Issue 05 No. 05 I QUADERNI DI CAREGGI 5 / 2013 Seminar on Landscape Observatories in Europe from the ELC Recommendations to Local Initiatives Coordinators: Roberto Gambino (Politecnico of Torino) - Claudia Cassatella (Politecnico of Torino) Marco Devecchi (University of Torino) - Federica Larcher (University of Torino) Guest editors: Massimo Morisi (Authority in charge of communication for the landscape plan of the Tuscany Region) Daniela Poli (CIST Centro Interuniversitario di Scienze del Territorio / Inter-University Center of Territorial Sciences) Mariella Zoppi (Università di Firenze, UNISCAPE Executive Board Representative) Summary / Indice Introduction p. 3 R. Gambino, C. Cassatella, M. Devecchi, F. Larcher, Rationale and Issues of the Seminar p. 3 E. Pelizzetti, Greetings by the Dean of the University of Turin p. 4 R. Gambino, Landscape Observatories in Europe p. 5 Awareness, Education and Participation p. 12 L. Andersson, A. Larsson, I.S. Herlin, The Landscape Observatory of Scania p. 12 B. Castiglioni, M. Varotto, Knowledge, Awareness and Sharing as Keywords p. 15 R. Cevasco, C. Gemignani, C. Gardella, D. Pittaluga, The ‘Landscape Observatory of the Golfo Paradiso’ p. 18 S. Zanon, The Project «Luoghi di Valore» (Outstanding Places) p. 19 Landscape Observatories Network p. 24 A. Rubino, Towards an Observatory of the Regional Landscape p. 24 D. Gotzmann, J. Kell, Setting up a Series of Landscape Forum Events p. 27 Documentation, Assesment and Monitoring p. 29 M. Roe, How Can Policy Be Monitored? p. 29 G. Isachenko, A. Reznikov, The Place of Natural Landscape Inside Metropolis p. 39 Y.J. Olivencia, A.C. Calvo, L.P. Rodriguez, Landscape Observatory and Archive of Andalusia p. 43 M. Zoppi, The Landscape Observatory at a Time of Crisis p. 46 Regional Landscape Observatories in Italy Workshop p. 49 R. Banchini, The National Observatory for the Quality of Landscape p. 49 D. Poli, The Landscape Plan of the Tuscany Region p. 51 Research in Progress p. 55 R. Amatobene, E. Errante, R. Germano, C. Nigro, B.M. Seardo, Landscape Observatories and participation p. 55 L. Calvo, Guidelines for the Establishment of Local Landscape Observatories p. 59 G. Carlone, Landscape Observatories p. 62 L. Di Giovanni, Italian Landscape Observatories p. 64 S.B. Milan, Cultural Heritage Conservation and Sustainable Local Development p. 73 M. Zanatta, The Historic Defensive Landscape of the Venetian Area p. 76 Relationship With Landscape and Spatial Policies, Plannning and Design p. 79 P. Sala, CATPAISATGE 2020. A New Road Map For the Landscape Observatory of Catalonia p. 79 J.M. Palerm Salazar, The Landscape Observatory of the Canary Islands p. 81 E. Rosell Mir, Landscape in Territorial Governance p. 84 B.G. Marino, The identities of the Luxembourgish Landscape p. 89 Annex A: Program of the Seminar p. 92 ISSN 2281-3195 Annex B: Florence Charter on the Coordination of European Landscape Observatories p. 95 In this number: Proceedings of the Fifth Careggi Seminar - Florence June 27-28, 2013 / Firenze 27-28 giugno 2013 Scientific Editor: Dr. Amy Strecker: [email protected] Graphic layout: Fabrizio Bagatti - Organisation: Tessa Goodman - UNISCAPE - [email protected] - www.uniscape.eu Quaderni di Careggi - Issue 05 / No. 5 - 5/2013 Observatories in Europe from the ELC Recommendations to Local Initiatives Introduction shows a strong tendency towards creating networks, at the regional or international level. Rationale and Issues of the Seminar This issue of the Quaderni di Careggi presents an international overview of the activities of Roberto Gambino landscape observatories, a reflection on their Politecnico di Torino and UNISCAPE Executive Board Represen- mission and effectiveness with regard to the tative ELC objectives, and a reflection on the relation- Claudia Cassatella ships between the different subjects, thanks to Politecnico di Torino the participation of institutional bodies, public Marco Devecchi officials as well as researchers and representa- Università di Torino, UNISCAPE Representative tives of civil society. It reflects part of the sci- Federica Larcher entific contributions which will be presented Università di Torino during the V Careggi Seminar (Florence, 27-28th June 2013), but other papers could be added Having regard to Recommendation CM/Rec in the future. The participation of UNISCAPE, (2008)3 on the Guidelines for the implementa- RECEP-ENELC and CIVILSCAPE is one first result tion of the European Landscape Convention, of the Seminar, as they represent the privileged “landscape observatories, centers and insti- landscape observatories at the European level. tutes” are one of the main instruments for the implementation of landscape policies (II.3.3). The Quaderni issue is articulated in sections, They facilitate the