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June 2023
WDM 4_23 Lecture | Improve the landscape through community work
8th June 2023 17.30 (CET) | Zoom Guidelines to improve the landscape through community work in neighbourhoods situated on slopes in Quito, Ecuador by Mayte Alejandra CUESTA TABARES and Bathoryne Nagy ILDIKO REKA, Doctoral School of Landscape Architecture and Landscape Ecology, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences General subject area | Landscape and community Abstract | Due to the Ecuadorian social-cultural background, community work has been always existing under the Kichwa language name of “Minga” which consists of collective work…
Find out more »UNISCAPE General Assembly 2023
The annual General Assembly meeting of UNISCAPE is organised on 16 June 2023 at 17.00 in Venice, hosted by Università IUAV. Venue: Palazzo Badoer - Aula E San Polo 2468 | Venezia Zoom Members can participate also online using Zoom (registration required): REGISTRATION LINK The meeting is open to members and observers of UNISCAPE For any inquiry about the participation please contact: info@uniscape.eu | tommaso.zanaica@uniscape.eu
Find out more »WDM 5_23 Lecture | Applying the Latin America Landscape Initiative
22th June 2023 17.30 (CET) | Zoom Applying the Latin America Landscape Initiative Principle by Martha FAJARDO, Claudia MISTELI, Lucas PERIES (LALI Network) Introduction by Daniela COLAFRANCESCHI, University of Naples “Federico II” and General subject area | landscape observatory; landscape and well-being; landscape policy and governance Abstract | “The Latin American Landscape Initiative (LALI ) is is a declaration of fundamental ethical principles to promote the recognition, valuation, protection, management, and sustainable planning of Latin American landscapes by means of…
Find out more »September 2023
WDM 6_23 Lecture | The role of community benefits in community acceptance of multifunctional solar farms
14th September 2023 17.30 (CET) | Zoom The role of community benefits in community acceptance of multifunctional solar farms in the Netherlands by Kimo VAN DEN BERG, Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University General subject area | Landscape policy and governance, landscape and community, land use planning, productive landscapes, energy landscapes. Abstract | While solar farm developments contribute to sustainable energy goals, they often have negative impacts on the landscape and face high levels of local opposition. Community benefits are a…
Find out more »October 2023
WDM 7_23 Lecture | Understanding Preferences for Rural Landscapes
12th October 2023 17.30 (CET) Understanding Preferences for Rural Landscapes by Cathal O’DONOGHUE, University of Galway, Paul KILGARRIFF, Luxembourg Institute of Socio- Economic Research, and Mary RYAN, Teagasc General subject area | Landscape preference modelling Abstract | The purpose of this study is to understand public preferences for different landscapes. Our aim was to categorise landscapes in terms of identifiable attributes and to assess the public’s preference for different types of landscape. The first part of this study undertakes a…
Find out more »November 2023
WDM 8_23 Lecture | Knowledge and landscape: Landscapes of Knowledge vs Landscapes of Oblivion
2nd November 2023 17.30 (CET) | Zoom Knowledge and landscape: Landscapes of Knowledge vs Landscapes of Oblivion by Ruth VARELA, Unidad de investigación pARQc, ETSAC, Universidade da Coruña General subject area | landscape theory Abstract | As the Greek poet Simonides of Ceos (c. 556-468 BC) empirically discovered, all our memories are associated with a place; a topos. Only forgeRng is placeless, or, in other words, every memory needs a spa,al context. In fact, there are a number of very…
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