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Informationen zum Autor Claudia Bieling is Professor for Societal Transition and Agriculture at the Universität Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany. In her research, she explores how more sustainable land-use practices may be achieved. Tobias Plieninger is Associate Professor in the Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He is interested in the study of the driving forces, processes and patterns of changes in human-shaped landscapes. Klappentext This book introduces the principles of landscape stewardship in relation to sustainability governance, applying them to a broad range of land-use systems. Zusammenfassung By applying stewardship principles to fields such as agriculture and ecological restoration! this book examines the science and practice of landscape stewardship and its application to emerging sustainability paradigms. Scholarly analysis is combined with innovative case studies! illustrating the practical benefits and challenges in this increasingly important area of research. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The emergence of landscape stewardship in practice, policy and research; Part I. Foundations of Landscape Stewardship: 2. Ecological foundations of landscape stewardship; Case 1. The Blackwater SAMOK project - a catchment management approach; 3. Human and social dimensions of landscape stewardship; Case 2. Landscape observatory of Catalonia - a holistic documentation of the landscape; 4. Building partnerships for landscape stewardship; Case 3. Olive farming on Lesbos - out of social capital emerges social enterprise; 5. Citizen science tools for engaging local stakeholders and promoting local and traditional knowledge in landscape stewardship; Case 4. Citizen science - harnessing the expertise of farmers to monitor biodiversity in Austrian meadows; Part II. Landscape Stewardship on the Ground: Fields of Application: 6. Organising adaptive and collaborative landscape stewardship on farmland; Case 5. Arbratatouille - a participative project updating agroforestry techniques for modern times; 7. Forest landscape stewardship for functional green infrastructures in Europe's West and East: diagnosing and treating social-ecological systems; Case 6. Wild birds in traditional orchards - testing strategies for biodiversity conservation; 8. The future of the past: stewardship for cultural heritage in landscapes; Case 7. The whole village project - Saxon village restoration in rural Romania; 9. Landscape stewardship in wind energy conflicts: between cultural myths and interests; Case 8. The Simmern solidarity pact - reconciling income imbalances between villages; 10. Synergies between tourism, outdoor recreation and landscape stewardship; Case 9. Bun Tschlin - linking identity, community and landscape; 11. Managed, mended, supported: how habitat conservation and restoration function as elements of landscape stewardship; Case 10. Landowners on Læsø - a cooperative approach to landscape management; 12. Stewardship in urban landscapes; Case 11. Urban green infrastructure in Vienna - nature-based solutions to enhancing quality of life; 13. Landscape stewardship and hunting, angling and gathering of wild products; Case 12. ØsterGRO rooftop farm - community supported agriculture in the middle of Copenhagen; 14. Marine and coastal ecosystem stewardship; Case 13. The Firth of Clyde marine spatial plan - synergies and trade-offs in a diverse coastal environment; 15. Landscape stewardship for rangelands; Case 14. Herding schools in France - supporting traditional landscape management techniques in modern times; Part III. Visions toward Landscape Stewardship: 16. Bridging new sustainable development goals, global agendas and landscape stewardship: the roles of politics, ethics and sustainability practice; Case 1.: Terre de Liens - facilitating access to land for farmers into the long-term; 17. How landscape stewardship emerges out of landscape plann...
