a platform for planned activities, invoking the demand for studies in applied research. The interdisciplinary nature of landscape studies calls for the attitudes of cooperation between different schools of landscape.

The aim of the upcoming Special Issue is to create a platform for discussing and expressing interdisciplinary approaches to cope with landscape classification, evolution, valuation, modeling/design, forms of use as well as its protection, planning and spatial development. We expect both suggestions for methodological solutions and sharing examples of good practices through the inclusion of different scientific and participatory approaches. Research on landscapes in terms of urbanization as well as research focused on rural areas is also of interest. Research related to the perceptions of multisensory landscape (perceived through sound, hearing, smell, touch, genius loci) as well as studies on sight-aesthetic value and underwater landscape are also welcome. In spite of the wide range of invited topics, the uniting thread of the Special Issue will remain, ultimately resulting in a collection focused on essential theoretical and practical knowledge of landscape and its status and development through acknowledgment and mastering of the unfolding variety of approaches.

Dr. Adam Senetra
Dr. Darijus Veteikis
Dr. Katarina Kristianova
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Land is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

 

Keywords

  • landscape
  • landscape classification
  • valuation/assessment
  • evolution
  • spatial planning and development
  • landscape design
  • sight-aesthetic value
  • multisensory
  • underwater landscape

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The Role of Modeling Landscape Values by Harmonizing Conservation and Development Requirements
by Dora Tomić Reljić, Ines Hrdalo, Monika Kamenečki, Petra Pereković and Sonja Butula
Land 2023, 12(1), 250; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12010250 - 13 Jan 2023
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This paper investigated the need for the inquiry of landscape values and public participation within the decision-making process on spatial changes. They are taken into account as an important segment in the harmonization of conservation and development requirements in the planning of sustainable [...] Read more.
This paper investigated the need for the inquiry of landscape values and public participation within the decision-making process on spatial changes. They are taken into account as an important segment in the harmonization of conservation and development requirements in the planning of sustainable spatial development. The method for obtaining that information was established, and new approaches in landscape research were tested through the perception of its values as the first step to solving the conflicts between spatial conservation and development. Through the research of the experiences and theoretical knowledge on the nature protection issues within the spatial planning context, this paper indicated the need for determination of the effectiveness of the standardization approach to nature protection. Also, it emphasized the importance of testing a possible application of new approaches, which would be based on a mutually agreed approach to the protection and development of space. Modeling the landscape qualities of the space was presented as a basic tool within the presentation methodology and within the inclusion of different public segments in the spatial planning procedure. Its usefulness has been shown in the possibility of preparing the cartographic presentation of the harmonized model, which simultaneously includes the opinions of all relevant groups and can be easily implemented in the planning procedure using the GIS tools before decision-making. This paper pointed out that such an approach contributes to solving the practical problems in the protection of landscape qualities that represent public good and the link between nature and culture, and biophysical, perceptional, social, and developmental elements within the space. Full article
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Perspectives of Post-Industrial Towns and Landscape in Eastern Slovakia—Case Study Strážske
by Romana Hajduková and Alžbeta Sopirová
Land 2022, 11(7), 1114; https://doi.org/10.3390/land11071114 - 20 Jul 2022
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This study examines the impact of socialist industrialisation from the 1950s to 1989 and deindustrialisation from 1989 on urban development and landscape transformation in Strážske—the former centre of the chemical industry in Eastern Slovakia. We focus on contemporary challenges: the emergence of brownfields, [...] Read more.
This study examines the impact of socialist industrialisation from the 1950s to 1989 and deindustrialisation from 1989 on urban development and landscape transformation in Strážske—the former centre of the chemical industry in Eastern Slovakia. We focus on contemporary challenges: the emergence of brownfields, environmental burdens, and urban shrinkage, to propose strategies for creating a sustainable and resilient shrinking town of Strážske. We have divided the methods and results into two sections: the first is the mapping of urban and landscape development, brownfields, and environmental burdens, and the second is the proposal of perspective strategies for brownfield redevelopment. The study combines morphological research, field survey, data analysis and literature review. The results confirmed that socialist industrialisation was a determining factor in urban growth and landscape transformation, as well as the negative impact of chemical production on the environment and the emergence of brownfields. In the second stage of results, four proposed scenarios are portraying the possible strategies for brownfield redevelopment regarding sustainability and resilience. The results can serve as a non-binding spatial planning document for the local government of Strážske. However, especially for shrinking cities, it is necessary to create a systematic legislative and financial support system from the state, as well as a change in spatial planning legislative and methodology. Full article
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Mining Educational Trail in Slovakia
by Ľubica Ilkovičová and Ján Ilkovič
Land 2022, 11(6), 936; https://doi.org/10.3390/land11060936 - 17 Jun 2022
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Mining was part of the development of industrial society and a driving force of technological education and economic growth of the region. After mining ceased, many mining sites and their surrounding areas found themselves in a state of insecurity. Mining in Slovakia has [...] Read more.
