scholarly journals Transferring Landscape Character Assessment from the UK to the Eastern Mediterranean: Challenges and Perspectives

Land ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey Griffiths
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Character Assessment ◽  
Landscape Character ◽  
The Uk

scholarly journals Perceptive approaches to the morphological characterization of the urban contour: The case of the peri-urban landscape of Madrid

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rocío Santo-Tomás Muro ◽  
Eva Juana Rodríguez Romero ◽  
Carlota Sáenz de Tejada Granados
Keyword(s):  
Urban Form ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Morphological Characterization ◽  
Urban Morphology ◽  
Graphic Analysis ◽  
Character Assessment ◽  
Landscape Character ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The City

Perceptive approaches to the morphological characterization of the urban contour: The case of the peri-urban landscape of Madrid Eva J. Rodríguez Romero¹, Carlota Sáenz de Tejada Granados², Rocío Santo-Tomás Muro3 1, 2,3 Departamento de Arquitectura y Diseño. Universidad CEU San Pablo. Escuela Politécnica Superior, Campus de Montepríncipe. 28668 Boadilla del Monte, Madrid. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Keywords: perceptive analysis, proximity landscape, landscape character, urban form, Madrid Conference topics and scale: Tools of analysis in urban morphology     A growing city adapts and transforms the pre-existing topography, and with its urban fabric defines an ever-changing contour throughout history; this contour is not a clear line, but rather a fringe, where city and countryside meet and create occupancy systems that are crucial to comprehend the evolution of the urban form. We can consider this fringe as ‘proximity’ landscapes: landscapes that are perceived when the city is either a destination or a point of departure. The vision from afar, or when progressively approaching the city, provides both locals and tourists with certain landscape and architectural aspects that should be studied, preserved and valued for their ability to generate meaningful spaces. In this communication we study the surrounding landscapes of Madrid by means of a Landscape Character Assessment, within the framework of the project ‘Proximity landscapes of the city of Madrid. From the 19thC to the present’ currently in process. Combining graphic analysis of historical cartography at a metropolitan scale with perceptive analysis techniques, special attention is drawn to certain axes and significant lookouts of the city, mapping them and evaluating their visual basins. This characterization leads to distinguishing three main landscape types surrounding Madrid, according to physical, natural and anthropogenic structures: one predominantly natural, one mainly industrial and service-related, and a third one with special historical relevance.   References Council of Europe (2000) European Landscape Convention (COE, Florence). Cruz, L., Español, I. (2009) El paisaje. De la percepción a la gestión (Liteam, Madrid). Pinto, V. (coord.) (1995-2001) Madrid. Atlas Histórico de la Ciudad, Vol.1-Vol.2 (Lunwerg Editors and Fundación Caja Madrid, Madrid). Rodríguez, E.J. (2011) ‘Naturaleza y ciudad: el paisaje de Madrid visto por los extranjeros’, in Cabañas, M., López-Yarto, A. & Rincón, W. (ed.), El arte y el viaje (CSIC, Madrid) 321-337. Terán, F. (2006) En torno a Madrid. Génesis espacial de una región urbana (Autonomous Community of Madrid, Madrid). Tudor, C. (2014) An Approach to Landscape Character Assessment (Natural England, Government of the UK).

Travelling in the eastern Mediterranean with landscape character assessment

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Abu Jaber ◽  
Y. Abunnasr ◽  
A. Abu Yahya ◽  
N. Boulad ◽  
O. Christou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Character Assessment ◽  
Landscape Character

scholarly journals Landscape typology in Czechia and abroad: State of the art, methods and theoretical basis

Geografie ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 112 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-83
Author(s):  
Zdeněk Lipský ◽  
Dušan Romportl
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Human Impacts ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Intensive Agriculture ◽  
European Landscape Convention ◽  
Character Assessment ◽  
Landscape Character

The main goal of this paper is to introduce the importance of landscape typology in present times when many landscapes are exposed to dynamic human impacts such as land use changes, urbanization, intensive agriculture, forestry or industrialization. Different approaches to landscape typology in Czechia and other European countries as well as relations of landscape typology to landscape character assessment and the European Landscape Convention are discussed. A requirement of a new exact and applicable landscape typology is a great challenge for Czech geographers.

Chapter 4 Landslide and slope stability hazard in the UK

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Mark Lee ◽  
David Peter Giles
Keyword(s):  
Slope Stability ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Climatic Changes ◽  
Conservation Value ◽  
Numerous Case ◽  
Landscape Character ◽  
The Uk

AbstractWith its rich lithological variation, upland, lowland and coastal settings, and past climatic changes, the UK presents a wide variety of landslide features that can pose significant hazards to people, construction and infrastructure, or simply add to landscape character and conservation value of an area. This chapter describes and defines the nature and extent of this landsliding; the causes, effects and geological controls on failure; and their mitigation and stabilization. A risk-based approach to landslide management is outlined with qualitative and semi-quantitative methodologies described. Numerous case studies are presented exemplifying landslide and slope stability hazards in the UK.

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