This book presents recent advances in landscape analysis and landscape planning based on selected studies conducted in different parts of Europe. Included are methodological problems and case studies presented and discussed during scientific sessions organized by the Commission of Landscape Analysis and Landscape Planning of the International Geographical Union (IGU) within the framework of the IGU Regional Conference in Kraków, Poland, August 18-22, 2014.

The subject of landscape analysis and landscape planning has been of interest to geographers since the beginning of the twentieth century. This relatively new area of study, which focuses on the landscape resource patches and spatial interconnections, was first introduced as landscape ecology (Landschaftsoekologie) by Carl Troll, one of the twentieth century's most influential physical geographers. Today, landscape studies involve adopting a holistic view of geographic environments and are closely connected to rapidly developing ecosystem, sustainable landscape and ecosystem services approaches. Modern techniques employing Geographical Information Systems are used to support spatial landscape analyses.

Presents in-depth methodological problems and case studies Includes a global perspective from Europe, Asia and America Thematically arranged in two sections, Landscape Analysis and Landscape Planning, each with detailed treatment examining numerous world regions Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Cultural landscape function.- Land use and landscape changes: a methodological proposal for the creation of sustainable cultural tourism itineraries.- Assessment of the exposure of tourism-related landscape values of the Silesian Beskids based on computed visualization.- Modelling as a method for evaluating natural landscape typology: The case of Slovenia.- Transformation of the structure of the river catchment landscape located in the area of intensive coal exploitation.- The Natural Capital of Selected Mountain Areas in Bulgaria.- The landscape research in the Svratka-river basin using ecosystem services according to the CICES methodology.- Transformation of Kujawy Landscape in Central Poland (1770-1970).- Carbon sequestration of different types of floodplain forests in the Maros river valley (Hungary).- The landscape ecology according to geography: A proposal od tools for the analysis and management of the environment.- Challenges to landscape planning and protection in Poland.- Approaches in sustainable 'landscaping' - a geographical perspective.- The Landscape Plans System as a Tool for Sustainable Development in Ukraine.- Assessment of the ecological corridors network at local scale in the context of planned land use a case study form NE Poland.- Landscape management within the Moscow city protected areas.- Renaturalised and recultivated landscapes as a result of sustainable landscape management.