The vast majority of landscapes research has for a long time been local, regional or, at most, national. This was in line with landscape policies that also were organised within regional or national frameworks. This is changing only slowly, but in recent years the interest in an international perspective is growing. A recent project even aims at a world-wide perspective on landscape. 1 For this reason, the editors felt the time was right for a new journal that offers a platform for international exchange on landscapes studies, particularly aiming to address aspects of heritage and history within a European context.
Between the national and the global, the European level speaks out, for three reasons.
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