2020 Conference

Thematic Session B SCIENTIFIC COORDINATORS:Rita Occhiuto, University of Liège, Margherita Vanore, IUAV University of Venice     GUEST SPEAKERS:   Marco Navarra, University of Catania, Italy Fragile Earths. Architecture/Archaeology Michel Hössler, Agence Ter, Paris Time- tested design and implementation     SELECTED PAPERS:   Antonello Alici, Luca Andreoni, Francesco Chiapparino, Marco De Seriis, Ilaria Fioretti, Andrea Galli, Eva Savina Malinverni, Ernesto Marcheggiani , Francesco Paci, Roberto Pierdicca, Marche Polytechnic University, ItalyUnderground Heritage … [Read more...] about Landscape Design and Time

Thematic session A SCIENTIFIC COORDINATORS: Gian Franco Cartei, University of Florence, Claudia Cassatella, Turin Polytechnic University GUEST SPEAKERS : Stefano Civitarese Matteucci, Università degli Studi G. D’Annunzio, Chieti-PescaraLandscape planning policy as a measure of implementation of the European Landscape Convention Jørgen Primdahl, Copenhagen UniversityPolicy and governance challenges facing European rural landscapes (tbc)   SELECTED PAPERS:   Gianluca Cepollaro, Bruno Zanon, Scuola per il Governo del Territorio e del Paesaggio (step), University of Trento, … [Read more...] about Landscape Policy and Governance

UNISCAPE called for papers with the aim to select contributions to be included in the Conference publications, concerning the topics described by the three thematic sessions.[download the abstracts of the selected papers for publication] A. LANDSCAPE POLICY AND GOVERNACE The European Landscape Convention, signed in 2000 and entered into force in 2004, is nowadays ratified by 40 Countries. For the first time in history, all these countries, with rich and diverse cultural roots and institutional frameworks, agree on a legal definition of landscape and common goals for landscape policies.The … [Read more...] about THEMATIC SESSIONS

photo by G. Galletti 2020 16th October morning/ virtual session from Palazzo Vecchio, Sala d’Armi 9.00 introduction and welcome remarksJuan Manuel Palerm, UNISCAPE President, ULPGCRafael Robaina Romero, Rector of the Univerisity of Las Palmas de Gran CanariaMauro Agnoletti, President of the Regional Landscape Observatory of Tuscany, DAGRI Saverio Mecca, DIDA Director, University of FlorenceFrancesco Ferrini, President of the School of Agriculture, University of Florence 9.30-13.30 Challenges/ Landscape as a project/ Landscape as a common goodIntroduced and chaired by Sasa Dobricic, UNISCAPE … [Read more...] about Programme

The anniversary of the European Landscape Convention creates an occasion for UNISCAPE to discuss the main achievements and lessons learned in the 20 years from its adoption in Florence, as well as future objectives and challenges. Today we can appreciate that notable progress has been made in its implementation, which has meant empowering the European landscape dimension. National and international relations have gradually taken into account the landscape dimension, contributing to the introduction of landscape issues in different sectors of society. This in turn has led to increased … [Read more...] about CULTIVATING CONTINUITY OF THE EUROPEAN LANDSCAPE