Landscape as Heritage: International Critical Perspectives

This edited book explores the challenges and opportunities of heritage-making processes in landscapes, bringing together perspectives from researchers, academics, activists, and professionals. It highlights case studies from different regions and emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of the field, appealing to a wide range of audiences.

Format: Hardback
Length: 312 pages
Publication date: 31 August 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This edited book offers a comprehensive collection of current critical reflections on heritage-making processes involving landscapes, occupying a significant intersection between landscape and heritage studies. Comprising an international array of contributions from researchers, academics, activists, and professionals, the book strives to bridge the gap between research and practice, fostering an interdisciplinary dialogue that spans the domains of geography, anthropology, landscape and heritage studies, planning, conservation, and ecology. It provokes a critical examination of the challenges posed by heritage-making processes in the context of global issues such as sustainability, economic inequalities, social cohesion, and conflict, incorporating diverse voices and perspectives from across the world. Through case studies in Italy, Portugal, Spain, Slovenia, the Netherlands, Turkey, the UK, Columbia, Brazil, New Zealand, and Afghanistan, the book showcases diverse approaches, values, and models of governance. This interdisciplinary volume will captivate scholars, academics, practitioners, and all individuals with an interest in heritage studies, cultural landscapes, conservation, geography, and planning.

Weight: 770g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032049342