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: Crisis y territorio. Aportaciones y conclusiones del VI Congreso Internacional de Ordenación del Territorio; Pamplona, octubre de 2010. Madrid: Asociación Interprofesional de Ordenación del Territorio FUNDICOT. ISBN: 978-84-695-0795-7.

This digital book is the result of the 6th International Congress on Spatial Planning organised by Fundicot. Said book can be consulted here.
: La frontera del agua: el paisaje costero del Uruguay; Sommaruga, Rosana (coord.); et al. Montevideo: Universidad de la República; Ministerio de Vivienda Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente; Intendencia Municipal de Montevideo; Junta de Andalucía, 2010. ISBN: 978-9974-0-0631-7.

The product of a research and dissemination project undertaken by Universidad de la República, the aim of this work is to offer a specific landscape perspective while also calling for other disciplines to provide their interpretations of this unitary and infinite coastal landscape and its conception as a collective and cultural construction.
: Pagèsiques; Perejaume. Barcelona: Edicions 62, 2011. ISBN: 978-84-297-6849-7.

This collection of poems is divided into eight sections dedicated to nature, language, landscape art and writing. The poems are full of unique and intense reflections on the territory and a geology which folds and unfolds, as well as the author's experience with nature and living from art.
: Le paysage en Bretagne. Enjeux et défis; Le Du-Blayo, Laurence. Plomelin: Éditions Palantines, 2007. ISBN: 978-2-911434-80-8.

This book examines if there is such a thing as a Breton landscape, its characteristics, how it has changed and how it is expected to evolve. It updates Brittany's general image and opens new lines of research for the next decades.
: Paisajes y patrimonio cultural en Andalucía: tiempo, usos e imágenes; Fernández-Baca, Román (coord.). Sevilla: Consejería de Cultura, 2010. (PH Cuadernos; 26). ISBN 978-84-9959-023-3.

Andalusia as a territory has been highly anthropised, and its landscape has been defined over centuries of history. From a cultural perspective, one of this book's priorities is to address landscape's cultural values, vindicating that sufficient attention be paid to the place's memory and time in territorial intervention processes.
: El jardín de la metrópoli; Batlle, Enric. Barcelona: Gustavo Gili, 2011. ISBN: 978-84-2522009-8.

"The metropolis' garden" represents a new model for open urban spaces which can lead to a new stratum of metropolitan reality: a new open space which reflects a modern spirit, ensuring sustainability without renouncing its formalisation.
: Exploring the visual landscape; Nijhuis, Steffen; Lammeren, Ron Van; Hoeven, Frank Van Der (eds.). Delft: Delft University of Technology, 2011. ISBN: 978-1-60750-832-8.

In the Netherlands there is a long tradition of research into the physiognomy of landscape and this book provides a series of approaches to the assessment of the visual landscape of urban spaces, parks and rural areas.
: Catàleg de l'exposició de Catalunya Visió; Barcelona: Arts Santa Mònica; Vic: Eumo; Lleida: Museu d'Art Jaume Morera, 2011. ISBN: 978-84-96855-46-5.

To mark the Catalunya Visió exhibition, a special catalogue has been produced, containing most of the nearly 170 photographs in the exhibition. The catalogue also includes articles by Joan Nogué and Cristina Zelich.
: Analyses économiques du paysage; Oueslati, Walid (coord.). Versailles: Éditions Quae, 2011. ISBN: 978-2-7592-0923-1.

This collection of papers brings together the results of the latest research into economic developments affecting landscape in recent years. It is aimed at researchers, teachers and students, as agents involved in the development and management of landscape.
: La percepción del paisaje urbano; Moya, Ana M. Madrid: Biblioteca Nueva, 2011. ISBN-978-84-9940-196-6.

This paper deals with research into landscape theory, urban culture, the psychology of perception and the visual media, linking it to an analysis of the representation of urban landscape in painting, photography and the cinema.
: Paesaggi rurali storici. Per un catalogo nazionale; Agnoletti, Mauro (ed.). Bari: Editori Laterza, 2010. ISBN: 978-88-420-9430-2.

This book presents the results of a study that identified and classified 123 Italian landscapes of historical interest. It demonstrates that conservation is an approach to policy planning and implementation, and is not at odds with development.
: Retos y perspectivas de la gestión del paisaje de Canarias; Cortina, Albert; Simancas, Moisés. Tenerife: Gobierno de Canarias: Universidad Internacional Menéndez y Pelayo ISBN: 978-84-79475871.

This book is an expanded compilation of the presentations given at the seminar of the same name held in October 2010 in Tenerife to mark the tenth anniversary of the signing of the European Landscape Convention. It reviews the application of the Convention and outlines future challenges based on the experience of the Canary Islands. More information here.
: Paysages et territoires de l'industrie en Europe: héritages et renouveaux; Edelblutte, Simon. París: Ellipses, 2009. ISBN: 978-2-7298-5227-6.

The new context of globalization has involved deindustrialization and this book is about how the industrial landscapes of Europe have changed in the last 40 years. It is divided into two parts: the first is a study of the current inherited landscape and the second speaks about restructuring and transforming old industrial areas.
: Cultural landscape and heritage paradox; Bloemers, Tom; Kars, Henk; Van der Valk, Arnold; Wijnen, Mies (eds.). Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2010. ISBN: 978-90-8964-155-7.

