Seasonal Landscapes

Seasonality is so obvious and so constant that we very often overlook it when doing landscape research. Seasonality is the interface where humans and nature really interact. Moreover, seasonality itself changes along with societal changes: in agricultural societies, summer was the working season and winter the resting one. Today we are more and more used to summer holidays. Landscapes are seasonal both in terms of time and space. Seasonality creates varying patterns of use and manifests itself in spatial practices, paintings, and human behaviour. Do different seasonalities influence our mindsets? How should seasonality be taken into account in landscape planning? This book studies seasonal landscape in Scandinavia and Brazil, on the Aegean islands and in European mountains, in agriculture tourism, in cities and in the countryside.

Issues of seasonality have received little attention in academic writing Opens up new perspectives on how seasons in different parts of the world are perceived by people and societies Gives an interdisciplinary perspective on seasonality research and its application to planning

Inhalt
Seasonality and Landscapes.- Seasonality and Landscape Exploration in Northern Europe: An Introductory.- Seasonality in Brazil: Rain, Mud and Drought.- Seasonality in European Mountain Areas: A Study in Human Ecology.- Seasonality of Agricultural Landscapes: Reading Time and Place by Colours and Shapes.- Island Lifestyles in the Aegean Islands, Greece: Heaven in Summer, Hell in Winter?.- Seasonality of Second-Home Use in Denmark.- Landscape, Seasonality, and Tourism: A Survey with Examples from Central Europe.- From Experiential to Chronometric Seasonality the Establishment of Seasons as a National Symbol in Modern Japan.- Seasonality, Rhythms and Post-Postmodern Everyday Urban Landscapes.