The optimization of rural landscape in the light of the idea of sustainable development – the example of Poland
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2016
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Wydział Nauk Geograficznych i Geologicznych Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza
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Contemporary rural landscapes in Poland are being changed intensively and adversely. These changes lead
to landscape disharmony, spatial disorder, the blurring of individual and specific features and disruption to the ecological
equilibrium. This article aims to present general rules for the optimization of rural landscapes. It discusses the
causes and consequences of unfavourable changes within Poland’s rural landscapes which constitute a threat to their
sustainable development. The authors attempt to identify the major factors to be considered in taking steps aimed at
landscape optimization. Landscape equilibrium may be assessed through the sustainable development dimensions:
ethical, ecological, social, economic, technical, political and legal. Landscape optimization consists in maintaining the
balance within these dimensions.
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rural landscapes, landscape optimization, sustainable development, rural heritage
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Quaestiones Geographicae vol. 35 (3), 2016, pp. 61-73