The Issue of Public Participation in the European Landscape Convention

摘要: The chapter introduces the European Landscape Convention (ELC) and its innovative features compared to earlier approaches landscape. provides a new definition of It applies all landscapes, not just selected ones, underlines diversity landscapes as value. emphasizes that landscape is an exclusive field for scientific technical specialists but concern everybody, advocates enhanced role public participation in issues. Further, it highlights principle subsidiarity, requiring Open image window matters should be dealt with closely affected population possible. Next, brief discussion concepts. Three prevailing notions are presented – morphology, scenery, polity then ELC’s ‘area perceived by people’. Following this, discusses important common Respect promotion cultural part Council Europe’s objective promoting democratic culture based on respect law while actively involving civil society citizens. Participation provided Aarhus followed up presented, provisions ELC implementation. concludes section practice, briefly introducing individual chapters book.