Review article
https://doi.org/10.5559/di.20.3.11
Cultural Landscape and Legislation – The Case of Croatia
Goran ANDLAR
; Faculty of Agriculture, Zagreb
Branka ANIČIĆ
; Faculty of Agriculture, Zagreb
Petra PEREKOVIĆ
; Faculty of Agriculture, Zagreb
Iva RECHNER DIKA
; Faculty of Agriculture, Zagreb
Ines HRDALO
; Faculty of Agriculture, Zagreb
Abstract
Croatia has many diverse cultural landscapes, but awareness
of their existence is very low. Landscapes are given over to
developmental succession, loss of identity, unsuitable repair
and degradation. Joining the European Union commits us to
establishing effective implementation and measures of
protection. Major European and local research on the topic
of cultural landscapes was analyzed in the paper, as well as
relevant legal documents and international conventions. By
comparing foreign and local experience, the effectiveness of
our legislation in the field of cultural landscape and
landscape in general, the use of their protection, and
awareness of their values is analyzed. The analysis indicates
an absence of a basic document that would deal with the
systematic protection of landscape overall, despite the
signing of the Convention on European Landscapes.
Guidelines for the preservation of cultural landscapes, which
were outlined in several national strategies and legal acts in
the last decade, have not taken hold nor have they been
applied. In comparison to Croatia, most European countries
have enviously more developed systems of protection of
cultural landscapes. National and regional atlases of cultural
landscapes have been made, and there is a strong trend of
user involvement in the management of the areas.
Keywords
cultural landscape; outstanding cultural landscapes; landscape protection; Croatia; legislation
Hrčak ID:
72463
URI
Publication date:
10.10.2011.
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