A Landscape Approach to Forest Conservation A Literature Survey
Appendix Annotated Bibliography
1 Appendix : Annotated Bibliography
2 Agnoletti, M. et al. (ed.)
Methods and Approaches in Forest History
Agnoletti, M. and Anderson, S. 2000. Methods and Approaches in Forest History. IUFRO Research Series, No. 3. CABI Publishing, Wallingford.
A companion to Forest History: International Studies on Socioeconomic and Forest Ecosystem Change which includes over 20 papers from the same conference held in Florence in 1998. This volume focuses on the different approaches and methods adopted in the study of forest history. The interdisciplinary nature of these studies is emphasized, bringing in the different perspectives of anthropologists, botanists, ecologists, foresters, historians, geneticists and geographers. This volume demonstrates the rich diversity of approaches and methods to forest history.
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3 Alanen, A.R. et al.
Preserving Cultural Landscapes in America
Alanen, A.R. and Melnick, R. 2000. Preserving Cultural Landscapes in America. Center Books on Contemporary Landscape Design Serie. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. Retrieved August 17, 2000 from Books In Print (R) With Book Reviews (P-Z) (2000) database on the WWW: http://ahdoc.epfl.ch/cgi-bin/webspirs.cmd
Historic preservation efforts began with an emphasis on buildings, especially those associated with significant individuals, places, or events. Subsequent efforts were expanded to include vernacular architecture, but only in recent decades have preservationists begun shifting focus to the land itself. Cultural landscapes--such as farms, gardens, and urban parks--are now seen as projects worthy of the preservationist's attention. To date, however, no book has addressed the critical issues involved in cultural landscape preservation.
In Preserving Cultural Landscapes in America, Arnold R. Alanen and Robert Z. Melnick bring together a distinguished group of contributors to address the complex academic and practical questions that arise when people set out to designate and preserve a cultural landscape. Beginning with a discussion of why cultural landscape preservation is important, the authors explore such topics as the role of nature and culture, the selling of heritage landscapes, urban parks and cemeteries, Puerto Rican neighbourhoods in New York City, vernacular landscapes in small towns and rural areas, ethnographic landscapes, Asian American imprints on the western landscape, and integrity as a value in cultural landscape preservation.
Source: http://www.press.jhu.edu/press/books/titles/s00/s00alpr.htm
4 American Society of Landscape Architects
Visual Values for the Highway User
American Society of Landscape Architects. forthcoming. Visual Values for the Highway User. American-Society-of-Landscape-Architects, Washington, R.R. Bowker, Reed Elsevier Inc. Retrieved August 17, 2000 from Books In Print (R) With Book Reviews (P-Z) (2000) database on the World Wide Web: http://ahdoc.epfl.ch/cgi-bin/webspirs.cmd
DESCRIPTORS: TRAFFIC-ENGINEERING
Homepage of the American Society of Landscape Architects : http://www.asla.org/
5 Antrop, M.
Background concepts for integrated landscape analysis
Antrop, M. 2000. Background concepts for integrated landscape analysis. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 77 (1-2): 17-28.
Keywords: Landscape; Planning; Landscape ecology; Regional geography; Urbanisation
Background concepts of the landscape research performed at the Department of Geography of the University of Ghent are described, discussed and illustrated with some examples. The integrated approach is based upon holism, perception and evolution. Holism allows the link between landscape ecology and perception. It explains the interaction between structure and functioning and the importance of the scale. Perception is linked to structure, pattern recognition and learning and, thus, also to behaviour and the practical results of planning processes. Landscape evolution is based on the dynamic interaction between structure and functioning and also on history, which makes each landscape unique. The rate and magnitude of the changes in the landscape are the most important factors relating to the evolution of our landscapes. Pressures upon the landscape and values of our landscapes can be defined according to their traditional characteristics.
Source : http://www.elsevier.nl/
6 Atkins, P. et al.
People, Land and Time: An Historical Introduction to the Relations Between Landscape, Culture and Environment
Atkins, P.; Roberts, B.; Simmons, I. 1998. People, Land and Time: An Historical Introduction to the Relations Between Landscape, Culture and Environment. Arnold Publications. Oxford University Press, New York. Retrieved 17 August, 2000 from Books In Print (R) With Book Reviews (P-Z) (2000) database on the WWW: http://ahdoc.epfl.ch/cgi-bin/webspirs.cmd
DESCRIPTORS: HISTORY
A historical introduction to the evolution of the relationship between people and their environment from the last ice age to the present.
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7 Bell, S.S. et al.