This book addresses the paradox between preservation and management of the archaeological-historical landscape. It takes a comprehensive approach to landscapes that is informed by a number of disciplines and establishes links between archaeological-historical heritage and planning, as well as between research and policy.
: Landscape indicators: assessing and monitoring landscape quality; Cassatella, Claudia; Peano, Attilia (eds.). Dordrecht: Springer, 2011. ISBN: 978-94-007-0365-0.

This book responds to the need to define specific indicators to assess the various factors that determine landscape quality and the effects of landscape policies. The topic is approached by a multidisciplinary team of experts in fields such as landscape ecology, landscape history, landscape perception and land-use planning.
: Atlas des paysages de Wallonie: les Plateau condrusien; Godart, Marie-Françoise; Feltz, Claude (dir.). Namur: Conférence Permanente du Développement Territorial, 2011. ISBN: 978-2-8056-0033-3.

This is the third volume of the Atlas of Walloon landscapes, a document that was created as a tool for knowledge, awareness and management of landscapes. It was designed for a broad audience, from the curious citizen or lover of the region to policy makers and stakeholders. The full text is available here.
: El llibre dels camins: manual per esvair dubtes, desfer mites i reivindicar drets; Campillo, Xavier; López-Monné, Rafael (2010). [Tarragona]: Arola Editors. ISBN: 978-84-92839-77-3.

This book provides the public with an up-to-date guide to paths; it analyses the problems associated with paths, discusses their potential and suggests possible strategies for integrating paths into general infrastructure and mobility policies.
: Paisaje y patrimonio; Maderuelo, Javier (ed.) (2010). Huesca: CDAN. ISBN: 978-84-96775-94-7.

A summary of the latest course on the Thinking Landscape cycle organized by Huesca Centre for Art and Nature. This book concludes a cycle that dealt with all of the major issues affecting landscape configuration and analysed the complex relationships that can arise between landscape and heritage.
: Le paysage, c'est l'endroit où le ciel et la terre se touchent; Corajoud, Michel (2010). París: Actes Sud. ISBN: 978-2-7427-8750-0.

In this book the author brings together the works he has produced throughout his career and in doing so provides an explanation of his methods and the fundamental concepts that underpin his work. Readers will gain an understanding of key aspects of the landscaping work done by one of France's leading figures in the field.
: Descubriendo el paisaje autóctono; Brinckerhoff Jackson, John (2010). Madrid: Biblioteca Nueva. ISBN: 978-84-99401-95-9.

One of the author's key works and the first to be translated into Spanish. The starting-point for this book is the idea that landscape is the representation of a culture, its values and aspirations (without falling back on generalized concepts or stereotypes). In its pages, readers will discover the historical and cultural roots of the great landscapes of Europe and North America.
: Atles paisatgístic de les terres de Girona; Seguranyes, Mariona (ed.). Girona: Diputació de Girona, 2010. ISBN: 978-84-96747-68-5.

This book is the product of a rigorous, exhaustive research project that involved cataloguing over 800 mostly unknown or little-known pieces, in order to create a definitive compendium of landscapes of Girona, starting with the 19th century and continuing up to 1975.
: Milieu et identité humaine; Berque, Augustin (2010). París: Donner Lieu. ISBN: 978-2-9532093-3-4.

This is a collection of texts which introduce us and allow us to explore the primary questions raised by Augustin Berque regarding geography, landscape, patrimony, etc.
: La pedra en sec a les comarques del Baix Ebre i del Montsià; Aragonés, Josep; Estorach, Marga; Ferré, Climent; López, Antoni, et al. (2010). Benicarló: Onada Edicions. ISBN: 978-84-96623-62-0.

This book explores dry stone constructions in rural landscapes in Baix Ebre and Montsià counties, constructions created and maintained over centuries for traditional agricultural purposes. The book is based on an exhaustive inventory carried out a few years ago.
: The Making of the British Landscape; Pryor, Francis (2010). London: Allan Lane; Penguin Books. ISBN: 978-1-846-14205-5.

This book describes the change in British landscapes due to human intervention, from the dawn of history to today.
: La política de paisatge a Catalunya; Barcelona: Departament de Política Territorial i Obres Públiques, 2010. ISBN: 978-84-393-85-196.

With the 5th anniversary of Catalan Landscape Law approval, the Government of Catalonia has published La política de paisatge a Catalunya which summarises the diverse initiatives enacted in this field. Over the last five years, the Law has been developed as foreseen, all the instruments specified in the Law have been applied and concrete actions have been taken as a result of each. Concretely in terms of territorial planning, a process has been launched to develop and apply the landscape catalogues and guidelines and the studies and reports on landscape impact and integration. As foreseen within the Law, the Landscape Observatory of Catalonia has also consolidated its role as an international reference in the landscape field and has carried out intense labour to communicate and raise awareness about this important issue. Specifically, in this last respect, the Landscape Observatory has fomented the use of landscape files and the incorporation of landscape as an additional academic subject within Catalan schools. Lastly, various annual and open calls for proposals to finance initiatives aimed at improving landscapes have been organised through the specific fund dedicated to protecting, managing and planning landscapes.
: Ten years of the european Prize for Urban Public Space; Barcelona: ACTAR; Centre de Cultura Contemporània, 2010. ISBN: 978-84-92861-38-5.

