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Talks and Poster Presentations (without Proceedings-Entry):

U. Herbig, G. Styhler-Aydin:
"Archaeological Landscapes And Ecosystem Services";
Talk: Understanding Mediterranean Landscapes. Human vs Nature. International Congress on Landscape Ecology, Antalya; 10-23-2014 - 10-25-2014.



English abstract:
With the result of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment of the United Nations 2005 the Ecosystem Services (ES) framework was adopted as an approach to describe and categorize the interrelation between ecosystems and man. Wherever ecological structures or functions directly or indirectly contribute to human needs they can be defined as Ecosystem services. Within this frame archaeological landscapes are an important part of the cultural ecosystem services. They provide assets like landscape aesthetics, cultural heritage and outdoor recreation as described in the Synthesis of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.
Archaeological landscapes are those parts of our natural and built environment that are usually officially marked as cultural heritage and/or protected areas due to their relevance to our contemporary life as indicators of cultural identity materializing cultural history. As such, they are subject to public interest at local, regional, national and international level, not the least as assets marketed as tourism destinations in our globalized world. Due to their cultural and contemporary socio-economic significance as potential generators for sustainable local development on the one hand active inclusion of the local communities is required. On the other hand there is a need to raise public awareness for the preservation of archaeological landscapes alongside their use.
This paper describes an analysis of two archaeological landscapes on their ecosystem service indicators. The case studies are done in Ildırı/Erythrai and Alinda/Karpuzlu, West Turkey, wherein remains from ancient sites overlap with modern villages, surrounded by an impressive natural environment. Bases on experiences in the frame of interdisciplinary research of archaeological landscape as cultural ecosystem services can underline the need for the protection of those landscapes in a state that is a result of a development over centuries.

Keywords:
Ecosystem services, archaeological landscapes


Electronic version of the publication:
http://publik.tuwien.ac.at/files/publik_233094.pdf


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