Methods of Historical Landscape Structures Identification and Implementation into Landscape Studies

Slámová, Martina; Jančura, Peter; Daniš, Dušan

doi:10.2478/eko-2013-0023

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“…The demand for quality tourism in rural areas is increasing, and tourism has great potential for revitalizing the rural economy [1]. Surveys of Agricultural historical landscape structures support biodiversity in agricultural landscapes and contribute to the ecological value of the landscape, but also have important cultural and historical values [12].…”

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Identification and Evaluation of Landscape as a Precondition for Planning Revitalization and Development of Mediterranean Rural Settlements—Case Study: Mrkovi Village, Bay of Kotor, Montenegro

Čurović¹,

Čurović

Spalević

et al. 2019

Sustainability

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This paper presents a case study of the village of Mrkovi in the Bay of Kotor, Montenegro, showing the importance of landscape identification and assessment in planning the revitalization and development of Mediterranean rural settlements. The research revealed the methods of identification and evaluation of different landscape types. Moreover, it showed how such an approach could considerably contribute to the preservation of the space's identity and quality by taking into account the existing characteristics of the space or the relationship between cultural and natural heritage. The identification of the landscape types was followed by the evaluation of individual elements and assessment of vulnerability in relation to the space's natural, cultural, and visual quality. The first step in the process of preserving the elements that contribute to the landscape's identity was the spatial identification of the cultural pattern of traditional terraces with drystone walls. The results of analysis indicate a high risk of degradation of the basic landscape value. The effects of future interventions in the space, especially the planned construction of a tourist resort, can be mitigated if they comply with the guidelines related to the rational use of the space and delimitation of the construction zones. This paper points out the importance of a responsible attitude and planned approach regarding the cultural and natural landscape of Mediterranean rural settlements.2 of 15 development possibilities at the landscape level and proposed solutions for the preservation of the elements of the structure of the landscape could make a big contribution to the cultural landscape's identity and/or biodiversity [2,3].Geographical position of the Boka Kotorska Bay and its specific nature caused the formation of human settlements in this area in the remote past, as evidenced by cultural heritage, which is very important for the study of the history of a particular space. Villages in Boka Kotorska, over its long development history, have changed much less than the towns, and that is why the villages have preserved homogeneous traditional and conservative features.At their very beginning, the villages in Boka Kotorska were made up of several houses belonging to the same clan or kinship community. That is why many of today's villages and hamlets are named after the first families that were their original inhabitants. Villages in Boka mostly belong to so-called dispersed villages. The houses in the entire village or in some of its parts are scattered without any order. This is how most of the villages in the hills are organized. The villages are near the road, and there are plenty of houses on the slopes of the hills. Parts of the village are separated by valleys, streams, hills, and hill slopes. "The original inhabitants preferred to have their houses isolated, with the land around the house, and to be away from the road because it was believed that the house near the road partly belongs to someone else" [4].The position of the village was...

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Identification and Evaluation of Landscape as a Precondition for Planning Revitalization and Development of Mediterranean Rural Settlements—Case Study: Mrkovi Village, Bay of Kotor, Montenegro

Čurović¹,

Čurović

Spalević

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“…Preserving farms with the unique triple-field system in the study region is important in the cadastral area of Budina. Slámová et al (2013) studied the same area and reported a heterogeneous agricultural landscape (i.e., a semi-natural agricultural landscape with a high inner level of heterogeneity that has transitioned into homogeneous forests). Terrace soils are distinctive features of the agricultural landscape in Europe.…”

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Modification of the potential production capabilities of agricultural terrace soils due to historical cultivation in the Budina cadastral area, Slovakia

Slámová

Jakubec

Hreško

et al. 2015

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The soil production attributes of historical agrarian terraced fields were examined in the Budina cadastral area of the Ostrozky Mountains. This landscape represents a unique sub-mountainous Carpathian landscape with farms that use a historically preserved triple-field agricultural system. We determined the geo-spatial parameters of different types of land cover and terraces using geographic information systems. The soil depth was measured in the field, and the skeleton content was determined in the laboratory. We compared data regarding the potential production capabilities of the soil with data from the national classification of agricultural soils. Our results indicated that the soil productivity attributes improved because the naturally less fertile cambisols were positively affected by terracing and long-term cultivation. We recommend the preservation of traditional agricultural activities in historical terraced fields because these terraces represent valuable features that improve the quality of the landscape.

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“…Several methods of evaluating landscape values were proposed and they differ from each other in terms of the selected criteria and data sets used (Sklenička et al 2009;Black et al 1998;Eetvelde and Antrop 2009;Capelo et al 2011;Slámová et al 2013). The cultural landscape values evaluation, which we proposed, is based on a historical approach and divided into a small-scale and large-scale analysis.…”

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“…Information about landscape development plays a key role in landscape value identification. A complex method of identification and assessment of characteristic landscape appearance was presented by Slámová et al (2013). The four-step assessment involves: (1) optometric parameters for evaluating visual landscape appearance include spatial parameters about dimensions of the valleys and spatial characteristics of visual dominants; (2) identification of landscape types by statistically significant combinations of land forms and land use categories; (3) assessment characteristic features (originality, age, scarcity, visual harmony, identity of local inhabitants, significant biotopes); (4) determination of a risk of landscape value degradation.…”

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Biocultural Diversity in Europe

Agnoletti¹,

Emanueli²

2016

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Methods of Historical Landscape Structures Identification and Implementation into Landscape Studies

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Identification and Evaluation of Landscape as a Precondition for Planning Revitalization and Development of Mediterranean Rural Settlements—Case Study: Mrkovi Village, Bay of Kotor, Montenegro

Identification and Evaluation of Landscape as a Precondition for Planning Revitalization and Development of Mediterranean Rural Settlements—Case Study: Mrkovi Village, Bay of Kotor, Montenegro

Modification of the potential production capabilities of agricultural terrace soils due to historical cultivation in the Budina cadastral area, Slovakia

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