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DOCUMENTATION CENTRE

Landscape-related reference documents

Selection of the main reference documents on landscape promoted and created by international organizations.

• Reference documents for the European Landscape Convention
• Landscape strategies
• Methodologies for landscape characterization and evaluation
• Landscape and territorial and industrial policies
• Landscape research, education and awareness-raising
• International agreements and regulatory documents

 

Reference documents for the European Landscape Convention

• 22nd Council of Europe Meeting of the Workshops for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention. Water, landscape and citizenship in the face of global change
  Source: European Council. 2019
• National days on the implementation of the European Landscape Convention, in France
  Source: European Council. 2019
• 20th Council of Europe Meeting of the Workshops for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention. Council of Europe Landscape Award Forum of National Selections 5th Session 2016-2017
  Source: European Council. 2018
• 21st Council of Europe Meeting of the Workshops for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention. Landscape and education
  Source: European Council. 2018
• National Symposium on the implementation of the European Landscape Convention of the Council of Europe in Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Source: European Council. 2018
• National Symposium on the implementation of the European Landscape Convention in Georgia
  Source: European Council. 2018
• National Conference for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention of the Council of Europe. Integrated approach to landscape protection, management and planning in Croatia
  Source: European Council. 2018
• 19th Council of Europe Meeting of the Workshops for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention. The implementation of the European Landscape Convention at local level: local democracy
  Source: European Council. 2017
• 17th Council of Europe Meeting of the Workshops for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention. Council of Europe Landscape Award Forum of National Selections 4th Session 2014-2015
  Source: European Council. 2016
• 18th Council of Europe Meeting of the Workshops for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention. National policies for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention: challenges and opportunities
  Source: European Council. 2016
• 16th Council of Europe Meeting of the Workshops for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention. Landscape and transfrontier co-operation. The landscape knows no boundary
  Source: European Council. 2015
• 15th Council of Europe Meeting of the Workshops for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention. Sustainable Landscapes and Economy: on the inestimable natural and human value of the landscape
  Source: European Council. 2014
• 13th Council of Europe Meeting of the Workshops for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention. Territories of the future: landscape identification and assessment, an exercise in democracy
  Source: European Council. 2013
• 16th CEMAT Symposium and 12th Council of Europe Meeting of the Workshops for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention. Landscape as a new strategy for spatial planning
  Source: European Council. 2012
• 10th Council of Europe Meeting of the Workshops for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention. Multifunctional landscape
  Source: European Council. 2011
• New challenges, new opportunities
  Source: European Council. 2010
• 9th Council of Europe Meeting of the Workshops for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention. Landscape and infrastructures for the society
  Source: European Council. 2010
• Eighth meeting of the Workshops for the implementation on the European Landscape Convention. Landscape and driving forces
  Source: European Council. 2009
• 'Landscape management as a process', in International CEMAT Symposium 2009
  Source: European Council. 2009
• 'Norwegian example of integration of the landscape dimension into comprehensive territorial development strategies', in International CEMAT Symposium 2009
  Source: European Council. 2009
• Recommendation CM/Rec(2008)3 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the guidelines for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention
  Source: European Council. 2008
• Seventh meeting of the Workshops for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention. Landscape in planning policies and governance: towards integrated spatial management
  Source: European Council. 2008
• Instrumento de Ratificación del Convenio Europeo del Paisaje
  Source: Government of Spain. 2008
• Sixth meeting of the Workshops for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention. Landscape and rural heritage
  Source: European Council. 2007
• Landscape and sustainable development: challenges of the European Landscape Convention
  Source: European Council. 2006
• Fifth meeting of the Workshops for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention. Landscape quality objectives: from theory to practice
  Source: European Council. 2006
• Fourth meeting of the Workshops for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention. Landscape and society
  Source: European Council. 2006
• Third meeting of the Workshops for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention. Landscapes for urban, suburban and peri-urban areas
  Source: European Council. 2005
• Second meeting of the Workshops for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention
  Source: European Council. 2003
• First meeting of the Workshops for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention
  Source: European Council. 2002
• European Landscape Convention
  Source: European Council. 2000
• Explanatory Report of the European Landscape Convention
  Source: European Council. 2000

