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A landscape approach to planetary well-being (2024)


Duflot, R., Keskinen, K. E., Eyvindson, K., & Raatikainen, K. J. (2024). A landscape approach to planetary well-being. In M. Elo, J. Hytönen, S. Karkulehto, T. Kortetmäki, J. S. Kotiaho, M. Puurtinen, & M. Salo (Eds.), Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Planetary Well-Being (pp. 72-85). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003334002-8


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Publication details

All authors or editorsDuflot, Rémi; Keskinen, Kirsi E.; Eyvindson, Kyle; Raatikainen, Kaisa J.

Parent publicationInterdisciplinary Perspectives on Planetary Well-Being

Parent publication editorsElo, Merja; Hytönen, Jonne; Karkulehto, Sanna; Kortetmäki, Teea; Kotiaho, Janne S.; Puurtinen, Mikael; Salo, Miikka

ISBN978-1-032-36828-3

eISBN978-1-003-33400-2

Publication year2024

Publication date15/06/2023

Pages range72-85

Number of pages in the book270

PublisherRoutledge

Place of PublicationAbingdon

Publication countryUnited Kingdom

Publication languageEnglish

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4324/9781003334002-8

Publication open accessOpenly available

Publication channel open accessOpen Access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX)https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/88211


Abstract

“Landscape” refers to a perceivable spatial level shaped by socio-ecological interactions and represents the systems where people live. Human societies have globally transformed landscapes to meet their needs, e.g., nutrition or shelter, according to cultural preferences. This human domination of land has resulted in considerable competition for space with other lifeforms, driving biodiversity loss through land-use change and intensification, as well as coming into conflict with planetary well-being. Recent research has highlighted the relevance of the landscape level when articulating human activities with and in their environment and maintaining human and nonhuman cohabitation. Indeed, the landscape structure is a strong determinant of many ecological processes (e.g., species dispersal or nutrient flows) that support long-term ecosystem functioning and, ultimately, planetary well-being. This chapter discusses the transformative potential of systems-oriented landscape approaches to achieving planetary well-being. First, this chapter conceptualizes landscapes as geographic interfaces between humans and nonhuman beings, with a focus on their ecological characteristics, and in relation with planetary well-being. Second, this chapter provides examples of land-use planning principles that reconcile biodiversity and human benefits: (1) Agroecological farming systems, (2) urban green infrastructures, and (3) multi-objective forest management zoning.


Keywordslandscape ecologyhuman ecologyland useland use planningbiodiversityecosystems (ecology)systems thinking

Free keywordsplanetary well-being


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VIRTA submission year2024

Preliminary JUFO rating3


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