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Restoration of Multifunctional Cultural Landscapes

Merging Tradition and Innovation for a Sustainable Future

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Authors:
  1. Stefan Zerbe

    1. Faculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, BOLZANO, Italy

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  • Timely topic in the light of UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
  • Comprehensively addresses traditional cultural landscapes and innovative land development strategies
  • Includes examples from all continents emphasizing broad international perspective

Part of the book series: Landscape Series (LAEC, volume 30)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Introduction – Traditional Cultural Landscapes in the World

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Traditional Cultural Landscapes – A Theoretical Framework

      • Stefan Zerbe
      Pages 3-17

    3. Types of Traditional Cultural Landscapes Throughout the World

      • Stefan Zerbe
      Pages 19-76

    4. What’s So Important About Traditional Cultural Landscapes?

      • Stefan Zerbe
      Pages 77-126

  3. Towards a Sustainable Balance of Urbanization, Intensification, Traditional Land Use, and Wilderness

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127
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    2. Global Land-Use Development Trends: Traditional Cultural Landscapes Under Threat

      • Stefan Zerbe
      Pages 129-199

    3. Developing a Sustainable Balance Between Urban, Rural, and Natural Landscapes on the Global Scale

      • Stefan Zerbe
      Pages 201-204

    4. Traditional Cultural Landscapes as Real Laboratories for Strong Sustainability

      • Stefan Zerbe
      Pages 205-218

  4. Traditional Cultural Landscapes on the World’s Agenda

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 219-219
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    2. National and International Initiatives for the Maintenance of Traditional Multifunctional Cultural Landscapes

      • Stefan Zerbe
      Pages 221-277

  5. Restoration and Revitalization of Traditional Cultural Landscapes Towards Sustainability and Multifunctionality

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 279-279
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    2. A Brief Introduction to Restoration Ecology and Ecosystem Restoration

      • Stefan Zerbe
      Pages 281-312

    3. A Century of Practice and Experiences of the Restoration of Land-Use Types and Ecosystems

      • Stefan Zerbe
      Pages 313-380

    4. Ecosystem and Landscape Restoration in a Multidimensional Perspective

      • Stefan Zerbe
      Pages 381-437

  6. Case Studies – The Restoration of Traditional and Multifunctional Cultural Landscapes Put into Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 439-439
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    2. Case Studies Throughout the World

      • Stefan Zerbe
      Pages 441-493

  7. Synthesis: Multifunctional Cultural Landscapes for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 495-495
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    2. Merging Traditions and Innovation for Sustainability and Multifunctionality of Cultural Landscapes

      • Stefan Zerbe
      Pages 497-513

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 515-716
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About this book

This book offers perspectives on how to develop a sustainable global balance of urbanization, land-use intensification, land abandonment, and multifunctional cultural landscapes. The focus is on the latter by describing the large variety of traditional cultural landscapes having evolved through centuries or even millennia by the use of the natural, terrestrial and aquatic resources. Those cultural landscapes encompass pasture, agroforestry, terraced, irrigation, coastal, monastic, and sacred landscapes as well as lake-, river-, and saltscapes. The restoration of low-input land-use systems which often carry a high biodiversity on the species, ecosystem, and landscape level as well as agrobiodiversity and agrodiversity is outlined. The restoration of multifunctional and diverse landscapes, however, is not only an ecological issue but encompasses many socio-economic aspects such as e.g., the revitalization of villages, eco-tourism, healthy food production, infrastructure, and rural-urbanpartnerships.

Global environmental problems, which are related to urbanization and the intensification of the use of land and water resources are comprehensively outlined. Land abandonment which occurs on all continents is qualitatively and quantitatively assessed and the consequences for natural and cultural heritage loss is highlighted. With the presentation of current rural development and landscape conservation strategies on the national as well as international level, the topic reflects the high significance of environmental policy on the global scale. The global implementation of natural and cultural heritage conservation is, for example, given by the UNESCO World Heritage Sites, National Parks, Biosphere Reserves, Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Sites, High Nature Value Farmland, and the Satoyama initiative. However, also the “every-day” landscapes can contribute to biodiversity and strong sustainability.

This comprehensive compendium, based on about 4,000 references of scientific studies, literature reviews, project reports, and environmental policy papers is thought for all students, scholars, and stakeholders from multifaceted disciplines, interested in multifunctional cultural landscapes and how traditions and innovation on the landscape level can be merged for a sustainable future on our planet. Case studies from all over the world are presented which can be used in Higher Education or to demonstrate the numerous approaches of sustainable rural development.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, BOLZANO, Italy

    Stefan Zerbe

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Restoration of Multifunctional Cultural Landscapes

  • Book Subtitle: Merging Tradition and Innovation for a Sustainable Future

  • Authors: Stefan Zerbe

  • Series Title: Landscape Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95572-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-95571-7Published: 29 June 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-95574-8Published: 30 June 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-95572-4Published: 27 June 2022

  • Series ISSN: 1572-7742

  • Series E-ISSN: 1875-1210

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 716

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Ecology, Landscape Ecology, Environment, general, Applied Ecology, Environmental and Sustainability Education

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