Thirty years after the publication of “Dealing With Change in the Connecticut River Valley,” a widely acclaimed publication for the landscape planning profession, is a perfect time to reflect on the impact writing about new
Heritage Trees: International Legislation, Research and Registries
This research presents two aspects of the the state of recognition and protection for heritage trees worldwide: examples of regulatory efforts in specific countries, and the state of the research on heritage trees, their identification, protection and management. Heritage trees
Rapa Nui: Cultural Landscape in Isolation
World Heritage List: inscribed 1995 Location: An island in the Pacific Ocean, territory of Chile Period of development: Settled circa 300 A.D., transition in culture during the 16th century; depopulation 19th century (more recent scholarship since inscrition dates colonization to
Informal Settlements and Historic Urban Landscapes
The United Nations has predicted that by 2050, 66% of the world population will be living in cities (United Nations, 2015). To house this growing urban population, new living settlements such as informal settlements, squatter housing or illegal subdivisions have
Heritage Trees: International Legislation, Research and Registries
Heritage trees provide a sense of permanency and sense of place, an important gene pool, and also a critical repository of potential pharmaceutical resources. As the “elder statesmen” of a species, heritage or “champion” trees are a living reminder of
Sustaining a Korean Traditional Rural Landscape
Danping Wang, University of Massachusetts Jung, Hae-Joon; Ryu, Je-Hun. “Sustaining a Korean Traditional Rural Landscape in the Context of Cultural Landscape.” Sustainability. 2015, 7, 11213-11239 Abstract This paper is a case study of the past researches on the preservation activities
Dating Vernacular Landscapes: A Methodological Exploration
Review of the research by Elizabeth Gunther, University of Massachusetts Original article: Houfková, Petra, et al. 2015. Origins and development of long-strip field patterns: A case study of an abandoned medieval village in the Czech Republic. Catena 135: 83 –
Ecological and place-based landscape approach to zoning in Lebanon
Roger Neaimeh1 and Yaser Abunnasr2 1 Department of Architecture and Design, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon 2 Department of Landscape and Ecosystems Management, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon (ya20@aub.edu.lb) The unrestrained growth of settlements in the Lebanese mountains
IUCN World Conservation Congress 2016
In September 2016, the UMass Center for Heritage & Society paired up with US/ICOMOS to report on the Nature-Culture Journey at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Honolulu. The Nature-Culture Journey was a series of over 50 sessions at the
Nature & Culture: An idea whose time has come
Most great ideas that come along in society, bubble up under the surface, independently and in multiple locations, until suddenly there is a critical mass of people and organizations talking about the same thing. That is what has happened over