Landscape Interfaces: Cultural Heritage in Changing Landscapes

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This work contributes to the relatively extensive study of landscapes by exploring the interfaces in the landscape. Instead of taking the viewpoint of some of the disciplines the authors try to map the links between them, indicating points for common understanding and co-operation. These interfaces happen between different cultures, between natural and human sciences, past and present, lay people and experts, time and space, preservation and use, ecology and semiosis. The book compares how different cultures interpret landscapes, how cultural values are assessed, explores new tools for assessment, picks up the discussion about landscape authenticity, and finally draws perspectives for further research. It is not a textbook on its own, rather it is additional reading for any course dealing with landscapes on advanced levels, for geographers, landscape ecologists, landscape architects and everybody concerned with landscapes.