Landscape strategies

• Conception 'Paysage suisse'
  Source: Office fédéral de l'environnement (OFEV). 2020
• Estratègia de paisatge de Mallorca
  Source: Consell Insular de Mallorca. 2019
• A Draft National Landscape Strategy for Ireland 2014-2024
  Source: Department for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht of Ireland. 2014
• Política Nacional de Arquitetura e Paisagem
  Source: Government of Portugal. 2014
• Communication relative à la reconquête des paysages et à la place de la nature en ville
  Source: French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy. 2014
• Estratègia nacional del paisatge
  Source: Government of Andorra. 2012
• Estrategia de Paisaje de Andalucía
  Source: Andalusian Autonomous Government. 2012
• The Latin American Landscape Initiative (LALI)
  Source: LALI - The Latin American Landscape Initiative. 2012
• Stratégie paysage de l'OFEV
  Source: Federal Bureau for the Environment in Switzerland (FOEN). Swiss Confederation.. 2011
• La política de paisatge a Catalunya
  Source: Ministry of Town and Country Planning and Public Works. Catalan Government. 2010
• Bases per a una estratègia de paisatge de Mallorca
  Source: Consell Insular de Mallorca. 2009
• Agenda Landschap
  Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality and Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment. Government of Netherlands. 2009
• Swedish National Heritage Board Proposals for Implementation of the European Landscape Convention in Sweden
  Source: Swedish National Heritage Board. 2008
• Sacred Hymalan Landscape (SHL) Strategic Plan 2006-2016
  Source: Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation. Government of Nepal.. 2006
• Landscape 2020 - Guiding Principles
  Source: Federal Office for the Environment, Forests and Landscape (OFEFP). Switzerland's Government. 2003

Methodologies for landscape characterization and evaluation

• Landscape catalogues of Catalonia. Methodology
  Source: Landscape Observatory of Catalonia. 2016
• Landscape Atlases. Landscape identification, characterisation and assessment method
  Source: Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy (France). 2015
• Linee guida per l'analisi, la tutela e la valorizzazione degli aspetti scenico-percettivi del paesaggio
  Source: Ministry of Goods and Cultural Activities and Tourism. Government of Italy. 2014
• Historic Landscape characterisation in Ireland: Best practice guidance
  Source: An Chomhairle Oidhreachta / The Heritage Council. 2013
• Community-Led Village Design Statements in Ireland
  Source: The Heritage Council. 2012
• Cornwall landscape character. Best practice guide
  Source: Cornwall Council. 2011
• Estudis d'impacte i integració paisatgística
  Source: General Directorate of Architecture and Landscape. Ministry of Town and Country Planning and Public Works. The Government of Catalonia. 2010
• Experiencing Landscape: capturing the cultural services and experiential qualitites of landscape
  Source: Natural England. 2009
• Ordenació i gestió del paisatge
  Source: Landscape Observatory of Catalonia. 2009
• Indicadors de paisatge. Reptes i perspectives
  Source: Landscape Observatory of Catalonia. 2009
• Farming for the historic environment
  Source: English Heritage andNatural England. 2009
• A guide to undertaking a landscape circle study in seven easy steps
  Source: Landscape Alliance Ireland. 2008
• Itinéraires photographiques. Méthode de l'Observatoire photographique du paysage
  Source: French Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Developement and Spatial Planning. 2008
• England's Historic Seascapes. Historic Seascape Characterisation
  Source: English Heritage. 2008
• CQC: Countryside Quality Counts. Tracking Change in the Character of the English Landscape, 1999-2003
  Source: Natural England and English Heritage. 2007
• ECOVAST. Landscape identification. A guide to good practice
  Source: European Council for the Village and Small Town (ECOVAST). 2006
• Saving tranquil places. How to project and promote a vital asset
  Source: Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE). 2006
• Méthode pour les Atlas de paysages
  Source: French Ministry of Ecology and Sustainable Development. 2004
• Using Historic Landscape Characterisation
  Source: English Heritage. 2004
• Landscape Character Assessment: Guidance for England and Scotland
  Source: Scottish Natural Heritage and The Countryside Agency. 2002