This book offers a selection of old and new projects which have been awarded the European Prize for Urban Public Space, this year celebrating its 10th anniversary. The aim of this prize, established by the Contemporary Culture Centre of Barcelona (CCCB) in 2000, is to provide testimony to the tensions arising in the European public space.
: EnergyScapes; Ivancic, Aleksandar. Barcelona: Gustavo Gili, 2010. ISBN: 978-84-252-2272-6.

This book aims to analyse the relationship between large infrastructures in the energy production industry and the surrounding landscapes. It aims to illustrate the numerous facets of the energy industry when it enters into contact with the territory surrounding it as well as the various innovations which serve as examples of harmonious integration.
: Planning on the edge: the context for planning at the rural-urban fringe; Gallent, Nick; Andersson, Johan; Bianconi, Marco. London: Routledge, 2006. ISBN: 978-0415402903.

One of the challenges faced by territorial planning efforts refers to urban fringes, that is, the areas surrounding our cities and which the authors call "the last frontier". Currently, this "frontier" represents 10% of the entire surface area in the United Kingdom. The aim of this book is to address the lack of existing research on how to manage this periphery.
: Guia d'integració paisatgística de les construccions agràries; Boya, Mireia. Barcelona: Departament de Política Territorial i Obres Públiques, 2010. ISBN: 978-84-393-8354-3.

This guide aims to serve as a practical reference to orientate landscape improvement projects affecting agrarian constructions. It addresses issues such as the reconciliation between functional concerns and landscape in order to achieve better cared for and more competitive rural areas. It consists of four chapters: general landscape integration issues; a diagnosis of common problems with agrarian constructions and guiding criteria; management issues; and 10 key ideas as a synthesis. It also includes various annex documents with recommendations on material, finishes, and plant species, amongst others. You can consult the full guide here.
: Guia d'estudis d'impacte i integració paisatgística; Busquets, Jaume; Muñoz, Francesc (coords.). Barcelona: Generalitat de Catalunya. Direcció General d'Arquitectura i Paisatge, 2010. ISBN: 978-84-393-8402-1.

Landscape impact and integration studies are instruments foreseen within Catalan landscape and planning legislation to promote the proper insertion of diverse activities within landscapes. Their application, however, is still not consolidated and requires a set of references. This is one of the motives behind the Directorate General for Architecture and the Landscape having published its Guia d'estudis d'impacte i integració paisatgística ("Guide to landscape impact and integration studies"). The goal of the latter is to provide methodological guidelines when preparing diverse studies, orientate different types of interventions, and provide a wide range of technical and informational resources to specify and implement these initiatives.
: La U Urbana. El llibre blanc dels carrers de Barcelona; AD. Barcelona: FAD, 2010. ISBN: 978-84-613-3637-1

This study provides a complete summary of the streets of Barcelona and their diverse urban components. It serves as a tool to help developers when planning the use of the city's public spaces in cities, proposing a unified urban planning system for these interventions.
: Nova cultura del territori i ètica del paisatge; Cortina, Albert. Barcelona: CADS, 2010. ISBN: 978-84-393-8358-1

This text ("New Territorial Culture and Landscape Ethics") describes the new set of criteria and values applied when managing and intervening in landscapes, interventions in which recovering landscapes and their social construction based on the desires of their inhabitants have become key to guarantee an adequate quality of life.
: Altri paesaggi; Nogué, Joan. Milano: FrancoAngeli, 2010. ISBN: 978-88-568-1437-8

Italian translation of the book, Entre paisajes ("Between Landscapes", Àmbit, Barcelona, 2009), Altri paesaggi represents a revealing journey through diverse scenarios full of contrasts, with photographs by Maria Rosa Russo which help us to see these disparities in greater detail.
: Arquitetura paisagística contemporânea no Brasil; Farah, Ivete; Bahia Schlee, Mônica, Tardin, Raquel (coords.). São Paulo: Editora Senac São Paulo, 2010. ISBN: 978-85-7359-919-0

This book offers a summary of the changes which have taken place in Brazilian landscape architecture over the last thirty years, a period of transition from the initial awakening of ecological concerns and the discovery of the beauty of the tropical ecosystem, up to thw present, with an analysis of landscape architects' work.
: Paesaggi, progetti d'autore. Calabria e Sicilia; Manfredi, Fabio. Firenze: Alinea editrice, 2010. ISBN: 978-88-6055-497-0.

This study provides a very complete analysis of 40 landscape projects carried out in public spaces in Calabria and Sicily between 1990 and 2010. The focus is multidisciplinary and questions the role of each project as a generator of spaces for socialising.
: Carreteras paisajísticas. Estudio para su catalogación en Andalucía; Zoido, Florencio (dir.). Sevilla: Junta de Andalucía, 2010. ISBN: 978-84-8095-560-7.

From the two fold perspective of road networks as a means for mobility and as a space from which to enjoy the landscape, the Government of Andalusia has edited this catalogue of landscape roads which it aims to prepare to convert them into a tourist attraction in their own right as well as a source of economic development, always in accordance with the European Landscape Convention.
: Landscape and Film; Lefebvre, Martin (ed.). New York: Routledge, 2006. ISBN: 0-415-97554-9.

