Analyses general principles of landscape multifunctionality, develops methods to assess the sustainability of agricultural and forestry land management and identifies strategies of sustainable land management.
From the Contents: I. Multifunctional Landscapes and Sustainable Development.- The Concept of Multifunctionality in Sustainable Land Development.- Sustainable Development of European Landscapes as a Multidimensional Environmental and Societal Issue.- Multifunctionality of Landscapes and Ecosystem Services with respect to Rural Development.- Some Aspects of Multifunctional Landscape Character in the Interdisciplinary Environmental Study.- Indicators of Agricultural Sustainability.- The unconscious Driving Forces of Landscape Perception and Formation.- II. Landscape Characterisation and Assessment.- Integration of Spatio-Temporal Landscape Analysis in Model Approaches.- A European Landscape Stratification.- Pressure, State and Response Indicators in Landscape Assessment.- Integrated Land-Use Zonation System in Hungary as a Territorial Base for Agrienvironmental Programmes.- The Structure of Landscapes in Poland.- Analyzing Spatial Habitat Distribution.- III. Sustainable Land Management and Development.- Landscape Functions in relation to Agricultural Management in Norway.- A Review of Sustainable Landscape Management in the UK.- Land Management in Poland in a Period of Transformation.- Studies on Agricultural Landscape Management in the Western Poland Plain.- Managing Interactions between Agriculture, Nature and Economy.- Sustainable Management of the Fluxes of Wood and Timber Fluxes in the Region Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Germany.- IV. Resume.