From present to past through landscape

From present to past through landscape
Edited by Almudena Orejas, David Mattingly and Monique Clavel-Lévêque
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This publication has been conceived as a way of presenting to the academic community and other audiences the valuable international scientific collaborations established or developed within the European research network, the Action COST A27 Understanding pre-industrial structures in rural and mining landscapes (LANDMARKS). All the contributions have been prepared by members of the Action belonging to different national delegations, as a small sample of the mutual benefits of the co-operation developed in the frame of the LANDMARKS Project.
The major axes that articulate the different papers collected in this publication are: the construction of a theory for landscape studies, able to connect fundamental and applied research; strategies for recording and characterising landscapes and landmarks; specific proposals for protection and management; scientific and social approaches to landscape through perception, presentation and valorisation and landscape studies and policies.
Transnational collaborations ensure an added value and open new possiblities of common understanding and shared initiatives beyond the different academic traditions and legal/administrative frames. This cooperative approach should constitute the core of the innovative and imaginative issues to be raised.