Despite the evident link, the connection between landscape and film has hardly ever been addressed. This volume, a collection of articles by prestigious authors, focuses on questions such as cinematographic landscape characteristics, the difference between the latter and photographic landscapes, how directors such as Greenaway or Antonioni deal with landscape, and the use of landscapes with respect to the concept of identity within the national film industry.
: Paisaje e historia; Maderuelo, Javier (dir.). Huesca: Centro de Arte y Naturaleza de la Fundación Beulas; Madrid: ABADA Editores, 2009. ISBN: 978-84-9677-565-7.

Paisaje e historia ("Landscape and History") is a collection of presentations given at the seminar organised in 2009 by the Centro de Arte y Naturaleza de la Fundación Beulas, d'Osca. The landscape and history concepts are closely related, and they are examined from different perspectives in these presentations to reveal the process through which a territory or country becomes a landscape.
: Intorno a noi: come capire la Convenzione europea del paesaggio; Di Maio, Sara; Berengo, Cecilia. Firenze: Giunti Progetti Educativi, 2008.

A short work, spanning little more than 60 pages to explain the European Landscape Convention to children and young adults, the aim being to educate these future adults to provide them with a critical outlook and make them aware of the value of landscapes. The RECEP-ENELC network has published a version in English entitled, We are the landscape: understanding the European Landscape Convention which you can consult here.
: El paisaje. De la percepción a la gestión; Español, Ignacio; Cruz, Linarejos. Madrid: Liteam, 2009. ISBN: 978-84-92558-06-3.

This text argues in favour of a trans-disciplinary and unitarian understanding of landscape's value. In addition to analysing landscape characteristics and providing a reading of its meanings, a proposal is put forward regarding the positive management of landscape.
: Boletín de la Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles; Núm. 51, 2009. ISSN: 0212-9426.

A volume of articles dedicated to landscapes, including pieces directly related to the Spanish Geographer Association's working group on the history of geographic thought. The group's research focuses on modern ways of evaluating and representing landscape, paying special attention to cultural and symbolic elements.
: Territoires occupés: une autre vision de la France; Lenoir, Jérémie. Le Rheu: La Maison d'éditions LME, 2009. ISBN: 978-2-36026-000-3.

A book of aerial photos of French landscapes as transformed by humans. The author, with great artistic sensitivity, focuses on the beauty of geometric forms within these landscapes changed by human beings.
: Atlas des paysages de Wallonie: les Plateaux brabançon et hesbignon; Godart, Marie-Françoise; Feltz, Claude (dir.). Namur: Conférence Permanente du Développement Territorial, 2009. ISBN: 978-2-8056-0007-4.

This is the second volume of the landscape atlas of Wallonia, a document conceived as a tool for learning about, raising awareness about and managing landscape. It is designed for a wide public, from the casually curious to lovers of the land, political officials and social stakeholders. The full text is available here.
: Paisatges en transformació: intervenció i gestió paisatgístiques; Llop, Carles (coord.). Barcelona: Diputació de Barcelona, 2009. ISBN: 978-84-9803-229-1.

This publication features articles and works that emphasise the need to use landscape criteria to manage and intervene in those settings which are most subject to transformation and are closest to large populations. It also contains landscape experiences and projects committed to environmental, economic and social sustainability.
: Di chi è il paesaggio: la partecipazione degli attori nella individuazione, valutazione e pianificazione; Castiglioni, Benedetta, De Marchi, Massimo. Padova: Cleup, 2009. ISBN: 978-88-6129-420-2.

The book brings together the interdisciplinary lectures by international experts who participated in the seminar by the same name in Padua in 2007. It deals with important issues and compares experiences on the European level regarding the relation between landscape and society through the lens of participation.
: Histoire d'une couleur: noir; Pastoureau, Michel. París: Seuil, 2008. ISBN: 978-2-02-049087-0.

This book describes the history of the colour black, from its origins to the late 21st Century. It emphasises the ambivalent symbolism of this colour, sometimes in a positive sense as a symbol of dignity, authority or fertility, and other times representing grief, mourning or sin.
: No people, no landscape. La Convenzione europea del paesaggio: luci e ombre el processo di attuazione in Italia; Priore, Riccardo. Milà: FrancoAngeli, 2009. ISBN: 978-88-568-0587-1.

This book is structured in two parts. The first part is related to the European Landscape Convention, its fundamental principles and its implementation in Italy. The second part is a comparative study on Italian laws regarding landscape and their evolution in the last years.
: Jardines ingleses; Londres: Phaidon, 2009. ISBN: 978-0-7148-4997-3.

This book is an illustrated selection of one hundred English gardens dating from the 16th century to now. This selection goes from gardens designed by the first English landscape architects, to the creation of modernist architectural gardens and contemporary designs.
: Los valores del paisaje; Martínez de Pisón, Eduardo; Ortega, Nicolàs (ed.). Madrid: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Soria: Fundación Duques de Soria, 2009. ISBN: 978-84-8344-151-0.