Linking restoration and landscape ecology
Bell, S.S.; Fonseca, M.S., Motten, L.B.1997. Linking restoration and landscape ecology. RESTORATION-ECOLOGY 5 (4) : 318-323. Retrieved August 17, 2000 from CURRENT CONTENTS Search(R) 5 Sci. Ed. (January 1998 through March 1998) database on the WWW: http://ahdoc.epfl.ch/cgi-bin/webspirs.cmd
KEYWORDS: HABITAT-FRAGMENTATION; COMMUNITY-DEVELOPMENT; PATTERN-; MITIGATION-; MARSHES-; PERSPECTIVES-; DISTURBANCE-; MANAGEMENT-; SEAGRASSES-; WETLANDS-
Landscape ecology focuses on questions typically addressed over broad spatial scales. A landscape approach embraces spatial heterogeneity, consisting of a number of ecosystems and/or landscape structures of different types, as a central theme. Such studies may aid restoration efforts in a variety of ways, including (1) provision of better guidance for selecting reference sites and establishing project goals and (2) suggestions for appropriate spatial configurations of restored elements to facilitate recruitment of flora/fauna. Likewise, restoration efforts may assist landscape-level studies, given that restored habitats, possessing various patch arrangements or being established among landscapes of varying diversity and conditions of human alteration, can provide extraordinary opportunities for experimentation over a large spatial scale. Restoration studies can facilitate the rate of information gathering for expected changes in natural landscapes for which introduction of landscape elements may be relatively slow. Moreover, data collected from restoration studies can assist in validation of dynamic models of current interest in landscape ecology. We suggest that restoration and landscape ecology have an unexplored mutualistic relationship that could enhance research and application of both disciplines.
8 Bender, B. (ed.)
Landscape: Politics and Perspectives
Bender, B. (Ed) 1993. Landscape: Politics and Perspectives. Explorations in Anthropology. Berg-Publishers, Oxford. Retrieved 17 August 2000 from Books In Print (R) With Book Reviews (E-O) (2000) on the WWW: http://ahdoc.epfl.ch/cgi-bin/webspirs.cmd
DESCRIPTORS: LANDSCAPE-PROTECTION; HUMAN-ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL-PERCEPTION
Including the following article :
Cosgrove, D. Landscapes and Myths, Gods & Humans. In Landscape: Politics and Perspectives (Explorations in Anthropology). Barbara Bender (Editor). Berg: Providence, 1993, p. 281-305.
Gosgrove makes the distinction that while geographers have been interested in landscapes, and anthropologists intent on studying myths, it is only through a convergence of these two disciplines that we can understand the social relations of individuals and groups with the physical world that is produced and represented. He examines the myth of Gaia to understand the way early myths have attempted to understand creation and being, and it's place within the physical landscape. His metaphorical allusions attempt to unite past myths with our current geography to recall the series of discourses, which he believes, continues to influence our current relations with the places where we live. He believes that these discourses: the spatial, social, gendered, physiological and artistic, are deeply rooted in the cultural unconsciousness of Europeans and Americans. His argument is an interesting one for if the landscape has the potential to become a cultural image, then methods of representing and symbolizing one's environment become crucial to the understanding and interpretation of that landscape depending on which 'discourse' a reader subscribes to. Though this book is laden with philosophy and mythology, it is well articulated and convincing in its beliefs and should be a good introduction to interdisciplinary work.
Source : http://www.anthro.washington.edu/Faculty/Faculty%20Syllabi/Anth570/18.htm
9 Bennett, A.
Linkages in the Landscape
Bennett, A. F. 1998. Linkages in the landscape : the role of corridors and connectivity in wildlife conservation. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge.
The loss and fragmentation of natural habitats is one of the major issues in wildlife management and conservation. Habitat "corridors" are sometimes proposed as an important element within a conservation strategy. Examples are given of corridors both as pathways and as habitats in their own right. Includes detailed reviews of principles relevant to the design and management of corridors, their place in regional approaches to conservation planning, and recommendations for research and management.
Source : http://www.iucn.org/themes/fcp/activities/publications/fcpbooks.html
10 Bertollo, P.
Assessing ecosystem health in governed landscapes: A framework for developing core indicators
Bertollo, P. 1998. Assessing ecosystem health in governed landscapes: A framework for developing core indicators. ECOSYSTEM-HEALTH. 4 (1) : 33-51. Retrieved August 17, 2000 from CURRENT CONTENTS Search(R) 5 Sci. Ed. (July 1998 through September 1998) database on the WWW: http://ahdoc.epfl.ch/cgi-bin/webspirs.cmd
KEYWORDS PLUS: SEA-LEVEL-RISE; BIOLOGICAL-INTEGRITY; BIODIVERSITY-; MANAGEMENT-; STRESS-; AREAS-
This article describes the development of a framework for selecting a core set of indicators suitable for an integrated ecosystem health assessment of a governed landscape. Integrated assessments are those that consider a combination of biophysical, socioeconomic, and human health considerations. Highly governed landscapes are cultural landscapes that are strictly controlled by humans to the extent that they would revert to an entirely different form were it not for continued human intervention. One example of such a landscape, which serves as the setting for this investigation, is the former wetlands of the northeastern Italian coastal zone, which have been subject to widespread land reclamation and coastal development over the past century. The science of ecosystem health has been chosen as the frame of reference because ''health'' is not judged by the degree of ''naturalness'' but instead on the ability of the ecosystem to maintain and renew itself. The framework consists of first reviewing literature and methods related to ecological and environmental monitoring, stale-oi-the-environment reporting, landscape ecology, and sustainability. This is followed by the definition of indicator guidelines that are designed to assist in the evaluation and selection of potential indicators. A core set of indicators are then presented based on a conceptual framework devised for this purpose. indicators are classed as abiotic, biotic, and cultural, and selected according to the ecological districts comprising the study area. The ultimate goal is their application to an ecological monitoring and assessment program within a governed landscape such as the northeastern Italian coastal zone. Given such a commitment, the normal process of core indicator refinement can then proceed, based on such actions as further consultations with interested stakeholders and evaluation of methodological and practical constraints to their actual application.
