Landscape Protection in International Law

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Amy Strecker (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor in Heritage & Governance, Leiden University)

Landscape Protection in International Law

Amy Strecker (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor in Heritage & Governance, Leiden University)

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Oxford University Press
20 September 2018

Sociology: customs & traditions; International environmental law; International human rights law; Conservation of the environment

Series: Cultural Heritage Law and Policy

Once the exclusive prerogative of domaine réservé, landscape has gained increasing importance in international law in recent years. Since the introduction of cultural landscapes within the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, and particularly since the adoption of the European Landscape Convention (ELC), emphasis has shifted beyond a scenic, preservationist approach towards a more dynamic, human-centred one. The focus is not only on outstanding landscapes, but also on the everyday and degraded landscapes where most people live and work. Landscape is land shaped by people, after all, and its protection, management and planning have a number of implications for democracy, human rights and spatial justice. Despite these links, however, there has been little legal scholarship on the topic.

How does international law, which deals for the most part with universality, deal with something so region-specific and particular as landscape? What is the legal conception of landscape and what are the various roles played by international law in its protection? Amy Strecker assesses the institutional framework for landscape protection, analyses the interplay between landscape and human rights, and links the etymology and theory of landscape with its articulation in law.

By: Amy Strecker (Assistant Professor Assistant Professor in Heritage & Governance Leiden University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 241mm, Width: 163mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 516g
ISBN: 9780198826248
ISBN 10: 0198826249
Series: Cultural Heritage Law and Policy
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 20 September 2018
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1: Introduction 2: Conceptualizing Landscape 3: Landscape and International Law 4: Institutional Framework for Landscape Protection 5: The 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention 6: The European Landscape Convention 7: Landscape and EU Law 8: Landscape and Human Rights 9: Landscape in Human Rights Case Law 10: Conclusions References

Amy Strecker is a researcher and lecturer at the Department of Heritage and Society, Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, where she teaches the theory and practice of international heritage law. Amy obtained her PhD in international law from the European University Institute, Florence. She holds an MA in Cultural Policy and Arts Management and a BA in the History of Art and Architecture from University College Dublin. Her research focuses primarily on the interplay between landscape and law (including heritage, environment, property and human rights). Recent research has also dealt with the role of international law in confronting the colonial past in the Caribbean, specifically in relation to land rights, cultural heritage and restitution. Amy is a visiting professor in international environmental law at the University of Nova Gorica, Venice, and a research coordinator with the LDE Centre for Global Heritage and Development.

Reviews for Landscape Protection in International Law

What Strecker has done is write the definitive piece on the topic of landscapes and law. This covers the philosophy, politics and law in a way that no other texts have done. It even covers cross-cultural aspects, which is often ignored in similar work. * Alexander Gillespie, Law Faculty, University of Waikato. Author of Environmental Law, Policy and Ethics and Protected Areas in International Law * The topic of the book is relevant for research and teaching in several academic disciplines, such as landscape architecture, environmental science, cultural heritage studies, human geography, social anthropology, and legal studies. It is also highly relevant for practitioners in environmental management, landscape management and cultural heritage management, as well as for policy makers in these fields. The European Landscape Convention is attracting increasing interest outside Europe, with moves to develop a global landscape convention, and this book provides a valuable background for these efforts. * Michael Jones, Department of Geography, Norwegian University of Sciences and Technology, Co-Editor of Landscape, Law and Justice and The European Landscape Convention, Challenges of Participation *