collection and exchange reflecting the main potential areas of the ac- of information and study protocols between tivities of the landscape observatories: states and local communities. • Awareness, education and participation Some national and regional bodies have es- • Landscape Observatories Networks tablished institutional centers for landscape • Documentation, assessment and monitoring observation, which show a varied panorama • Regional landscape observatories in Italy of missions and relationships within the activi- workshop ties of spatial and landscape planning. In Italy, • Relationships with landscape and spatial for example, Regional Observatories, which policies, planning, and design should be established in each region and at The last section, Research in progress, as usual the national level by law, carry out various ac- in the Careggi Seminars’ tradition, is devoted to tivities including the collection of geographi- contributions by young researchers. From their cal data, accompanying the landscape plan- perspective, critique, current trends and posi- ning process, and, rarely, participation experi- tive ideas would be found by the reader. During ments. In Spain too, the Regional Observato- the final conclusions of the Seminar, the Flor- ries are actively involved in the elaboration of ence Charter for the Establishment of the Coor- landscape planning instruments, and some of dination of European Landscape Observatories them are working for many years, capturing was drafted and signed by many participants an international audience. under the auspices of UNISCAPE, CIVILSCAPE At the same time, a huge number of “sponta- and RECEP-ENELC (Document in Appendix). neous” initiatives from civil society lead to lo- The UNISCAPE representatives of the Università cal organizations carrying out awareness rais- di Torino and Politecnico di Torino (Italy) have ing, participation, and, sometimes, elaborat- been encharged to manage the organizational A.L. Pitulicu, Old Beer Factory, winner section Neglected Landscapes, Fourth Edition People’s Landscapes ing projects and leading concrete actions on aspects regarding the establishment of the the territory. This second kind of observatory Network of the European Landscape Observa- 2 Proceedings of the Fifth Careggi Seminar - Florence June 27-28, 2013 / Firenze 27-28 giugno 2013 Proceedings of the Fifth Careggi Seminar - Florence June 27-28, 2013 / Firenze 27-28 giugno 2013 3 Quaderni di Careggi - Issue 05 / No. 5 - 5/2013 Observatories in Europe from the ELC Recommendations to Local Initiatives tories in order to coordinate future initiatives, sion to be accomplished. The next step is inte- Landscape Observatories in Europe: From ELC mentioned above) cannot but assume a de- exchange experiences and promote scientific grating the activities of the three international Recommendations to Local Initiatives cisively critical role with respect to the way in research. Therefore creating a “network of Eu- networks by gathering universities, civil society which the activities concerning the principles ropean Landscape Observatories” is the mis- and public authorities in support of the ELC. Roberto Gambino and guidelines established by the ELC should Politecnico di Torino and UNISCAPE Executive Board Represen- be carried out. This does not imply that the Ob- Greetings by the Dean of the University of Turin tative servatories should lose their natural function of documenting, observing and describing the ex- Ezio Pelizzetti urgent, related to the environment, its protection, 1. A Changing Context periences relative to the ELC; but it does imply Dean of the University of Turin sustainability and renewable energy sources have that the experiences observed can go towards have been particularly relevant. The adoption of the ELC (European Landscape reflecting on those principles and guidelines, Dear Colleagues, Convention) in 2000 has, by general consensus, with a view to more efficient and fairer landscape I take the occasion to express my sincere appre- indicated a profound change of concepts, para- policies. This need was already clearly present in I regret to not be there with you in these two days ciation towards all of you that with various appro- digms and political and cultural attitudes which in the documents prior to 2000, which apart from of study and debate on “Landscape Observatories aches and levels work and collaborate in imple- modern times and especially in the last half a cen- pursuing the documentation of experiences, in Europe from the ELC Recommendations to the menting the European Landscape Convention. tury characterised the relationship between soci- were aimed at stimulating scientific cooperation Local Initiatives”. During my training as a research- I wish