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Conference paper2007Peer reviewed

A peri-urban landscape analysis as a strategic instrument in environmental planning

Qviström, Mattias; Larsson, Anders; Ode, Åsa

Abstract

Planners working for sustainable development are constrained by a limited understanding of landscape development in peri-urban areas. This paper explores how peri-urban landscape analysis could be developed as a strategic instrument within comprehensive planning through the presentation of two on-going research projects at the Dept. of Landscape Architecture at SLU Alnarp, Sweden

Keywords

landscape analysis; landscape and planning theory; peri-urban landscape; Sweden; comprehensive planning; landscape character

Published in

Title: Landscape assessment - from theory to practice: applications in planning and design
ISBN: 978-86-7299-137-6
Publisher: Faculty of Forestry, University of Belgrade

Conference

ECLAS 2007: Landscape assessment - from theory to practice: applications in planning and design