Höchtl, F., S. Lehringer & W. Konold, 2005, Wilderness: what it means when it becomes a reality – a case study from the south-western Alps, in: Landscape and Urban Planning, 70,
- Author : Höchtl, F., S. Lehringer & W. Konold
- Year : 2005
- Journal/Series : Landscape and Urban Planning
- Volume Number (CONSECUTIVE: Counting all Volumes of this Journal ever published) : 70
- Pages : 85-95
- Abstract in English : OUTLINE: Within the framework of the transdisciplinary research project “Changes in alpine landscapes from a decline in land use in the Val Grande National Park and Strona Valley – from rural landscape to wilderness”, the impacts of uncontrolled nature development on the landscape’s structural diversity, plant species richness, as well as on the local population and tourists were investigated.
- Comments/Notes : KEYWORDS: landscape management, wilderness, succession, vegetation structure, tourism, recreation, land abandonment, Alpine landscape, Italy.