Europe’s living Landscapes. Essays exploring our identity in the countryside
Editors: B. Pedroli, A. van Doorn, G. de Blust, M.L. Paracchini, D. Wascher & F. Bunce
Publisher: KNNV Publishing (The Netherlands) in cooperation with LANDSCAPE EUROPE

Technical details: 432 pages, 23 x 27 cm, hardcover, full colour photographs and illustrations
ISBN: 978 90 5011 258 1
Price: € 49,95
 

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Landscape is one of the most fascinating assets of Europe. The great diversity in landscapes reflects a multitude of historical layers. Europe’s living landscapes, an attractive new book by KNNV Publishing, presents the story of some of the most expressive European landscapes. It explores how engagement may safeguard and improve landscape identity for the future.

Growing up in a Greek fisherman’s village gives a person a different identity than growing up in the English countryside, even in our globalised world. Our sense of belonging is largely determined by the environment in which we feel at home. Europe’s living landscapes is a tribute to this valuable contribution that landscapes make to our lives. It is a rich collection of some 25 essays on various European landscapes, ranging from the splendid baroque hunting castle of Moritzburg, with its forests where Saxon dukes and kings once hunted, to Norway’s summer pastures, and from the French cheese landscape of Saint-Nectaire to the Hungarian Great Plain.

Europe’s living landscapes also describes how this diverse European landscape is under threat by agricultural intensification, fragmentation by roads and urbanisation, or abandonment. In their essays, recognised landscape specialists focus on landscapes as they perceive them, on the practical problems they experience, and on the solutions they have found, often together with local inhabitants. They explore the identity of these landscapes, and the way it can be regained and reinforced. Each chapter focuses on a unique European region, describing its geographical features, historical functions and present characteristics. Many colourful maps and photos, as well as striking historical
photos and literary impressions, make Europe’s living landscapes an attractive book. It is meant as a source of inspiration for policy makers, landscape managers, researchers and citizens in the pursuit of sustainable living landscapes in Europe. It will appeal to the wider audience as well, providing many hours of reading pleasure, ideas for future travel, and an entirely new view on the landscapes around us.

To download the different chapters see next page.

More information about the contents: Bas Pedroli (LANDSCAPE EUROPE), This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , tel. + 31 651 493 868

How to order?
Please contact KNNV Publishing, P.O. Box 310, NL-3700 AH Zeist, tel. + 31 30 233 35 44,
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