Abstract

The methods developed in the connoisseur approach included in-depth interviews during field walks, walk-and-talk encounters, designating favourite places and routes on maps and management meetings between connoisseurs (local people, planners, and experts). Such concrete methods, which benefit from being mainly conducted outdoors, sought to empower local people, nurture a sense of belonging to a place and the management process, raise awareness of the local landscape and its potential, and identify shared values. The connoisseur approach proved to be a useful tool in the introductory phase, by clarifying the varying interests of local user groups, and was successful in creating links between the user groups, manager team, local politicians and administrators. Although unfamiliar to many people, the connoisseur method may effectively complement standardized, expert-dominated, top-down concepts of planning. (C) 2012 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.

Keywords

Communicative management planning; European Landscape Convention; Landscape management; Landscape planning; Local connoisseurs; Urban forestry

Published in

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening
2013, Volume: 12, number: 2, pages: 211-219

SLU Authors

• Mellqvist, Helena

  • Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Gustavsson, Roland

  • Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Gunnarsson, Allan

  • Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

Sustainable Development Goals

Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable


UKÄ Subject classification

Landscape Architecture


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2012.10.001

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/50523