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The Post-productivist landscape as an example of multifunctionality - Between the mythical and post-industrial wilderness

KLVAČ, Pavel and Zbyněk ULČÁK

Basic information

Original name

The Post-productivist landscape as an example of multifunctionality - Between the mythical and post-industrial wilderness

Name in Czech

Postproduktivistická krajina jako príklad multifunkcionality - Mezi divocinou mytickou a postindustriální

Authors

KLVAČ, Pavel (203 Czech Republic, guarantor) and Zbyněk ULČÁK (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

Tartu, Multifunctional Land Use: Meeting Future Demands for Landscape Goods and Services, p. 29-29, 2005

Publisher

Tartu University Press

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Stať ve sborníku

Field of Study

50000 5. Social Sciences

Country of publisher

Estonia

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/05:00012483

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

ISBN

9949110653

Keywords in English

landscape; wilderness; multifunctionality

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 22/11/2006 20:16, Ing. Zbyněk Ulčák, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

The term wilderness is nowadays often discussed as a contradiction to cultural landscape or landscape in general. Nevertheless, this distinction is not objective, but it is rather a cultural construct. In this sense Nature, traditionally perceived as independent phenomenon, is a socially constructed reality and the primary social demand for the countryside is a cultural one (Buller, 2001). In this paper it is argued that at least two important aspects in the perception of wilderness can be identified. The first where wilderness is represented as something cruel or ungovernable; the second one understands wilderness as uncultivated area. The evolution of wilderness perception is described together with the analysis of a transition towards a post-productivist countryside. A concept of post-industrial landscape is presented as a conjunction of previously characterised approaches, unifying culture and wilderness. Examples of cultural and biological importance of post-industrial landscape are described and visually presented, thus broadening the concept of landscape multifunctionality.

In Czech

The term wilderness is nowadays often discussed as a contradiction to cultural landscape or landscape in general. Nevertheless, this distinction is not objective, but it is rather a cultural construct. In this sense Nature, traditionally perceived as independent phenomenon, is a socially constructed reality and the primary social demand for the countryside is a cultural one (Buller, 2001). In this paper it is argued that at least two important aspects in the perception of wilderness can be identified. The first where wilderness is represented as something cruel or ungovernable; the second one understands wilderness as uncultivated area. The evolution of wilderness perception is described together with the analysis of a transition towards a post-productivist countryside. A concept of post-industrial landscape is presented as a conjunction of previously characterised approaches, unifying culture and wilderness. Examples of cultural and biological importance of post-industrial landscape are described and visually presented, thus broadening the concept of landscape multifunctionality.

Links

GD526/03/H036, research and development project
Name: Současný stav a trendy vývoje lesů v kulturní krajině
Investor: Czech Science Foundation