Community Essay: Planning for landscape multifunctionality
The term “multifunctional landscapes” has been greeted with suspicion in some quarters as unnecessary jargon for which there are simpler and better-known alternatives, such as multiple use. This community essay explores the meanings associated with landscape multifunctionality and concludes that it...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2009-11-01
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| Series: | Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy |
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| Online Access: | http://ejournal.nbii.org/archives/vol5iss2/communityessay.pselman.html |
| Summary: | The term “multifunctional landscapes” has been greeted with suspicion in some quarters as unnecessary jargon for which there are simpler and better-known alternatives, such as multiple use. This community essay explores the meanings associated with landscape multifunctionality and concludes that it is, in fact, a useful term that reflects important new ideas. In particular, it can help to promote landscapes that cross urban-rural divides, are more sustainable, and are planned and implemented in an integrated way. |
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| ISSN: | 1548-7733 |