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Mapping Cultural Ecosystem Services (CESs) and key urban landscape features: a pilot study for land use policy and planning review

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 2021
Cultural ecosystem services (CESs), despite providing multiple non-material benefits associated with human well-being, have been overlooked in urban planning.
Laura Bachi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Contemporary Landscape Structure within Monumental Zone-1 at Bagan Cultural Heritage Site, Myanmar [PDF]

open access: yesHeritage, 2019
This study examines the contemporary landscape structure of the Monumental Zone (MZ)-1 at the Bagan Cultural Heritage Site in the Dry Zone of Myanmar. With respect to hundreds of medieval monuments, how local residents in the residential areas within the MZ-1 manage the landscape was the focus of the current study, conducted with two objectives: (1 ...
Min Zar Ni Aung, Shozo Shibata
openaire   +2 more sources

From Planning to Management of Cult Ural Heritage Sites: Controversies and Conflicts Between Unesco Whl Management Plans and Local Spatial Planning in South-Eastern Sicily [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The paper investigates the relationship between the preservation of cultural heritage and planning in UNESCO World Heritage List (WHL) sites, with special reference to the relation between Management Plans and other (local and regional) planning ...
Piccolo, Francesco Lo, Todaro, Vincenzo
core   +2 more sources

Determining and quantifying the historical traces of spatial land arrangements in rural landscapes of Central and Eastern Europe

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
The article attempts to define and determine the intangible components of cultural heritage related to the spatial structure of land in a comprehensive way using computational methods.
Barbara Prus   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Methodological Toolkit for Assessing the Investment Attractiveness of Renewable Resources in Northern and Arctic Territories [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This article examines a pressing issue of assessing the investment attractiveness of renewable resources in underdeveloped Northern and Arctic territories that have a huge untapped natural resource potential.
Balashenko, V. V.   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

Zoning scenic areas of heritage sites using visibility analysis: the case of Zhengding, China

open access: yesJournal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 2023
The preservation of historical architecture not only protects the specific building site but also preserves the surrounding historical setting. However, unassigned and vast historical settings are considered extremely delicate in terms of conservation ...
Joungah Lee
doaj   +1 more source

Towards Governance or the Management of Cultural Landscapes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Many (World Heritage) cultural landscapes are a living environment for thousands of inhabitants, visitors, entrepreneurs, farmers and other land users.
Kurz, Peter, Ruland, Gisa, Zech, Sibylla
core   +1 more source

Development of scenarios for land cover, population density, impervious cover, and conservation in New Hampshire, 2010–2100 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Future changes in ecosystem services will depend heavily on changes in land cover and land use, which, in turn, are shaped by human activities. Given the challenges of predicting long-term changes in human behaviors and activities, scenarios provide a ...
Grimm, Curt D.   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

Geo-Visualization of Cultural Landscape Values via Theme Behavior Model: A Case of Lo Manthang, Upper Mustang, Nepal [PDF]

open access: yesThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
As a living heritage that connects nature and culture, cultural landscape gradually emerges as a key paradigm in global heritage conservation practices. However, researches on cultural landscape heritages in non-urban environments, on a large scale, and ...
L. Xie, J. He
doaj   +1 more source

The forests of the Congo Basin : State of the forest 2010 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The 2010 State of the Forest report (SOF) benefited from financial support from the European Union, the United States, Germany, France and UNESCO. It represents the collaborative effort of over 100 individuals from a diversity of institutions and the ...
Bayol, Nicolas (ed.)   +7 more
core   +1 more source

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