This book includes the talks presented at the landscape seminar organised in July 2008 by the Duques de Soria Foundation Landscape Institute. The chapters of the book consider landscape values from different points of view.
: Les cabanes de volta de les Borges Blanques: paisatges, fets i gent; Queralt, Ramon. Valls: Cossetània Edicions, 2008. ISBN: 978-84-9791-427-7.

This book describes the dry-stone buildings that are characteristic of the dry area of Les Garrigues. It also considers the landscape, the events and, above all, the people of Les Borges Blanques, who are familiar with the cottages in this area.
: Sixth meeting of the Workshops of the Council of Europe for Implementation of the European Landscape Convention: landscape and rural heritage; Estrasburg: Council of Europe Publishing, 2009.

A compilation of the papers given at the 6th Meeting of Workshops for the Application of the European Landscape Convention held in Sibiu, Romania in 2007. The meeting focused on landscape and the value of rural heritage, and on the necessary consideration that rural landscapes subjected to intense transformations deserve.
: Visions del paisatge de les Terres de l'Ebre; Carles Llop; Francesca Leder; Emeteri Fabregat (eds.). Benicarló: Onada Editors, 2008. ISBN: 978-84-96623-34-7.

This book compiles the reflections made at the 2nd International Summer School in Cultural Landscapes Studies, "Les Terres de l'Ebre com a paisatge patrimonial. Transformacions territorials and construcció de paisatges", held in Tortosa on 25th-31st July 2005.
: Espaços livres: sistema e projeto territorial; Tardin, Raquel. Rio de Janeiro: 7Letras, 2008. ISBN: 978-85-7577-552-3.

The author writes about the role that can be played by free spaces, found in most of the cities, in the territorial project, with the premise that they should be recognised as a system of spaces with their own values, with the potential for restructuring the urban territory and with the capacity for future occupation.
: Miradas sobre el paisaje; Martínez de Pizón, Eduardo. Madrid: Biblioteca Nueva, 2009. ISBN: 978-84-9742-908-5.

With a perspective that is both personal and at the same time filtered by the perspective and understanding of the geographer, the author carries out a multiple intellectual exercise with the objective of capturing, understanding and explaining real landscapes, in other words, the place and their images through their configurations and representations.
: Valores culturales y espirituales de los paisajes protegidos; Mallarach, Josep Maria (coord.). Eschborn: GTZ; Gland:UICN; Barcelona: Obra Social de Caixa Catalunya, 2008.

This publication presents eighteen case studies from around the world, chosen because they are representative and significant, that illustrate the role of protected landscapes in the maintenance of cultural and spiritual values and the practical knowledge related to these values. It can be consulted here.
: L'Empordà de Josep Pla; Paül, Valerià; Tort, Joan. Barcelona: Publicacions de l'Abadia de Montserrat, 2009. ISBN: 978-84-9883-094-1.

This book approaches the landscapes of Empordà through the work of writer Josep Pla. The authors offer a painstaking selection of geographical sites and areas, with particular emphasis placed on large landscape units habitually dealt with by the writer.
: Passage du temps sur le paysage; Lowenthal, David. Gollion: Infolio, 2008. ISBN: 978-2-88474-513-0.

This book is a collection of texts written originally in English which explore different historic and geographical expressions of the landscape understood as a social and cultural product.
: Paisaje y esfera pública; Franco, Orlando; Santa Ana, Mariano de (eds.) (2008). Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Demarcación de Gran Canaria del COAC. ISBN: 978-84-889152-58-8.

This publication offers an interdisciplinary look at the fact that the relations between the public sphere and landscape come together with the same need: to reconsider public space in order to guarantee its survival and enhance its character as an area of civic training, meeting, participation and well-being.
: Gestión del paisaje; Busquets, Jaume; Cortina, Albert (coords.). Barcelona: Ariel, 2008. ISBN: 978-84-344-2890-4.

This book offers to professionals, technicians, public officials and university students a comprehensive and consistent body of theoretical and applied knowledge, which covers all stages of landscape management processes, from the definition of basic concepts to the methods and its implementation through case studies.
: Paysage; Jakob, Michael. Gollion: Infolio, 2008. ISBN: 978-2-88474-038-8.

This work provides a general reflection on the concept of landscape, going beyond traditional analyses.
: Sprawling places; Kolb, David. Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-8203-2988-8.

This book describes various contemporary spaces such as airports, parking facilities, theme parks, banal residential developments and other similar spaces and suggests new ways to interact with them, all the while questioning the "non-place" concept. This work is part of a broader project which includes a website.
: Aridscapes; Shlomo Aronson. Barcelona: Gustavo Gili, 2008. ISBN: 978-84-252-2221-4.

Landscape architects have a great responsibility when creating projects. They must ensure that they do not damage the fragile natural balance in arid zones. Understanding this type of landscape will be of great assistance in preserving the quality of life of those who inhabit these territories. This book gives numerous examples of how to work with a landscape which is initially so hostile.
: Paesaggio: l'anima dei luoghi; Luisa Bonesio; Luca Micotti (eds.). Reggio Emilia: Diabasis, 2008. ISBN 978-88-81035510.

