Ecosystem networks: a spatial concept for integrative research and planning of landscapes
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Sustainable development is a widely accepted strategic framework for decisionmaking about the future use of land, but it is not very well adopted in landscape research and planning. Sustainable landscape development aims to ensure the longterm potential of the landscape to sustain ecological, cultural and economic functions. It also entails that local actors take part in planning and design of landscapes. Ecological sustainability, one of the three pillars of sustainable development, is achieved if (regionally chosen) ecological functions are sustained by the landscape structure. I introduce a conceptual model of the landscape based on the principles _______________________ Land Use Planning Group, Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, Generaal Foulkesweg 13, 6703 BJ Wageningen, The Netherlands. E-mail: [email protected]
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تاریخ انتشار 2005