4R-Project Cooperation: Cultural Landscapes - Specification for Regional Planning

On June 1, 2004 the work group of the cooperation project "Cultural Landscapes - Specification for Regional Planning" got together for their 8th meeting under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Isolde Roch, IOER Dresden. On the agenda were discussions about the articles concerning the topics "Upper Elbe valley around Dresden" (Roch), "Preservation of historic buildings and monuments" (Dr. Thomas Gunzelmann), "Basis for the analysis of cultural landscapes" (Schenk) and "Task and role of regional planning for the implementation of the legal directives concerning cultural landscapes" (Prof. Dr. Rainer Danielzyk, Dortmund / Dr. Eberhard Eickhoff, Münster).

The complete work program looks as follows:

Introduction

A topic full of contradictions - "Landscape and cultural landscape" in the public, planning and science
Social change of the cultural encoding of cultural landscapes

Framework concerning legal issues and context

Legal questions regarding the inclusion of cultural landscape in regional development
Preservation of historic buildings and monuments
Conservation of the countryside
Cultural goods and environmental impact assessment

Methodical Basics

Basics for the analysis of cultural landscapes
Judgements connected with the protection of the cultural landscapes

Task and role of regional planning when implementing the legal directive concerning cultural landscapes
Practical examples for planning approaches: proceedings, problems, perspectives

Germany:

Munich
The cultural landscape of Potsdam - Approaches and problems of regional planning
Planning region East Thuringia
Upper Elbe valley
Preservation of historic buildings and monuments in Bavaria
Property - Cultural Landscape

European Countries:

Revision of the legal framework for the preservation of the cultural landscape in Sweden and its design in practice
Netherlands
Switzerland

Conclusion and theses

The articles will be completed by the end of 2004.

Volker Wille, ARL
e-mail: Wille@ARL-net.de