ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

What has science contributed to the implementation of the European Landscape Convention?
And what are the topics for the future of European landscape?

The 10th anniversary of the Florence Convention is occasion to discuss in depth the merits of
landscape science at the forefront of integrated research in a rapidly changing spatial environment. Interdisciplinary contributions explicitly referring to the principles of the Landscape Convention
are especially welcomed.

Four themes are chosen for the parallel sessions:

• perception studies;
• landscape identification and typology;
• effects of policy development on landscape;
• and participation studies.

Call for papers

Aim of the conference is to discuss cutting-edge research results at the crossroads of sciences and humanities, design and empiricism. Papers will be prepared in advance, and selected as a basis for the debate in the conference. The results of the debate will be presented to the political audience present for the Florence+10 celebrations on 20 October. After the conference the papers will be updated and published in scientific journals.

Organisation

The conference is a joint initiative of UNISCAPE and LANDSCAPE EUROPE. It is a next step in the EUROSCAPE2020 process launched by LANDSCAPE EUROPE in 2008. It is also the first major scientific event promoted by UNISCAPE. Florence is chosen as venue because it hosts the Florence+10 celebrations; it is also the seat of UNISCAPE.

Time frame

• 15 January 2010 submission of abstracts

• February 2010     invitation to prepare full papers
• April 2010     submission of full papers
• May 2010     peer review of papers, selection of the 40 most innovative papers; other papers will be published in proceedings
• June – August 2010     revision of the 40 papers
• September 2010     submission of revised papers

Scientific Committee

Prof Marc Antrop, Prof Gian Franco Cartei, Prof Michael Dower, Prof Almo Farina, Prof Yves Luginbühl, Prof Carlo Magnani, Prof Bas Pedroli, Prof Michel Prieur, Prof Annalisa Calcagno Maniglio, Dr Riccardo Priore, Prof Florencio Zoido.

Contact:

UNISCAPE Head Office
Villa medicea di Careggi, Viale G. Pieraccini 15, 50139 Florence (Italy)
EMAIL LivingLandscape@uniscape.eu
PHONE +39 055 4221535   FAX +39 055 4486511
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