Review article

https://doi.org/10.21861/hgg.2009.71.01.01

”Who Makes the Landscape?” Forces of Landscape Transformation in Austria

Walter Zsilincsar ; Institut für Geographie und Raumforschung, Universität Graz, Graz, Austria

Abstract

There are two bundles of forces shaping the environment: natural and human ones. Cultural landscapes are predominantly the result of human activities. Probably the most serious influencing factor in the civilized world on modelling cultural landscapes is national and international legislation which, again, is the outcome of policies and ideologies, social, economical and cultural backgrounds. The author concentrates on policy and legislation with special emphasis on agricultural law and regional planning regulations because they affect human shaping of landscapes the most.

Keywords

Austria; cultural landscape; policy; ideology; regional planning; agricultural law; forest law

Hrčak ID:

41792

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/41792

Publication date:

27.6.2009.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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