The 23rd Session of PECSRL (The Permanent European Conference for the Study of the Rural Landscape) has been announced:
“Landscapes, Identities and Development”
Lisbon / Óbidos, Portugal, 1-5 September 2008
This conference has been organised by: TERCUD (Territory, Culture and Development Research Centre)
The 23rd Session of PECSRL will be a new opportunity for exchange and interaction among European and other scholars and practitioners interested in landscape and development research and planning. The aim of the meeting will be 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.
The following main themes will be addressed:
- Landscapes as a Constitutive Dimension of Territorial Identities
- Landscapes as Development Assets and Resources
- Landscape History and Landscape Heritage
- Landscape Research and Development Planning and Management
