ACTIVITY OF THE OBSERVATORY
Contents of the Landscape Catalogues: Written memorandum
Technical document which the Landscape Observatory delivers to the Ministry of Land and Sustainability of the Government of Catalonia. The structure of the written memorandum is the following:
Part 1: Territorial Ambit
- Natural factors which condition the landscape in the corresponding territorial ambit.
- Historical process of peopling and its influence on the landscape.
- Landscape today.
- Artistic expression of the landscape of the area.
- Values in the landscape.
- Principal routes and points of observation and enjoyment of the landscape
- Dynamics of the activities and processes which impact most notoriously on the landscape.
- Landscape assessment as a result of current social-economic and environmental trends.
- Landscape assessment.
- Special attention landscapes.
- Landscape quality targets for the whole territorial ambit.
- Measures and proposed actions for the whole territorial ambit.
Part 2: Landscape units
- The units and subunits of landscape in the territorial ambit.
- Files for each unit and subunit of landscape with:
- General details
- Distinctive traits of each landscape unit (natural, cultural, dynamic).
- Natural elements constituting the landscape
- Historical evolution
- Landscape today
- Artistic expression of the landscape
- Current dynamic
- Landscape values
- Principal routes and points of observation and enjoyment of the landscape
- Landscape assessment
- Possible future evolution of the landscape
- Landscape evaluation
- Landscape quality objectives
- Measures and proposed actions
- Conclusions
- Documentation of reference
Schedules
- I. System of participation
- II. Summary in a maximum of 30 pages of the whole Catalogue