Reading List Coastal Landscapes

Lecture Recordings and Session Slides

• Find our lecture recordings on the COLAND ILIAS Repository (open access)

International Policy Documents, Guidance Reports + Frameworks

• United Nations. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• UN HABITAT. New Urban Agenda
• UN HABITAT. International Guidelines on Urban and Regional Planning
• UN HABITAT Guiding Principles for City Climate Action Planning

European Policy Documents, Guidance Reports + Frameworks

• Council of Europe The European Landscape Conventon

EU Water and Marine Policy

• European Commission Water Framework Directive
• European Commission Marine Strategy Framework Directive
• European Commission Maritime Spatial Planning
• European Commission Maritime Spatial Planning European Strategy for more Growth and Jobs in Coastal and Maritime Tourism

EU Nature Protection Policy

• European Commission Natura 2000
• European Commission Communication on Green Infrastructure

EU Agricultural Policy

• European Commission Greening the CAP

EU Regional Development Policy

• European Commission Regional Policy in your Country

Green and Blue Infrastructure

Open Educational Resources

• Lecture recordings, slides, glossary and learning materials
• Language training with expert interviews

Green infrastructure case studies and policy directives in the European Union

European Commission. Building a Green Infrastructure for Europe. Publication, 2013.

European Commission.The Multifunctionality of Green Infrastructure. Directorate General Environment News Alert Service, March 2012.

European Commission. Towards a Green Infrastructure for Europe: Developing New Concepts for the Integration of Natura 2000 Network Into a Broader Countryside. EC Study ENV.B.2/SER/2007/0076

Basic background on green infrastructure, guidelines for communities

Landscape Institute. Green Infrastructure: An Integrated Approach to Land Use. Position statement, 2013.

Landscape Institute. Green Infrastructure: Connected and Multifunctional Landscapes. Position statement, 2013.

Landscape Institute. Local Green Infrastructure: Helping Communities Make the Most of Their Landscape. Position statement, 2011.

Landscape Evaluation

TEEB: Economics of Ecosystem and Biodiversity. The Economics of Ecosystem and Biodiversity

What to Map? by Ralf-Uwe Syrbe, Matthias Schröter, Karsten Grunewald, Ulrich Walz and Benjamin Burkhard

Landscape Capacity Study

Landscape Character Assessment (LCA). Scottish Natural Heritage: nature.scot

BEAT Tool. Bluehealth Environment Assessment Tool

Spatial Planning and Strategic Planning

The Transect as a Method for Mapping and Narrating Water Landscapes: Humboldt’s Open Works and Transareal Travelling by Lisa Diedrich, Gini Lee, and Ellen Braae Published in 2014

Urban Acupuncture

Urban Acupuncture by Jaime Lerner Published in 2014.

Biourban Acupuncture: Treasure Hill of Taipei to Artena by Marco Casagrande Published in 2013