Living Landscape

The European Landscape Convention in research perspective Florence 18 – 19 October 2010 What has science contributed to the implementation of the European Landscape Convention? And what are the topics for the future of European landscape? The 10th anniversary of the Florence Convention is occasion to discuss in depth the merits of landscape science at the forefront of integrated research in a rapidly changing spatial environment. Interdisciplinary contributions explicitly referring to the principles of the Landscape Convention are especially welcomed. Four themes are chosen for the parallel sessions: o perception studies; o landscape identification and typology; o effects of policy development on landscape; o and participation studies. Call for papers Aim of the conference is to discuss cutting-edge research results at the crossroads of sciences and humanities, design and empiricism. Papers will be prepared in advance, and selected as a basis for the debate in the conference. The results of the debate will be presented to the political audience present for the Florence+10 event on 20 October. After the conference the papers will be updated and published in scientific journals. Conference language is English. [b]Deadline for submission of abstracts: 15 Jan 2010[/b] Visti the official site: http://www.uniscape.eu/