Climate Emergency Adaptation and Sustainable Management Strategies in Rural and Agricultural Landscapes
- Submitting institution
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Birmingham City University
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 32Z_OP_D2002
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.3390/infrastructures5110097
- Title of journal
- Infrastructures
- Article number
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- First page
- 97
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 11
- ISSN
- 2412-3811
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2020
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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2
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- Climate emergency, adaptation, and environmental soundness are known concepts to design and infrastructure professionals. In rural and agricultural landscapes governance plays a major role in the delivery of these concepts. Using innovative landscape-based examples from agricultural and rural projects in both the Netherlands and Catalonia, this article demonstrates how notions of climate emergency and design are introduced and dealt with in the rural context. Following a series of field visits, interviews, focus groups and real-life observations conducted by the researcher, this article notes that the development of individual project frameworks in rural locations helps address issues related to the climate crisis. Key findings demonstrate that when a landscape policy and a decision-making process are in place, it is more likely that such areas not only deliver vital solutions in the context of spatial environmental challenges, but also improve wellbeing.
The policy plans and frameworks developed, tested and refined by the researcher using case-studies in Netherlands and Catalonia, specifically address climate and environmental challenges in rural and agricultural areas. The role of governance models, new legislation, and decision-making processes in the delivery of environmental concepts in rural landscapes is of great significance, securing the physical implementation of these concepts and protecting their presence. The openness of the management teams to systemic change, and the re-evaluation of decision-making and governance processes are identified as important factors in successful environmental scenarios in agricultural land. Findings demonstrate that an effective response to the climate crisis is often accompanied by a strong social and community feeling, and therefore the focus given to the landscape identity of rural areas has increased community engagement and changed perceptions about the way local and national governments operate in regard to landscape issues.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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