Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2003, 49(5):233-238 | DOI: 10.17221/5397-AGRICECON
Sustainable development of landscape and village - the criterion of multi-functionality
- Czech University of Agriculture, Prague, Czech Republic
Description of village and landscape sustainable development: ecosystems in the landscape, types of the territory utilisation, protection of natural resources, way of living. As to the sustainable development of country regions, we can consider these priorities: the renewal and development of villages, the protection and the preservation of the heritage of countryside, the development and the improvement of infrastructure, the support of tourism and crafts, services for country economy and finance. The development of multifunctional agriculture and forestry should be concentrated: in the less favourable regions and the regions with worse natural conditions (LFA), necessary agroenvironmental arrangements for zones with ecological restrictions, afforestation projects, the protection of water resources, the improvement of life environment and its protection, the preservation of landscape, the improvement of the care of animals.
Keywords: sustainable development, landscape, village
Published: May 31, 2003 Show citation
References
- European Sustainable Cities (1994). EU Expert Group on Environment. Summary of the 1st report. October.
- U.N. Conference on Environment and Development (1992). Documents and comments. Rio de Janeiro.
- Meadows D.H., Meadows D.I., Randers I. (1995): Pøekroèení mezí konfrontace globálního kolapsu s pøedstavou trvale udritelné budoucnosti, Praha.
- Nae spoleèná budoucnost (1991). Svìtová komise pro ivotní prostøedí a rozvoj. Praha.
- The Challenges Facing European Society With the Approach of the Year 2000 (1994). The outlook for sustainable development and its implications on regional/spatial planning. European Regional Planning No. 54. Council of Europe Press, Strasbourg.
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY NC 4.0), which permits non-comercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original publication is properly cited. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.