Local participation in cultural landscape maintenance: Lessons from Sweden

• Published in: Land use policy Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 214 - 223
• Main Author: Stenseke, Marie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2009
• Subjects: Cultural landscape; Landscape Architecture; Landscape management and planning; Landskapsarkitektur; Local participation; Nature conservation; Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified; Seminatural grasslands; Övrig annan samhällsvetenskap; UNESCO; Sweden; Sweden, Kalmar, Oeland; Sweden, Kalmar, Oland; Seminatural grasslands; Local participation; Landscape management and planning; Cultural landscape; Nature conservation

Local participation has evolved as a strategy in the conservation and maintenance of biological and cultural values in cultural landscapes. The meaning(s) of the concept, however, are fuzzy, and conditions for fruitful implementation have only been investigated to a limited extent. In this article,...