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landscape

vr.tr.landscape · PHY.PLC

Let an agent handle landscapes by character, components, protection and change, including cultural landscapes and constructed ones.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle landscapes by character, components, protection and change, including cultural landscapes and constructed ones.

An area of land as perceived by people, formed by the interaction of natural and human factors, including its landforms, vegetation, water, settlements and cultural meanings.

What it is for: Landscapes support life, livelihoods, identity and recreation.

It can be assess its character; protect and manage it; plan change within it; visit and enjoy it.

Distinguishing features

Perceived area shaped by nature and people

Includes cultural and constructed landscapes

Assessed by character, not just appearance

Protected under landscape conventions

What it looks like

The visible scene of land: hills, fields, woods, water and settlements; constructed wetlands and townscapes also count.

How it is recognised

Combination of landforms, land cover and settlement

Landscape character areas in assessments

Protected landscapes marked on maps

Related models

contains - components

landform

is shaped by - human factors

agriculture and settlement

is protected by - law

landscape convention

is confused with - art genre

landscape painting

In practice

Families and kinds

natural and semi-natural landscapes

agricultural landscapes

cultural landscapes and monumental zones

urban landscapes and townscapes

constructed landscapes such as stormwater wetlands

Identifiers

protected area id WDPA id World Database on Protected Areas

Standards and regulation

European Landscape Convention

UNESCO World Heritage cultural landscapes

National landscape protection law

Failure modes and hazards

Loss of character through development

Degradation of ecosystems

Tourism pressure

Also called

stormwater treatment areaconstructed wetlandmachinamicultural heritage of Perumonumental zoneintangible cultural heritage of Perurolling countryraised bogkarst areaHutangerwetlandanthropogenic landscapesacrificial bogvernal poolwallowJackenmoos auf dem MühlbergBruckangerlauLaudachsee und die LaudachmooreEdlbacher MoorKreuzbauernmoorWildmoosGroßes LangmoosGrünberg in der Gemeinde FrankenburgHaslauer MoosScheuchzerieteaOxycocco-Sphagneteaactive raised bogDegraded raised bog still capable of natural regenerationMoosalmpakihiquaking bogWetlands of New Zealandriparian forestwetland mitigation bankseasonal wetlandSiebringhäuser TeichMszarriparian wetlandhaorurban wetland

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Character What the landscape is like.

Character assessment describes landscapes systematically.

Components

Landform, cover, settlement.

Components

Main components.

  1. What are its main landforms, land cover and settlements? definition
  2. What makes it distinctive? definition

Assessment

Character areas.

Assessment

Character assessment.

  1. Has a landscape character assessment been made, by whom? provenance
  2. Which character area is it in? definition
Protection Designations.

Protection governs change.

Designation

Protected status.

Designation

Protection status.

  1. Is the landscape protected, under which designation? provenance
  2. What restrictions apply? boundary

Heritage

Cultural value.

Heritage value

Cultural significance.

  1. What cultural significance does it have? definition
  2. Is it a World Heritage cultural landscape? provenance
Change Pressures and planning.

Landscapes change; planning shapes how.

Pressures

Development, climate, farming.

Pressures

Pressures on the landscape.

  1. What pressures is it under? boundary
  2. How fast is it changing? measurement

Planning

Management plans.

Plans

Management plans.

  1. Which plans guide change here? provenance
  2. How can the public comment? action
Use People in the landscape.

Access and use must be balanced with protection.

Access

Rights of way.

Access

Access rights.

  1. What access rights exist? boundary
  2. Which areas are closed? boundary

Livelihoods

Farming and tourism.

Livelihoods

Economic uses.

  1. Who depends on this landscape for a living? definition
  2. How are their interests represented? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should landscape types be separate entries?
  • How should character assessments be linked?
  • How should intangible heritage merged into this entry be split off?
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