Historic Landscape Assessment and Evaluation
Aims of this Lecture
This first chapter of this part of the module introduces the concepts and ideas of landscape, its evolution and development. It also introduces approaches to landscape evaluation and assessment, and raises issues of perceptions and cultural attachments. It sets the scene on what is a very large and wide topic and introduces case studies and areas as examples. These topics will be considered further in the later sessions of the course and also strengthened through the field visit.
The subject is a very broad one and there are recommended readings and references which you should at least dip into. All these are available in the Adsetts Centre or the Norfolk Building Level 4 Resources Room. The lecture serves as an introduction to ideas of landscape character and quality. To more fully understand the details of methodologies and approaches you should search the relevant literature and the internet for information on:
- 1. Landscape Character
- 2. Landscape Characterisation
- 3. Countryside Character
- 4. Natural Areas
- 5. Local Distinctiveness
The issues and topics raised are hugely important in understanding landscapes and ecological character. They are also vital to processes of site assessment and conservation.
Landscapes provide a backdrop for ecology, which at the same time is a component of the landscape. However, the relationship between ‘natural’ environmental factors and ‘cultural’ human influences is critical in the landscape you see and the components such as historic features or wildlife species which you may want to conserve. Indeed the loss of the traditional connections between people and their landscapes is one of the greatest threats to sustainability and to biodiversity, but is widely overlooked. This is described as ‘cultural severance’ and you will receive a separate reading on this important topic.
A full copy of the lecture notes can be downloaded here
Click on the link below to open or download the Historic Landscape Development Presentation.
http://www.4shared.com/document/zjAOQCtd/Historic_Landscape_Development.html
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Part 1 of the Landscape Assessment 2011 Presentation can be downloaded here
Presentation No.1 2011 can be downloaded here
Presentation No.2 2011 can be downloaded here