Mining was part of the development of industrial society and a driving force of technological education and economic growth of the region. After mining ceased, many mining sites and their surrounding areas found themselves in a state of insecurity. Mining in Slovakia has had a long and rich history in the mountainous regions (e.g., Spiš, Gemer, a well-known area around Banská Štiavnica). This research is focused on the potential of the marginal mining areas Markušovce, Rudňany Poráč in the Spiš region and is oriented towards linking mining, landscape and tourism. The main analytical and synthetic research methods were supported by field research and participatory methods with a questionnaire and emotional maps. The results obtained were used in an alternative solution for eco-park case studies. The research results are operational trail models of geotourism. Further research results are concepts of eco-geoparks, which were based on the evaluation of case studies. In terms of landscape design, concepts have been specified in which landscape design dominates. Mining traces are an inseparable part of the landscape. Mining has brought its benefits but also its negatives. How do we deal with this heritage? This research responds that landscape revitalization, the development of educational tourism and the creation of a diverse environment is one of the good ways. Full article
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Curonian Spit Coastal Dunes Landscape: Climate Driven Change Calls for the Management Optimization
by Rasa Šimanauskienė, Rita Linkevičienė, Ramūnas Povilanskas, Jonas Satkūnas, Darijus Veteikis, Aldona Baubinienė and Julius Taminskas
Land 2022, 11(6), 877; https://doi.org/10.3390/land11060877 - 09 Jun 2022
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On the Curonian Spit, the leading conservation issue is an opposition between the two contrasting nature-management principles—anthropocentricity and biocentricity. Land managers still waver between the two options, and the worst-case scenario materializes as a rapid proliferation of vegetation to the accumulative sandplain (palve). [...] Read more.
On the Curonian Spit, the leading conservation issue is an opposition between the two contrasting nature-management principles—anthropocentricity and biocentricity. Land managers still waver between the two options, and the worst-case scenario materializes as a rapid proliferation of vegetation to the accumulative sandplain (palve). It results in the decline of sand drift to the mobile dunes. This article aims to examine how climate change affects the coastal dune landscape and to identify current dune protection and management priorities. The analysis of hydroclimatic changes; succession patterns in forest, herbaceous, and open-sand ecosystems; and phenological-based evaluation (NDVI from MODIS, 2000–2020), influencing possible management directions, were carried out in this study. The results show the significant hydro-climatic changes (air temperature, precipitation, and sea level) occurring over the last thirty years. They influence the prevailing overgrowth trends in recent decades, especially in herbaceous ecosystems. Therefore, if the EU’s priority habitat—open-sand ecosystems—is to be preserved, the main policy recommendation is to apply adequate management tools such as grazing, and to pay more attention to the aesthetic ecosystem services of the mobile dunes parallel to biodiversity conservation. Full article
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Transformation of Green Areas in Central Squares after Revitalization: Evidence from Cittaslow Towns in Northeast Poland
by Agnieszka Jaszczak, Ewelina Pochodyła and Beata Płoszaj-Witkowska
Land 2022, 11(4), 470; https://doi.org/10.3390/land11040470 - 25 Mar 2022
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In recent years, unfavorable changes in the development of city squares can be observed in Poland due to poorly conducted revitalization. These changes include, among others, the elimination of greenery or its significant reduction and the introduction of impervious surfaces to the places [...] Read more.
In recent years, unfavorable changes in the development of city squares can be observed in Poland due to poorly conducted revitalization. These changes include, among others, the elimination of greenery or its significant reduction and the introduction of impervious surfaces to the places formerly designated by forms of greenery. This article highlights the need to redesign the central squares in small towns as part of their revitalization, including three levels of approach: functional, ecological, and aesthetic. The research aimed to analyze the degree of changes in the development of green areas in central squares due to the implementation of revitalization projects. Central squares in four selected towns of Cittaslow from the Warmia and Mazury region (northeastern Poland) were selected as the research area. The methods of comparative analysis were used, considering the comparison of functions, space, and composition, as well as the “research by design” method, which was adopted. A comparative analysis of changes in the arrangement of squares and analysis of changes in greenery structure was performed. The results showed that, in two examples, the changes related to removing greenery from the squares were not on a large scale due to the compensation with new forms. However, the vegetation was removed in two squares without introducing new forms or compensating for the greenery to a minimum extent. This allowed us to answer whether the structure and various forms submitted in the greenery projects in the squares, so-called landscape architecture objects, correspond to the current ecological design requirements. From the perspective of landscape architecture and ecological design, it was positive to introduce a diversified vegetation structure and supplement it with medium and tall forms, as evidenced by the development of the square in Biskupiec. However, the results also showed a negative aspect of the revitalization conducted by removing the greenery and replacing it with an impermeable surface, for example, in the square in Bartoszyce. The final stage was to propose general guidelines for revitalizing squares and design proposals considering introducing plant forms in the squares in the four analyzed towns. Full article
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Urban Scene Protection and Unconventional Practices—Contemporary Landscapes in World Heritage Cities of Spain
by Juan A. García-Esparza
Land 2022, 11(3), 324; https://doi.org/10.3390/land11030324 - 23 Feb 2022
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This paper theoretically examines the extent to which visual perception has excluded alternative forms of culture in World Heritage cities and towns in Spain. To do so, an initial review is carried out of the UNESCO framework and criteria which establishes the outstanding [...] Read more.
This paper theoretically examines the extent to which visual perception has excluded alternative forms of culture in World Heritage cities and towns in Spain. To do so, an initial review is carried out of the UNESCO framework and criteria which establishes the outstanding universal value of Spanish cities and towns. This is followed by a review of minor concepts such as informality and creativity, which are related to alternative conceptions of culture and heritage. Thirdly, a review of the literature provides an overview of the appraisal of the social value in the heritage realm. This is achieved through the Historic Urban Landscape approach, which is adapted to specific forms of local appraisal. An analysis of policy helps explain the need to review principles of protection in terms of ethical evaluations. The analysis shows that outdated policies clash with contemporary assessment and participatory methods of heritage-making. Full article
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