Landscape Ecology and Sustainability—the Interface between Natural Landscape Values and Society 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Landscape ecology concerns the study and improvement of relationships between spatial patterns, ecological processes, and species communities and assemblages on different scales and organizational levels. The character of a landscape is the net result of interactions between natural and human factors. A landscape and its natural values impact the wellbeing of human society, while human activities constantly alter landscape values. Some of the most valued landscapes were developed as a result of  use by humans over many centuries.

Hence, sustainable landscape management must take into account natural processes, landscape values and human impact, allowing us to connect landscape ecology with social study. Understanding the interface between natural landscape values and society is an essential issue. The proposed SI aims to address research directed toward this interface. Such research may concern the impact of natural landscape values on society and the traditional use of landscape, and their consequences or strategies of active landscape management. There is also room for case studies and studies focusing on modeling.

By highlighting studies on such a topic, the second volume of this Special Issue will provide valuable resources for researchers from different scientific disciplines but interested in the subject area of the ecology and sustainability of landscapes.

Contributions to this Special Issue will include, but not be limited to, the following topics:

• Analyses of the perception of natural landscape values by humans;
• Landscape management toward conservation of biological diversity;
• Studies on indicators of natural landscape values;
• Agriculture and forestry practices in the context of landscape ecology;
• Cultural landscape elements and landscape values;
• Scientific background of landscape audits and legal aspects of landscape management;
• Sustainable landscapes and quality of life;
• Modeling of ecology and sustainability of landscapes, including studies on landscape resilience.

Prof. Dr. Axel Schwerk
Guest Editor

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• natural landscape values
• landscape management
• biological diversity
• cultural landscapes
• society