This document includes the speeches delivered at the Congress by the same name, where philosophers, architects, town planners and environmental specialists explored the heterogenous aspect of landscape, rethinking a "place" as a specific and special portion of the earth's surface in which nature and culture interrelate in numerous ways.
: Guide de gestion des paysages au Québec; Sylvain Paquette; Philippe Poullaouec-Gonidec; Gérald Domon. Québec: Chaire en paysage et environnement Université de Montréal; Gouvernement du Québec, 2008. ISBN: 978-2-550-52777-0.

This publication seeks to respond to the needs of local groups in Quebec with regard to landscape management instruments. Conceived as a ‘toolbox', the book describes how to diagnose landscape, regulation measures and tools available to raise awareness. It offers examples of good practices regarding landscape protection, appraisal and development.
: Landscape: from knowledge to action; Berlan-Darqué, Martine; Luginbühl, Yves; Terrasson, Daniel (eds.). Versailles: Éditions Quae, 2008. ISBN: 978-2-7592-0060-3

This book is a selection of contributions by various researchers who have studied different landscape actions, principally European, and is structured in four thematic fields: the social and environmental aspects of landscape; public space in the urban landscape; from concept to implementation in landscape policies; and public participation in landscape action.
: La construcción del paisaje contemporáneo; Maderuelo, Javier; Martín de Argila, María Luisa. Huesca: Centro de Arte y Naturaleza Fundación Beulas, 2008. ISBN: 978-84-612-3759-3.

Catalogue of the exhibition by the same name, offering an exceptional panorama of the resurgence of landscape in the arts in recent decades, through some of the more representative artists at an international level. It illustrates the works of the exhibition and gives a biographical outline of each of the artists.
: Guia dels polígons industrials i sectors d'activitat econòmica; Barcelona: Departament de Política Territorial i Obres Públiques, 2007. (Guia d'integració paisatgística; 1). ISBN: 978-84-393-7571-5.

This guide seeks to promote landscape integration of industrial areas of Catalonia, especially industrial estates and economic activity sectors. It supplies some useful criteria and guidelines for the processes of planning, projecting and introducing this type of area into the landscape, in a way that respects the landscape values of the place. Available here.
: Fifth meeting of the workshops of the Council of Europe for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention proceedings: Landscape quality objectives: from theory to practice.; Strasbourg: Council of Europe Publishing, 2007.

Collection of papers from the Fifth meeting of the workshops for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention, held in Girona. The meeting debated on the definition of landscape quality objectives and the implementation of landscape policies in local, regional and state ambits.
: Atlas des Paysages de Wallonie: l'Entre-Vesdre et Meuse; Godart, Marie-Françoise; Teller, Jacques (dir.). Namur: Conférence Permanente du Développement Territorial, 2007. ISBN: 2-87-401-223-8.

This is the first volume of the Walloon Landscape Atlas, a document conceived as a tool for knowledge, sensitisation and management of the landscape. Accessible to a broad public, from the curious individual or lover of the region, to the politicians in charge and associated agents. Available here.
: Paysages & modernité(s); Bergé, Aline; Collot, Michel. Bruxelles: Éditions Ousia, 2007. ISBN: 2-87060-134-4.

The studies collected in this volume explore and question the relationships of the landscape at different times, concepts which cultural traditions or currents of thought tend to simplify, confusing or opposing the two terms. The various authors show how the relationship between these two concepts, plural and relating to places, cultures and fields of knowledge, is complex, contradictory and above all ambivalent.
: Paisatge, territori i societat a les terres de parla catalana; Valls: Cossetània Edicions, 2006. ISBN: 978-84-9791-293-8

Minutes of the 5th Congress of the Coordinator of the Catalan-Speaking Study Centres. The objective of the congress was to open up to a range of approaches to the landscape, with all the possible diversity of existing ambits and scales. Like the congress, the book is structured in four thematic sections: rural landscape, urban landscape, tourism, and landscape, and art, literature and landscape.
: Paysages. Aménagement-protection; Pamelard, Jean-Claude. Tain-l'Hermitage: M.A.T. Editeur, 2005. ISBN: 2-902646-23-2.

The book is addressed to both professionals and students of landscape. It is structured in four large sections: an introduction to the concept of landscape, methodology, management techniques and, finally, protection and preservation.
: 'Actes del Congrés: El Paisatge: Element Vertebrador de la Identitat Empordanesa'; in Annals de l'Institut d'Estudis Empordanesos. Monogràfic, 2007. 2 vol.

Publication in two volumes, collecting together the events of the congress by the same name, organised by the Institut d'Estudis Empordanesos. The papers and presentations are grouped into five themes: science, archaeology, geography, history, painting and literature.
: La memoria del bosque: crónicas de la vieja selva europea. Cultos y culturas, mitos, leyendas y tradiciones; Abella, Ignacio. Barcelona: Integral, 2007. ISBN: 978-84-7901-941-9.

This book seeks to recover the memory of what was once the European forest, with special emphasis on the cultural woodland heritage and the surrounding cults, myths, legends and traditions. It tells us about what the woods and trees represented long ago and about the current vision and situation.
: Paesaggi a molte velocità. Infrastrutture e progetto del territorio in Piemonte; Ambrosini, G.; Berta, M. Roma: Meltemi, 2004. ISBN: 88-8353-389-5.