Landscape and territorial and industrial policies

• Instal·lacions fotovoltaiques i paisatge. Orientacions generals per a una adequada implantació a Catalunya
  Source: Landscape Observatory of Catalonia. 2020
• La carretera en el paisatge
  Source: Landscape Observatory of Catalonia. 2020
• Carreteres, paisatge i turisme. Bases per a la definició d'un model per a Catalunya
  Source: Landscape Observatory of Catalonia and Directorate-General for Tourism. Ministry of Business and Knowledge. The Government of Catalonia. 2019
• The connecting landscape
  Source: Council for the Environment and Infrastructure. 2016
• Guía de integración paisajística de parques eólicos en Andalucía
  Source: Junta de Andalucía. 2014
• ENERSCAPES. Territory, Landscape and Renewable Energies
  Source: Med Operational Programme - Cohesion Policy 2007-2013. Europe in the Mediterranean. 2013
• Energia eòlica i paisatge. Orientacions per a un adequada implantació a Catalunya
  Source: Landscape Observatory of Catalonia. 2013
• Franges. Els paisatges de la perifèria
  Source: Landscape Observatory of Catalonia. 2012
• The CEMAT considering Landscape with its Heritage Values
  Source: Council of Europe Conference of Ministers Responsible for Spatial/Regional Planning (CEMAT). 2012
• Paisajes solares. Integración paisajística de las plantas fotovoltaicas en Andalucía
  Source: Junta de Andalucía and Centro de Estudios Paisaje y Territorio. 2012
• Landscape fragmentation in Europe
  Source: European Environemental Agency. 2011
• Children and the natural environment: experiences, influences and interventions
  Source: Natural England. 2011
• UK National Ecosystem Assessment. Synthesis of the Key Findings
  Source: UK National Ecosystem Assessment. 2011
• Why invest in landscape?
  Source: Landscape Institute. 2011
• Guia d'integració paisatgística. Construccions agràries
  Source: General Directorate of Architecture and Landscape. Ministry of Town and Country Planning and Public Works. The Government of Catalonia. 2010
• Paisatge i participació ciutadana
  Source: Landscape Observatory of Catalonia. 2010
• Politiques Eoliennes et Paysages
  Source: International Agency for Research on the Environment and Development (CIRED). 2010
• Àmbit d'Intervenció Paisatgística (AIP) per a la modificació del Pla Territorial Insular de Mallorca
  Source: Council of Mallorca. 2010
• Guia d'integració paisatgística. Horts urbans i periurbans
  Source: General Directorate of Architecture and Landscape. Ministry of Town and Country Planning and Public Works. The Government of Catalonia. 2009
• La carretera en el paisaje. Criterios para su planificación, trazado y proyecto
  Source: Centro de Estudios Paisaje y Territorio. Ministry of Public Works and Transport. The Government of Andalucia. 2009
• Siting and Designing windfarms in the landscape
  Source: Scottish Natural Heritage. The Scottish Government. 2009
• Green infrastructure: connected and multifunctional landscapes
  Source: Landscape Institute. 2009
• PARC ENDINS: La percepció del món rural als paisatges naturals protegits
  Source: Fundació del Món Rural. 2009
• Road infrastructures: trees avenues in the landscape
  Source: European Council. 2009
• Guia d'integració paisatgística. Polígons industrials i sectors d'activitat econòmica
  Source: General Directorate of Architecture and Landscape. Ministry of Town and Country Planning and Public Works. The Government of Catalonia. 2008
• Paisatge i salut
  Source: Landscape Observatory of Catalonia. 2008
• Assessing the Effect of Road Schemes on Historic Landscape Character
  Source: Highways Agency and English Heritage. The UK Government. 2007
• Land-use scenarios for Europe: Qualitative and quantitative analysis on a European scale (PRELUDE)
  Source: European Environment Agency (EEA). 2007
• Infrastructure and landscape: roads
  Source: European Council. 2007
• Landscape and road legibility. Some ideas for an approach that brings together road safety and landscape
  Source: Sétra (Technical Department for Transport, Roads and Bridges Engineering and Road Safety). 2006
• Urban sprawl in Europe - The ignored challenge
  Source: European Environment Agency (EEA) and Office for the Official Publications of the European Communities (OOPEC). 2006
• European Rural Heritage Observation Guide
  Source: European Conference of Ministers responsible for regional/spatial planning (CEMAT) - Council of Europe. 2006
• Appellations d'origine contrôlée et paysages
  Source: French Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the INAO (National Institute of Origins and Quality). 2006
• Farming the historic landscape. Caring for historic parkland
  Source: English Heritage. 2005
• Learning from European Transfrontier Landscapes
  Source: Landscape Europe. 2004

Landscape research, education and awareness-raising

• Landscape education activities for primary schools
  Source: European Council. 2021
• 'Landscape and education'. 21st Council of Europe Meeting of the Workshops for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention
  Source: European Council. 2018
• Guías didàcticas: ¡Aprendo con el patrimonio y sus paisajes!¡Descubre el patrimonio y sus paisajes!
  Source: Servicio de Patrimonio Histórico, Dirección General de Cultura, Instituto Principe de Viana, Gobierno de Navarra. 2017
• Paisatge i educació
  Source: Landscape Observatory of Catalonia. 2011
• La sensibilització en paisatge. Un repte per al segle XXI
  Source: Ministry of Territory and Sustainability. The Government of Catalonia. 2011
• Landscape in a Changing World - Bridging Divides, Integrating Disciplines, Serving Society
  Source: European Science Foundation. 2010
• Comparing landscape planning in England, Germany and the Netherlands
  Source: Natural England and Alterra research centre. 2010
• Intorno a noi. Come capire la Convenzione Europea del Paesaggio
  Source: European Network of Local and Regional Authorities for the Implementation of the European Landscape Convention (RECEP-ENELC). 2009
• Education on landscape for children
  Source: European Council. 2009
• 'Proxecto Terra' Educative Project
  Source: Colexio Oficial de Arquitectos de Galicia. 2000

International agreements and regulatory documents

• Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage
  Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). 2003
• Guiding Principles for Sustainable Spatial Development of the European Continent
  Source: European Conference of Ministers responsible for regional/spatial planning (CEMAT) - Council of Europe. 2000
• Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters
  Source: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). 1998
• Pan-European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy
  Source: European Centre for Nature Conservation (Tilburg) and Council of Europe. 1996
• Carta del paisaje mediterráneo
  Source: Governments of Andalusia, Languedoc-Roussillon and Tuscany. 1993
• Convention on Biological Diversity
  Source: United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. 1992
• The Florence Charter: Historic Gardens
  Source: International Committee for Historic Gardens. ICOMOS-IFLA. 1982
• Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
  Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). 1972