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A 1st ed. very good+ paperback (flaps), minor signs of wear on cov. as in image, text block clean/tight. 293p. 29x20cm. 1100gr. The very definition of the concept of landscape, as put forward in the Convention, constituted a challenge. The round-table debate had to adopt a definition that all countries could agree, but which also took note of all the nuances the various translations of the word 'landscape' carry; as the word requires a clear understanding of both 'nature' and 'culture', that difficulty is obvious enough. Also, there were a variety of disciplines around the table ranging from Ecology to Fine Art and Archaeology to Architecture, all of whom had their own particular gloss on the use of the word 'landscape'. The second part of the agreed definition –an area, as perceived by people, whose character is the result of the action and interaction of natural and/or human factors– may not cause very much controversy in a continent such as Europe where no landscape is free of human hands. The… Read More