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21st Century Challenges Facing Cultural Landscapes (Paperback)
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21st Century Challenges Facing Cultural Landscapes (Paperback)
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Through stories of diverse landscapes from around the world, this
book captures human cultures and their land use practices in the
environments they inhabit. The chapters cover topics from heritage
in the 21st Century, appreciating and safeguarding values while
facing challenges wrought by change. This title will lead readers
through fascinating stories of landscapes and people. We learn of
the physical and spiritual structure of rice terraces of the Honghe
Mountains in China maintained by following a 1300 year sustainable
practice of water allocation, while the colonial tea plantations of
the Sri Lankan highlands are managed by Indian Tamils who now seek
tourism as a means of additional income. Sustainable agricultural
methods in the USA are being introduced to prevent landscape loss
while in Australia a challenge confronting family farms is
progressing to rural industrialisation. Challenges are further
outlined in the mythical story of Finland's Saint Henrik pilgrimage
and in the intangible Ui-won gardens of Korea. The huge challenge
for Japan's landscapes is the legacy from fierce natural 21st
Century disasters while in Australia's Dampier Archipelago, an
avoidable yet brutal development on a unique Aboriginal rock
sculptured landscape highlights serious concerns about heritage
governance. These remarkable stories of landscapes and their
management are inseparable from the communities that inhabit them.
This book was originally published as a special issue of Landscape
Research.
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