Sustainable Development of Multifunctional LandscapesKatharina Helming and Hubert Wiggering (eds.), Springer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 2003, ISBN: 354000089, 286 pp.

Abstract

Sustainable management of multi-functional landscapes is a widely accepted ideal worldwide. Helming and Wiggering attempt to address several issues on landscapes in their edited book “Sustainable Development of Multifunctional Landscapes”. The aim of the book is to identify, characterize and develop strategies for supporting sustainable multi-functional land use in Europe. This book is the first product of the “Landscape Tomorrow” research cooperation and contains 19 chapters devoted to various facets relevant to understanding sustainable management of multifunctional landscapes, arranged in three multi-chapter sections and a closing chapter...