The Integrated Approach to Landscape Management —Experience from Slovakia

Zita Izakovičová, László Miklós, Viktória Miklósová and František Petrovič
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Zita Izakovičová: Institute of Landscape Ecology of Slovak Academy of Sciences, 814 99 Bratislava, Slovakia
László Miklós: Institute of Landscape Ecology of Slovak Academy of Sciences, 814 99 Bratislava, Slovakia
Viktória Miklósová: Institute of Landscape Ecology of Slovak Academy of Sciences, 814 99 Bratislava, Slovakia
František Petrovič: Faculty of Natural Sciences, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, 949 01 Nitra, Slovakia

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 17, 1-21

Abstract: The integrated approach to landscape management is generally accepted, but its application is not on the desired practical level. Sectoral approaches to decision-making and planning processes still dominate. The presented paper concerns selected aspects of integrated landscape management in Slovakia. This paper reflects the present state of the long-term effort and experiences of the authors in the integration of ecological knowledge in landscape management tools. The basic methodological procedure needed to achieve this goal consists of analysis, mutual comparison, and confrontation of the existing principles and tools used in applied landscape ecology, as well as in legislation and planning practice. The landscape ecological base for the implementation of scientific achievements in landscape management consists of two methods: landscape ecological planning and ecological network planning. These two methods were implemented into the legislation and practice of nature conservation, physical/territorial planning, watershed management, land arrangement projecting, forestry planning, and flood prevention management. Such systematic landscape ecological regulations in planning practice can be considered the basis for sustainable development.

Keywords: landscape; integrated landscape management; landscape ecological regulative; territorial planning; institutional tools (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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