<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The objective of the article is to present the possibility of using landscape studies in the development of guidelines for the revitalization of rural areas. Performing detailed analyses of the cultural and aesthetic values of the landscape has become the basis for formulating the directions for the development of the rural areas located in the vicinity of the town of Drawsko Pomorskie, that previously were part of state collective farms. Landscape studies included the identification and characterization of natural elements and cultural and aesthetic values of the area, based on the landscape audit methodology and commonly applied principles of valorization of cultural landscape. The analyses allowed us to identify areas that, due to a significant decline in the value of the landscape, caused mainly by the location of objects related to the former state farms, require the analysis of the legitimacy of their further protection within the “Pojezierze Drawskie” [hereinafter “Drawsko Lakeland”] Protected Landscape Area. As a result, it was possible to formulate new guidelines for the revitalization of the studied area.</p></abstract>

The objective of the article is to present the possibility of using landscape studies in the development of guidelines for the revitalization of rural areas. Performing detailed analyses of the cultural and aesthetic values of the landscape has become the basis for formulating the directions for the development of the rural areas located in the vicinity of the town of Drawsko Pomorskie, that previously were part of state collective farms. Landscape studies included the identification and characterization of natural elements and cultural and aesthetic values of the area, based on the landscape audit methodology and commonly applied principles of valorization of cultural landscape. The analyses allowed us to identify areas that, due to a significant decline in the value of the landscape, caused mainly by the location of objects related to the former state farms, require the analysis of the legitimacy of their further protection within the “Pojezierze Drawskie” [hereinafter “Drawsko Lakeland”] Protected Landscape Area. As a result, it was possible to formulate new guidelines for the revitalization of the studied area.

Guidelines for Revitalization of Rural Areas Based on Landscape Studies

Department of Contemporary Architecture, Theory and Methodology of Design, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture

West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin

Department of Landscape Design, Faculty of Environmental Management and Agriculture

Technical Transactions

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The objective of the article is to present the possibility of using landscape studies in the development of guidelines for the revitalization of rural areas....

Guidelines for Revitalization of Rural Areas Based on Landscape Studies

Published Online: May 16, 2020

Page range: 5 - 17

Received: Jan 21, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.19.017.10153

Keywords
landscape research, post State Farm areas, village renewal, landscape audit

© 2020 Magdalena Czałczyńska-Podolska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Guidelines for Revitalization of Rural Areas Based on Landscape Studies

Published Online: May 16, 2020

Page range: 5 - 17

Received: Jan 21, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.19.017.10153

Keywordslandscape research, post State Farm areas, village renewal, landscape audit

© 2020 Magdalena Czałczyńska-Podolska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Keywords
landscape research, post State Farm areas, village renewal, landscape audit