Which kind of landscape do different parts of the society require?

1. Kaplenig, R., Meixner, W., Pecher, C., Schermer, M., Siegl, G., Tappeiner, U., Tasser, E., Teutsch, A. Since thousands of years the cultural landscape in mountain regions has been formed by human land use. An intact landscape not only has an aesthetic value, it also increases the quality of life for the local population and the attractiveness as a holiday destination. Furthermore, it provides essential ecosystem services for the society like soil protection, preservation of biodiversity and allocation of clean water. Objectives Landscapeissubjectto a dynamicprocessof permanent change. Basically, itcanbeseenas a product ofnatureandtheresultof human activities. As thesocio-economicparametersof human lifehavechangeddramaticallywithinthe last 150 yearsweassume a majorchangeoflanduseaswell. Most responsibleforlanduseandlandscapeandatthe same time undergoingthemostdramaticeconomicchangeistheagriculturalsector. The opening of markets for agricultural commodities led to an intensification of favourable agricultural land and to an extensification and abandonment of unfavourable areas. Due to slowly proceeding succession processes in the cultural landscape the extent of the consequences will, however, be observable after many decades at the earliest. Therefore, the project aims at answering the following questions: ? Which kind of landscape do different parts of the society require? How can individual farming strategies be harmonized with the expectations of the society? Which historical processes had an effect on the landscape? – How can we influence the future appearance of a landscape? Landscape changes in the Stubaital (Tyrol) • Research issues • Integrated studies are being conducted by a multidisciplinary team at transnational level. • Landscape desired by the society • Survey with comparison of historical, recent and potential future landscape images; target groups: local population and tourists in project area • Focus groups with farmers in order to identify strategies for future farm management • Dynamics of the cultural landscape • Analysis of landscape development within selected project areas during the last 150 years • Additional analysis of agro-structural development for all municipalities in project area • Evaluation of consequences for ecosystem services • Development scenarios and basis for decision-making • 15-20 expert interviews • Derivation of future trends → development of future scenarios • Result presentation and discussion in local workshops • Development of methods for achievement of desired landscape Project areas Project partners Study sites Lead partner: Accademia Europea Bolzano; Istituto per l'AmbienteAlpino / Europäische Akademie Bozen; Institut für Alpine Umwelt Amt der Tiroler Landesregierung; Gruppe Agrar ProvinciaAutonoma di Bolzano-Alto Adige; RipartizioneAgricoltura, RipartizioneForeste, ArchivioProvinciale di Bolzano / Autonome Provinz Bozen-Südtirol; Abteilung Landwirtschaft, Abteilung Forstwirtschaft, Südtiroler Landesarchiv (SLA) Ländliches Fortbildungsinstitut Tirol (LFI) Istituto Pedagogico per il gruppolinguisticotedesco / Pädagogisches Institut für die deutsche Sprachgruppe Tiroler Landesmuseen-Betriebsgesellschaft m.b.H. Universität Innsbruck, Institut für Ökologie, Institut für Soziologie, Institut für Geschichtswissenschaften und Europäische Ethnologie • Expected results • Basis of decision-making for government and administration • Transnational didactics tool for secondary schools: “Tyrolean cultural landscape in space and time” • “Day of the landscape development” incl. travelling exhibition and discussion of results in project areas • Open-source documentation comprising images, texts and maps For moreinformation: http://kulawi.eurac.edu/ contact: gerhard.siegl@uibk.ac.at