The book offers a plural reading of the Piedmont landscape and demonstrates the rapidity with which landscape is transformed, giving ideas on the new geography of mobility and housing.
: Anuari territorial de Catalunya T2006; Barcelona: Societat Catalana d'Ordenació del Territori, 2007. ISBN: 978-84-7283-949-6.

The yearbook systematically collects summaries of the main projects, conflicts and debates arising during 2006 in the context of the transformation of the Catalan territory. It is presented in a teaching edition accessible to everyone.
: Landscape and sustainable development: challenges of the European Landscape Convention; Strasbourg: Council of Europe Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 978-92-871-5989-2.

This book is the fruit of the Council of Europe's intention to implement the European Landscape Convention. Starting with the results of the workshops concerned with the implementation of the Convention and reports by experts from the Council of Europe, it develops and exemplifies various aspects dealt with in the European Landscape Convention, such as public participation, spatial planning and landscape quality objectives, among others.
: Arte público: naturaleza y ciudad; Maderuelo, Javier (ed.). Taro de Tahiche: Fundación César Manrique, 2001. ISBN: 84-88550-38-3.

This publication ia a collection of the papers given during the course by the same name organised by the Fundació César Manrique and directed by Javier Maderuelo. The principal theme is the contribution of art in improving the urban and non-urban environment, in the context of a line of work stimulated by the evolution of modern sensitivity and the consideration of the physical environment as a source of pleasure.
: Els jardins de parets seques: recordant Josep Pla; Moli, Domènec; Sala, Ramon; Fèlix, Jenar. Barcelona: Comanegra, 2007. ISBN: 978-84-935566-3-1.

This book is intended to be a voyage of sensations to three special places in Catalonia: Cap de Creus, the Côte Vermeille and the Garriga. With nothing but than stones, the country folk of our lands built thousands of kilometres of walls and hundreds of farmhouses. This landscape attracted the attention of Josep Pla, who, in his book Cadaqués, defines it as an immense "drystone garden".
: Territorio, paisaxe e identidade: foros do instituto de estudos das identidades; Estevez, Xerardo; Fernández, María José (eds.). Santiago de Compostela: Museo do Pobo Galego, 2007. ISBN: 978-84-88508-40-9.

This book is a collection of contributions to the forum Territory, Landscape and Identity which the Instituto de Estudos das Identidades del Museo do Pobo Galego held on line in January 2007. A forum for debate on the traditional view of territory and landscape and the transformations which are taking place in its physical reality and social perception.
: European Landscapes and Lifestyles: The Mediterranean and Beyond; Roca, Z., Spek, T., Terkenli, T., Plieninger, T., and Höchtl, F. (eds.). Lisboa: Edições Universitárias Lusófonas, 2007.

This work provides new contributions to the making of the European history of the transformation of relationships between nature and society, and pays tribute to the diversity of landscapes and lifestyles, past and present, throughout the European continent.
: La construcción social del paisaje; AA.VV. Madrid: Biblioteca Nueva, 2007. ISBN: 84-9742-624-X.

This book brings together the most important reflections from the last two editions of the International Landscape Seminar of the Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo of Barcelona and the Centre Ernest Lluch. The seminar is characterised by addressing the landscape issue from an interdisciplinary, open and innovative perspective.
: Atlante delle emozioni: un viaggio tra arte, architettura e cinema; Bruno, Giuliana. Bruno Mondadori, 2006. ISBN: 88-424-9225-6.

This book, internationally acknowledged with several awards, takes the reader on a journey through geography, art, architecture, design, cartography and cinema. The result is a novel perception of mental landscapes and spatial experience.
: Geografies expectants – Trajeccions. Paisatges en mutació constant; AA.VV. Girona: Fundació Espais d'Art Contemporani, 2007. ISBN- 978-84-93465728.

This publication is a collection of texts from conferences presented at the congress "Híbrids 2006" held in July 2006 in Girona. The texts are an attempt to map the development of the human being on the earth and how this development is a state of constant "mutation" both regarding ourselves and the environment around us.
: Atlas des paysages Maine et Loire; AAVV. Angers: Le Polygraphe, 2003. ISBN: 2-909051-22-6.

This work, published by the Conseil Général de Maine-et-Loire, is a summary of the study prepared over two years by a multidisciplinary research group. This atlas describes the landscape of the river Loire through its history, geology, economy, water and importance. It is structured in thirteen landscape units and is designed for the general public.
: Convenzione europea del paesaggio; Priore, Riccardo. Centro Stampa d'Ateneo, 2007. (Saggi Brevi; 3). ISBN: 88-89367-01-6.

On the occasion of the ratification of the European Landscape Convention by the Italian government, the official text was translated and commented on in order to promote its dissemination and correct interpretation. The author, Riccardo Priore, who was in charge of the work of drafting the Convention in the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, analyses and interprets the translation into Italian of the European Landscape Convention.
: Paisaje y pensamiento; Maderuelo, Javier (dir.). Madrid: Adaba ediciones, 2006. ISBN: 84-96258-84-X.

A written report on the course by same name which was organised by the Centro de Arte y Naturaleza de Huesca in June 2006 and was devoted to currents of thought on the landscape and what is meant by ‘landscape'. The papers were prepared by eminent European philosophers, historians, geographers, scientists and engineers, who presented their views on landscape during the sessions of the course.
: Fieldwork: Landscape Architecture Europe; Landscape Architecture Europe Foundation. Basel: Birkhäuser, 2006. ISBN: 3-7243-7508-6.

