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Through the digital newsletter Landscap-e the Documentation Center recommends interesting books, articles, documentaries… These are some of the documents that were recommended until now

: 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 taking 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 tropical ecosystem's beauty to today, 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 socialisation.
: Carreteras paisajísticas. Estudio para su catalogación en Andalucía; Zoido, Florencio (dir.). Sevilla: Junta de Andalucía, 2010. ISBN: 978-84-8095-560-7.

From the double prism of road networks as a means of mobility and a space from which to enjoy landscapes, 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 between the two, the connection between landscape and film has hardly before 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 identity concept 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 view 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 unitary 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 the 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 man. The author, with great artistic sensitivity, focuses on the beauty of geometric forms within these landscapes changed by the hand of mankind.
: 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 of 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 of 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 black colour, 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 some 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 Agreement of Landscape, its fundamental principles and its implementation in Italy. The second part is a comparative study between the Italian laws regarding landscape and its 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 16thCentury to now. This selection goes from gardens designed by the first English Landscape Architects, to the creation of modernist architectural ones 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 the values of the landscape 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 expressed 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 at Tortosa on 25-31 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 the free spaces found in most of the cities included in the territorial project, with the premise that they should be recognised as a system of spaces with their own values, with potential to restructure the urban territory and with capacity for future occupation.
: Miradas sobre el paisaje; Martínez de Pizón, Eduardo. Madrid: Biblioteca Nueva, 2009. ISBN: 978-84-9742-908-5.

Through a view that is both personal and at the same time filtered by the perspective and understanding of the geography, 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 in the same need: to reconsider public space 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 brings to professionals, technicians, public officers 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 landscape concept, the latter 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 appropriate 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 of the same name, where philosophers, architects, town planners and environmental specialists explored the multiform 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 the landscape, the regulation measures and the 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 of the same name, offering an exceptional panorama of the recovery of landscape in the arts in recent decades, through some of the more representative artists at 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 the landscape integration of the industrial areas of Catalonia, especially the industrial estates and economic activity sectors. It supplies some useful criteria and guidelines for the processes of planning, projecting and implantation in the territory of this type of area, 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.; Estrasburg: 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 over 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 in different ages, concepts which the cultural traditions or currents of thought tend to simplify, confusing or opposing the two terms. The various authors show how the relationship of 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

Records of the 5th Congress of the Coordinator of the Catalan-Speaking Study Centres. The objective of the congress was to open 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, heritage 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 blocks: 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 of the same name, organised by the Institut d'Estudis Empordanesos. The papers and communications 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 view 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 movement and housing.
: Anuari territorial de Catalunya T2006; Barcelona: Societat Catalana d'Ordenació del Territori, 2007. ISBN: 978-84-7283-949-6.

The yearbook collects systematically summaries of the main projects, conflicts and debates arising during 2006 in the context of transformation of the Catalan lands. It is presented in a teaching edition within the reach of 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 wish 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, town and country 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 collects together the papers given in the course of 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 as a voyage of sensations to three special places in Catalonia: Cap de Creus, the Côte Vermeille and the Garriga. With no other material 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 kept open in the network during 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 constructing 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 collects 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 in 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 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.

Record of the course of the 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 that of 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 with 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, stemming from 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 Directing 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 assessment of landscape used in different European countries and in the United States. It impacts particularly on the methodologies used in the instruments of landscape planning and management used by the public authorities, with 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 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 search 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 12 to 16 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.