LANDSCAPE OBSERVATORY DOCUMENTATION
“Landscape observatories, centres and institutes” (LO) are one of the recommended instruments for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention (ELC).
Their mission is to study and monitor the dynamics of the landscapes, and to facilitate the collection, production and exchange of information and study protocols between states and local communities.
(See the Recommendation on the Guidelines for the implementation of the ELC, CM/Rec (2008)3 Appendix 1, 10; II.3.3) The existing situation presents centres for landscape observation, at various territorial levels, established by institutional bodies, as much as by civil society. The LOD Project promotes the scientific cooperation among the existing LO, aiming at reducing the fragmentation of the local initiatives and coordinate their potentials.
The LOD website is hosted by DIST Inter-University Department of Politecnico and Università di Torino.
