Abstract
Landscape Observatories are important for the continuous and systematic observation of landscape, so as to provide information and design guidelines for landscape protection, management and planning. In Portugal, various institutions have recently created landscape observatories. The Alqueva Dam, located in Portugal on the Guadiana River in the Alentejo Region, was built for multiple purposes in 2002. The dam changed the landscape, land use and the way of working and managing the land in a way that must be monitored and evaluated, which underlies the importance of studying the region and assessing its economic, ecological, environmental, socio-cultural and aesthetic domains. A landscape observatory for the Alqueva Region would constitute a fundamental platform for understanding its landscape dynamics in space and time and support public policies and strategies for regional landscape and territorial planning. It must involve central and regional institutions, public and private organizations, the University of Évora and other research centres such as the Alqueva Development Company (EDIA).
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Similar content being viewed by others
References
AA.VV. (2015) Landscape Observatories in Europe II. In: Cassatella C, Larcher F (eds) Proceedings of the UNISCAPE En-Route International Seminar, UNISCAPE En-Route, a.I, n.I, Torino, Italy
AA.VV. (2017) Landscape Observatories in Europe II. In: Zanaica T (coord) Proceedings of UNISCAPE En-Route International Seminar, UNISCAPE En-Route, vol 2, no 5, Amersfoort, Netherlands
Abreu A, Correia T, Oliveira, M (2004) Contributos para a Identificação e Caracterização das Paisagens de Portugal Continental. DGOTDU, Lisboa
Council of Europe (2000) European Landscape Convention
Council of Europe (2008) CM/Rec (2008)3 of the Commijee of Ministers to member states on the guidelines for the implementation of the ELC.
Jorge F (2007) Portugal visto do Céu. Argumentum EdiØes, Lisboa
Larcher F, Cassatella C (2015) Landscape Observatories in Europe: the Action Plan. UNISCAPE En-Route, a.I, n.I, p 118–119
Ribeiro O (1993) Portugal, o mediterrâneo e o atlântico. EdiØes João Sá da Costa, Lisboa
Saraiva M, Loupa-Ramos I, Bernardo F (2017) Avaliar paisagens e sua identidade–Observatório(s) como resposta metodológica? In: Fidalgo P (coord.) Estudos de Paisagem, vol III. Instituto História Contemporânea da FCSH/Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, p 276–293
Souza R (2019) Os Observatórios de Paisagem como uma plataforma de envolvimento da sociedade civil a longo prazo. Universidade do Porto, Dissertação Mestrado em Arquitetura Paisagista
Webgraphy [Consulted 15–06–2020]
UNISCAPE https://www.uniscape.eu
CIVILSCAPE https://civilscape.eu
LANDSCAPE OBSERVATORY DOCUMENTATION. https://areeweb.polito.it/LOD/index.htm
Acknowledgements
This work was financed with National Funds through FCT—Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, within the scope of the project: (UI&D 112)/2020—[Ref.ª UIDB/00112/2020] of CHAIA/UÉ.
This work is financed by national funds through FCT - Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., within the scope of the project «UIDB / 04647/2020» of CICS.NOVA - Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais da Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2024 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Freire, M., Ramos, I.J., da Conceição Rego, M. (2024). Landscape Observatory in Alqueva, Alentejo Region (Portugal). Why It Matters?. In: Agnoletti, M., Dobričič, S., Matteini, T., Palerm, J.M. (eds) Cultivating Continuity of the European Landscape. Environmental History, vol 15. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25713-1_46
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25713-1_46
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-031-25712-4
Online ISBN: 978-3-031-25713-1
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental ScienceEarth and Environmental Science (R0)