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Cultural Landscape: An Evaluation From Past to Present

Cultural Landscape: An Evaluation From Past to Present

Funda Varnaci Uzun, Mehmet Somuncu
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 27
ISBN13: 9781522541868|ISBN10: 1522541861|EISBN13: 9781522541875
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-4186-8.ch001
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Uzun, Funda Varnaci, and Mehmet Somuncu. "Cultural Landscape: An Evaluation From Past to Present." Handbook of Research on Methods and Tools for Assessing Cultural Landscape Adaptation, edited by Isabel de Sousa Rosa, et al., IGI Global, 2018, pp. 1-27. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4186-8.ch001

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Uzun, F. V. & Somuncu, M. (2018). Cultural Landscape: An Evaluation From Past to Present. In I. Rosa, J. Lopes, R. Ribeiro, & A. Mendes (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Methods and Tools for Assessing Cultural Landscape Adaptation (pp. 1-27). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4186-8.ch001

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Uzun, Funda Varnaci, and Mehmet Somuncu. "Cultural Landscape: An Evaluation From Past to Present." In Handbook of Research on Methods and Tools for Assessing Cultural Landscape Adaptation, edited by Isabel de Sousa Rosa, et al., 1-27. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4186-8.ch001

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Abstract

The “cultural landscape” has been a fundamental concept in geography and was first defined as “landscape modified by human activity” by the German geographer Friedrich Ratzel in 1890. It was introduced to American geography in the 1920s by Carl O. Sauer (American geographer). Since the 1960s, the concept has been widely used in human geography, anthropology, environmental management, and other related fields. One of the major factors that contributed to the recent popularity of its use, on a global scale, was the adoption of cultural landscapes in the International Convention for the World Heritage Convention by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1992. In this chapter, the basis of this concept, its emergence, and its relationships with other scientific disciplines, particularly geography, will be discussed. Moreover, the place of cultural landscapes within protected areas and UNESCO world heritage sites will be more specifically addressed.

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