1st Edition

21st Century Challenges Facing Cultural Landscapes

Edited By Juliet Ramsay, Ken Taylor Copyright 2018
140 Pages
by Routledge

140 Pages
by Routledge

136 Pages
by Routledge

Through stories of diverse landscapes from around the world, this book captures human cultures and their land use practices in the environments they inhabit. The chapters cover topics from heritage in the 21st Century, appreciating and safeguarding values while facing challenges wrought by change. This title will lead readers through fascinating stories of landscapes and people. We learn of the... Read more

1. Cultural Landscapes in the 21st Century—Issues and Opportunities
Juliet Ramsay

2. Hani Rice Terraces of Honghe - The Harmonious Landscape of Nature and Humans
Guo Zhan & Zhang Jin

3. Valuing the Cultural Landscapes Past and Present: Tea Plantations in Sri Lanka
Chandana Shrinath Wijetunga & Jong Sang Sung

4. Changes to Continuing Landscapes: Industrialisation of Australia’s Productive Rural Lands
Jane L. Lennon

5. Heritage Values and Agricultural Landscapes: Towards a New Synthesis
Nora J. Mitchell & Brenda Barrett

6. Old Roads and Memories of St Henrik of Finland
Eeva Ruoff

7. Ui-won: The 18-19C Joseon Scholar’s Garden of Imagination
Jong-Sang Sung

8. Large-scale Disasters on World Heritage and Cultural Heritage in Japan: Significant Impacts and Sustainable Management Cases
Kunie Sugio

9. Burrup Peninsula: Cultural Landscape and Industrial Hub, a 21st Century Conundrum
Ken Mulvaney

Biography

Juliet Ramsay has a background in landscape architecture and has worked in private practice and for the Australian Government's Heritage Division specialising in heritage landscapes. In retirement she has been active as an advisory member of ICOMOS-IFLA Committee on Cultural Landscapes and convenes a landscape advocacy group.

Ken Taylor is Emeritus Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Canberra; Adjunct Professor Landscape, Centre for Heritage & Museum Studies, The Australian National University; Visiting Professor, International Program Architectural Heritage Management & Tourism, Silpakorn University, Bangkok; Advisory Member ICOMOS-IFLA Committee on Cultural Landscapes; Associate Editor, Landscape Research. Previous publications include Managing Cultural Landscapes (2012) and A contemporary guide to cultural mapping. An ASEAN-Australia perspective (2013).