Abstract
The research explores the potential and conditions of “landscape as heritage” concept to become a driver and a connecting platform for trans-sectoral participatory governance. With this aim the research considers heritage and landscape discourses in light of the broader sociocultural, economic, and political transformations; explores governance concepts and regulations on the relationship between people and their living environment in different socio-economic and political contexts; investigates conditions and mechanisms for a landscape and heritage-based, participatory, cross-sectoral governance. The research uses a case study approach, focusing on heritage and landscape administration and governance in England as the main case. The developments of the past decades make England particularly interesting to study the national government-led localist policies, new public management, and small government strategies in action, and the outcomes in view of democratic, integrated, and sustainable governance. Studying these factors from the perspective of heritage landscapes, promises to unveil the contradictions and challenges, to be highlighted in order to aid more sustainable and inclusive governance strategies for the future.
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Presentation Type
Theme
Economic, Social, and Cultural Context
KEYWORDS
Governance, Heritage, Landscapes
