Abstract
An important part of the planning processes is territorial (landscape) planning, which has experienced intensive development in the world, especially in the last fifty years. Existing developed landscape-ecological methods forming scientific bases for landscape planning, can be considered as one of the most serious platforms of applied landscape-ecological research. Methodological outputs and landscape planning tools are used mainly in spatial planning, land consolidation projects, river basin management plans and other strategic plans related to the landscape. Many procedures of landscape-ecological evaluations forming the basis for sustainable landscape planning and landscape management have been developed in Slovakia. At the Institute of Landscape Ecology the original methodology of landscape-ecological planning LANDEP was developed (Ružička & Miklós 1982) representing a systemically structured complex of applied landscape-ecological methodologies and methods with the aim of developing ecologically optimal spatial arrangement and functional land-use. The practical applicability of the methodology is also highly evaluated abroad. It was included in AGENDA 21 document adopted at the Earth Summit (Rio de Janeiro 1992) as recommended methodology for ensuring an integrated approach to country planning and management. LANDEP has become a tool to ensure sustainable landscape development. The contribution of LANDEP to practice can be divided into 4 problem areas: proposals for ecologically optimal territory division (landscape plan), proposal for ecologically optimal sector planning (agriculture, melioration, tourism), proposals for measures of landscape protection and creation, solution of environmental impact assessment. The outputs of LANDEP are applied to all societal activities that can in any way affect the environment quality.
Presenters
Henrich GrežoRegina Mišovičová
Assistant Professor, Department of ecology and environmentalistics, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra (Slovakia), Slovakia
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Sustainability Policy and Practice
KEYWORDS
Landscape planning, Ecologically optimal spatial arrangement, Functional land-use, LANDEP
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