Oleksa Kovalyov
My discussion
with the authors of the article
Landscape as Connecting Link
by Stella Sofia Kyvelou, Anestis Gourgiotis, Greece
The problem of defining the concept of «landscape» and understanding what underlies it is quite old. Therefore, any work
that contains any views on the nature of this phenomenon is valuable. I was interested
in this work because the authors claim the possibility of the existence of
different interpretations of the concept of «landscape», which is a condition for the further development of
landscape science and the so-called landscape planning. My point of view on the landscape is slightly different from that
suggested by the authors of the article, so I will comment on the text based on
my understanding of this phenomenon. The authors – S.S. Kyvelou and A.
Gourgiotis - argue that «the research paper
investigates the diverse understandings of «landscape», along with
demonstrating the modes of contribution of the European Landscape Convention
(ELC) of the Council of Europe (CE) in influencing national spatial planning
systems. The paper, interested in considering the efficiency of landscape
policy from a territorial perspective, briefly outlines the perception and
understanding of landscape as connecting link of nature and culture and
conducts a literature review with the aim to support the prospect of a
«European model of landscape planning» [Kyvelou, Gourgiotis, 2019: 1].