11 Birnbaum, C.A. et al. (ed.)
Pioneers of American Landscape Design
Birnbaum, C.A. and Karson, R.S. 2000. Pioneers of American Landscape Design. McGraw-Hill, New York.
An important look at 140 prominent landscape architects and their work, full of new and archival photographs--the first reference book of its kind. An absolute must for landscape architects, students, and anyone interested in the design and evolution of the American landscape. Each entry includes biographical information, a discussion of the architects' approach and methodology, and representative plans and photographs of major projects. Emphasizes vital issues in landscape preservation and ecologically sound design.
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Source: http://aalto.arch.ksu.edu/newsevents/calendar/archive/98-99/birnbaum.htm
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12 Birnbaum, C.A. (ed.)
Cultural Landscapes: Expanding the Realm of Historic Preservation
Birnbaum, C.A. forthcoming. Cultural Landscapes: Expanding the Realm of Historic Preservation. John Wiley and Sons, New York. Retrieved August 17, 2000 from Books In Print (R) With Book Reviews (A-D) (2000) database on the WWW: http://ahdoc.epfl.ch/cgi-bin/webspirs.cmd
DESCRIPTORS: CULTURE-
13 Bissonette, J.A.
Wildlife and Landscape Ecology: Effects of Pattern and Scale
Bissonette, J.A. 1997. Wildlife and Landscape Ecology: Effects of Pattern and Scale. Springer Verlag New York, New York. Retrieved August 17, 2000 from Books In Print (R) With Book Reviews (P-Z) (2000) on the WWW: http://ahdoc.epfl.ch/cgi-bin/webspirs.cmd
DESCRIPTORS: WILDLIFE-MANAGEMENT
While the research and management of wildlife has traditionally emphasised studies at smaller scales, it is now acknowledged that larger, landscape-level patterns strongly influence demographic processes in wild animal species. This book is the first to provide the conceptual basis for learning how larger scale patterns and processes can influence the biology and management of wildlife species. It is divided into three sections: Underlying Concepts, Landscape Metrics and Applications and Large Scale Management.
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14 Bourassa, S.C.
The Aesthetics of Landscape
Bourassa, S.C. 1991. The Aesthetics of Landscape. Belhaven Press. London
Keywords : landscape aesthetics, landscape evaluation, aesthetics.
Sets out to provide a comprehensive theoretical framework for research in landscape aesthetics. Critical review of the history of ideas about landscape and aesthetic experience. Sets out conceptual framework combining 'biological, cultural and personal aspects' of aesthetic experience, reviews current theory and illustrates the application of theory to problems of landscape evaluation.
Source : http://www.forestry.gov.uk/ppd/research/landscape/project5.html
15 Boyce, S.G.
Landscape Forestry
Boyce, S.G. 1995. Landscape forestry. John Wiley & Sons, New York.
A compilation of concepts, biological relationships and procedures used to organize forested landscapes for combinations of goods, services and effects. Includes such management processes as investments for biological diversity, timber production, wilderness effects, recreational opportunities, esthetic values and habitats for endangered animals and plants.
Source : http://catalog2.wiley.com/
16 Bradley, G.A.
Urban Forest Landscapes: Integrating Multidisciplinary Perspectives
Bradley, G.A. 1995. Urban Forest Landscapes: Integrating Multidisciplinary Perspectives. University of Washington Press.
Description: The goal of urban forestry is to understand the ecological, institutional, and human issues at work in the urban landscape. Urban forestry is a comparatively new field within the academic discipline of forestry, and is closely allied to several scientific disciplines as well as the social sciences. Professionals in the field are called upon to provide scientific information and guidance, and to justify in economic, social, and environmental terms the value of the urban landscape in relation to other uses of the land and other needs of the city. The multidisciplinary approach of this book recognizes the dilemma that in the attempt to solve problems by developing landscapes that address specific goals such as fire safety, energy and water conservation, and wildlife preservation, other problems are sometimes created because scientific knowledge is lacking or because not all aspects of the situation have been considered. Urban Forest Landscapes takes a critical look at the current state of knowledge and research in the field, and at how available information is applied in the urban setting. The book includes contributions by twenty specialists. Several articles outline the development of urban forestry in the United States and the use of trees in urban environments in the European and North American cultural tradition. Others consider the environmental setting: the level of scientific knowledge, public policy and perceptions of land management needs, human needs, land use laws and regulations, political and administrative issues, and economic approaches. Another group of articles discuss scenic value, management of greenbelts and forest remnants, wildlife habitat design, energy-efficientlandscapes, water conservation, and fire-safe landscape. A final section focuses on sustainability of urban forest landscapes, both from a conceptual perspective and by presenting two practical case studies of managed forests in an urban environment.