Wednesday 31 October 2007

Conference for the Study of the Rural Landscape

The 23rd Session of PECSRL - The Permanent European Conference for the Study of the Rural Landscape will be held in Lisbon, Portugal from 1-5 September 2008 under the theme, LANDSCAPES, IDENTITIES AND DEVELOPMENT. The conference objectives are:

-To provide insights on historical, current and prospective linkages between changing landscapes and natural, economic, cultural and other identity features of places and regions;
-To bring forward new ideas about the landscape related identities as local and regional development assets and resources in the era of globalized economy and culture;
-To assess the role of historical geography and landscape history as platforms of landscape research and management in European contexts and their transcontinental perspectives;
-To strengthen landscape perspective as a constitutive element of sustainable development, and to promote international cooperation in landscape and development research.

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