Landscape reflects the relationship between people and place. It can be defined as: " ... an area, as perceived by people, whose character is the result of the action and interaction of natural and/or human factors."( European Landscape Convention ,...

Landscape policy and character


Landscape reflects the relationship between people and place. It can be defined as:

" ... an area, as perceived by people, whose character is the result of the action and interaction of natural and/or human factors."(European Landscape Convention, October 2000)

View of Swaledale
Landscape policy and research
including the Countryside Quality Counts project. more
Landscape with cooling towers
Landscape character
information and advice on the character of the English countryside, including guidance on how to undertake Landscape Character Assessment and descriptions of Joint Character Areas more
View of North Wessex Downs AONB
Landscape futures
raising debate on the choices society and decision-makers have on guiding the future form and function of England's landscapes more
Winter of of Cat Bells mountain
European Landscape Convention
information on the first international treaty specifically on landscape more
Image of a ploughed field
New agricultural landscapes
a project examining change in lowland agricultural areas since the early 1970s more