Landscape Research has been established as an interdisciplinary
field dealing with complex environmental processes at multiple
spatial and temporal scales. During the course of its history,
various societal, technological and philosophical stimuli have
shaped Landscape Research, e.g. the declaration of Landscape
Ecology in the 1930s and contemporary global technological and
societal developments.
Modern landscape research presently uses mathematics, statistics
and advanced simulation techniques to combine empirical
observations with known theories from ecology, physics, geography,
social science and so on. Knowledge is thus updated and quantified
via models that are used for estimation, hypothesis testing,
prediction and assessment of scenarios. Advances in the
computational sciences (e.g. fast computers and vast array of
software), space science (e.g. remote sensing) and biological
sciences (e.g. genetics) as well as new perspectives in the social
sciences play important roles. Research findings are implemented in
conservation management, urban planning and global change
mitigation strategies.
This book identifies emerging fields and new challenges that are
discussed within the framework of the a ~driving forcesa (TM) of
Landscape Development. Rather than offering a comprehensive
overview of all fields of Landscape Research, the book addresses a
~hot topicsa (TM) emphasizing major contemporary trends in these
fields.
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