Public workshops as a way for creating Landscape Quality Objective on the local level

Martin Weber, Markéta Šantrůčková

Introduction • Public workshops and creating the landscape quality objective were a key part of the

project Implementation of the European Landscape Convention measures within intensively utilised landscapes that bear traces of historical landscape design activities – pilot study Nové Dvory – Kačina (2006 – 2011).

• Participative workshops in each stage of the project were organized by the project team in the most important villages in the model area.

Model area • Total area is 113 km2.

• The landscape is flat (200–300 m above sea level).

• The main land use is agriculture, although traces of Baroque, Classical and Romantic landscape designs remain.

• More than two-thirds of the land cover area is arable land.

• The region faces many challenges in maintaining its agricultural profile, including industrialised agriculture, urbanisation and the expansion of air, road, rail and water transportation infrastructure.

First participative workshop – first step to collaboration • place and time: first workshop was held in June 2008 in the most important monument

in the model area – Kačina castle (reason: all people should have same distance from their homes, workshop was connected with local celebration in the castle).

• participants: workshop was open for all who would come, local stakeholders were invited individually.

• aims: make contact with local stakeholders and other people who are interested in landscape; discuss with them about strength, problem and opportunities of the landscape; find their point of view

• form: moderate discussion

• results: list and map of strength , problems and visions for the landscape

Participative workshops – SWOT analysis • place and time: three biggest villages/small towns in the model

area (Nové Dvory, Žehušice, Záboří nad Labem), October 2008, June 2009.

• participants: workshop was open for all who would come, collaboration with local schools, important stakeholders were invited individually.

• aims: discussion with stakeholders about strength, weak sides, opportunities and threats of the landscape of model area, first step to SWOT analysis

• form: modified ECOVAST method, moderate discussion

• results: draft of SWOT analysis

ECOVAST method The purpose of the method developed by ECOVAST (European Council of the Village and Small Towns) is to identify the character of the landscape. In the first step, people identify important features and driving forces in “their” landscape according a simple matrix. In the second step, they should mark the most important of them.

Participative SWOT analysis assessment • place and time: Kačina castle, November 2009.

• participants: participants of previous workshops, important stakeholders were invited individually.

• aims: discussion and assessment of SWOT analysis

• form: moderate discussion, questionnaire

• results: data for landscape scenarios

Participative landscape scenarios assessment • place and time: village Církvice,

September 2010.

• participants: participants of previous workshops, important stakeholders were invited individually.

• aims: discussion and assessment of landscape scenarios

• form: moderate discussion, questionnaire

• results: draft of the landscape quality objective

Participative landscape quality objective assessment • place and time: village Žehušice, castle

Kačina, March, October 2011.

• participants: participants of previous workshops, important stakeholders were invited individually.

• aims: participative assessment of the landscape quality objective

• form: moderate discussion

• results: final version of the landscape quality objective

Landscape quality objective – Novodvorsko, Žehušicko

Thank you for your attention

Markéta Šantrůčková, Martin Weber Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening

santruckova@vukoz.cz, weber@vukoz.cz

http://www.projektkacina.estranky.cz/

Actual land use – Novodvorsko, Žehušicko