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Evidentiranje suhozidne terasirane krajine v Vipavski dolini (=Inventory of Dry-Stone Terraced Landscape in the Vipava Valley)

Geodetski Vestnik, 2023
Terraced landscapes are important to the cultural and environmental characteristics of many regions worldwide. Accurate and comprehensive documentation of these landscapes is challenging, especially when inventorying dry-stone walled terraced landscapes ...
Tomaž Berčič, Lucija Ažman Momirski
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Terraced landscapes: risk and liability

Journal of Agricultural Engineering
Terraced landscapes are preserved elements of the human-influenced environment, maintained by ongoing agricultural activities. Farmers are subject to the periodic collapse of terraces, which are repaired by means of traditional techniques. Unless it can
Gabriele Delogu, Lorenzo Boccia, Giuseppina Mari   +2 more
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Classifying the Mediterranean terraced landscape: the case of Adriatic Croatia

Acta Geographica Slovenica, 2017
This article presents a Croatian Adriatic terraced landscape classification, highlighting its natural and cultural background and proposing a classification framework for further research.
Goran Andlar, Filip Šrajer, Anita Trojanović   +2 more
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Long-term hydrological monitoring of soils in the terraced environment of Cinque Terre (north-western Italy)

Frontiers in Earth Science, 2023
Terraced landscapes represent one of the most widespread human-induced/man-made transformations of hilly-mountainous environments. Slope terracing produces peculiar morphologies along with unusual soil textures and stratigraphic features, which in turn ...
Matteo Fiorucci, Giacomo Pepe, Gian Marco Marmoni, Massimo Pecci, Diego Di Martire, Luigi Guerriero, Giuseppe Bausilio, Enza Vitale, Emanuele Raso, Luca Raimondi, Andrea Cevasco, Domenico Calcaterra, Gabriele Scarascia Mugnozza   +12 more
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Assessment of the Terraced Landscapes’ Integrity: A GIS-Based Approach in a Potential GIAHS-FAO Site (Northwest Piedmont, Italy)

Land, 2022
The GIAHS-FAO program enhances the agricultural systems coevolved with humans through their dynamic conservation to guarantee the livelihood of future generations. The aim of this research was to assess, with a dynamic perspective, the terraced landscape’
Enrico Pomatto, Marco Devecchi, Federica Larcher   +2 more
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Terraced landscapes in Slovenia

Acta Geographica Slovenica, 2009
Slovenia is a country of exceptionally diverse landscapes at the intersection of four major European macroregions: the Alpine, Pannonian, Dinaric, and Mediterranean regions.
Lucija Ažman Momirski, Drago Kladnik
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Integration of Abandoned Lands in Sustainable Agriculture: The Case of Terraced Landscape Re-Cultivation in Mediterranean Island Conditions

Land, 2021
Agriculture terraces constitute a significant element of the Mediterranean landscape, enabling crop production on steep slopes while protecting land from desertification. Despite their ecological and historical value, terrace cultivation is threatened by
Michalia Sakellariou, B. Psiloglou, C. Giannakopoulos, P. Mylona   +3 more
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The Landscape Schema of Bayu Terraced Field Human Settlements Responding to Regional Natural Features

Redai dili, 2023
The Bayu terraced human settlement is an on-site living cultural heritage site that responds to natural features such as mountainous landforms and seasonal hydrology.
Liao Wenjing, Mao Huasong, Luo Ping
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Evaluation and mapping of cultural services in terraced landscapes. The case study of the Amalfi Coast [PDF]

Territorio Italia, 2016
Cultural landscapes are a key resource for sustainable development. Among them, terraced landscapes are classified as “evolutive living” landscapes (UNESCO, 2012), an expression of the historical interrelationship between man and his territory. Currently
Antonia Gravagnuolo
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Identification of important terraced visual landscapes based on a sensitivity-subjectivity preference matrix for agricultural cultural heritage in the southwestern china

Ecological Indicators, 2023
Landscapes illustrating agricultural cultural heritage can serve as an important attraction to encourage tourism in support of rural revitalization in mountainous areas.
Luanyu Zhou, Yuluan Zhao, Xiaopiao Yang, Jiali He, Huafei Wang   +4 more
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