This publication is structured in two sections: the first presents 43 innovative projects by various landscape architects from around Europe while, in the second part, these projects are supplemented with seven studies on the present state of landscape architecture in Europe.
: Josep Pla: el temps, la gent i el paisatge. Una etnografia de l'Empordà franquejant la literatura; Carbonell Camós, Eliseu. Barcelona: Edicions 1984, 2006. ISBN: 84-96061-67-1.

This book deals with themes frequent in Pla's literary work: time, people and landscape. Taking these central elements of literary work by Pla, the book reconstructs an ethnography of the Empordà which improves our knowledge of Catalan ethnology.
: Del paisaje reciente: de la imagen al territorio; AAVV. Madrid: Museo Colecciones ICO, 2006. ISBN: 84-934684-2-2.

This book takes its title from the exhibition organised by the ICO Foundation in collaboration with the 8th PHotoEspaña Festival. The book brings together works by fourteen artists of recognised standing, dealing with very diverse aspects of landscape. Each one, though, transmits a very personal vision of the landscape in relation to culture.
: LOTO: Landscapes opportunities: the landscape management of the territorial transformations. Guidelines and pilot actions; Regione de Lombardia, 2005.

LOTO (Landscape Opportunities for Territorial Organization) is a transnational cooperation project aimed at setting guidelines for managing the landscape and territorial transformation. In this book, the methodologies are developed and seventeen pilot schemes from all over Europe are described.
For further information, see the LOTO project's website.
: El paisatge transgredit; AAVV. [Girona] : Fundació Espais, [2005]. ISBN: 84-930566-8-5.

Reflections on the tensions between human beings-nature, nature-technology, and art-science, based on the cycle of lectures and exhibitions arranged by the Fundació Espais d'Art Contemporani and the Girona Branch of the architects' association COAC in 2005 under the title: The limits and the potential for modifying the landscape: nature, art, science and technology.
: Les livre des déserts: itinéraires scientifiques, littéraires et spirituels; Doucey, Bruno (dir.). Paris: Robert Laffont, 2006. ISBN: 2-221-09966-4.

This book provides an overview of the planet's hot and cold deserts. It includes the views of 150 authors who, from their wide-ranging backgrounds in geography, biology, ethnology, history, literature, theology and philosophy, present different aspects of that landscape, which is both complex and fascinating.
: Pla director urbanístic del sistema costaner de Catalunya; Nel·lo Colom, Oriol; Llort Corbella, Joan [dir.]. Barcelona: Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament de Política Territorial i Obres Públiques, 2006. ISBN: 84-393-7192-6

This publication presents the basic features of the Land Master Plan for the Coastal Regions of Catalonia. The Plan seeks to ensure strict continuity for the heritage and landscape values of the Catalan coast, displaying to us its plurality and diversity and the richness of its landscapes. It is a practical tool for knowledge and application of the regulations and a planning instrument; a tool, finally, for intervention and action. If you are interested you can get it from the Government of Catalonia libraries.
: Leggere il paesaggio: confronti internazionali = reading the landscape: international comparisons; Scazzosi, Lionella. Roma: Gangemi, 2002. ISBN: 88-492-0265-2

This book analyses the principal methodologies of reading and assessing the landscape used in different European countries and in the United States. It focuses particularly on the methodologies used in the instruments of landscape planning and management used by the public authorities, with a special emphasis on the local and regional level.
: The British Landscape; Davies, John. London: Chris Boot, 2006. ISBN: 978-0-9546894-7-6

A selection of the best photographs of the British landscape taken by John Davies between 1979 and 2005. It includes photographs of rural landscape, but also of urban, industrial and post-industrial landscapes, accompanied by information which helps to put the images into context and by an introduction on the transformation of the British landscape.
: Health, well-being and social inclusion: therapeutic horticulture in the UK; Sempik, Joe; Aldridge, Jo; Becker, Saul. Bristol: The Policy Press, 2005
1-86134-725-1

In spite of the growing interest among health professionals and social scientists regarding the therapeutic and social value of horticulture, there has been little evidence of results in cases of people with learning difficulties or mental health problems. This book goes into the subject from the results of the study "Growing Together", the first detailed study on horticultural and gardening projects in the United Kingdom.
: Los mismos paisajes: ideas e interpretaciones = The same landscapes: ideas and interpretations; Galí-Izard, Teresa. Barcelona: Gustavo Gili, 2005. (Land&Scape Series; 4).
84-252-1962-0

This book brings together a series of situations in which the processes and dynamics of landscape are of special interest. The examples, taken from various places, man-made or not, have been collected over a decade of research and observation.
: Paisaje, memoria histórica e identidad nacional; Ortega Cantero, Nicolás (Ed.). Soria: Fundación Duques de Soria; Madrid: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2005. (Colección de Estudios; 102).
84-7477-985-5

This book includes the papers given at the seminar entitled "Landscape, historical memory and national identity", which was held in Soria from 12th to 16th July 2004. All this makes up a broad panorama on modern geographical landscape planning: the nexus existing between landscape and the historical and national characteristics of the human groups who have developed there.