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• features strong process orientation, by way of co-design, since a state of sustainability will never finally be achieved, and the frameworks and normative objectives
constantly change,
• is simultaneously oriented to options for change and innovation,
• strongly requires the use and further development of interdisciplinary and
transdisciplinary approaches, due to the diversity of stakeholder perspectives,
• is designed in an evidence-based manner, due to its knowledge orientation, or in
an evidence-informed manner with stakeholders in society in mind.
The aspects compiled here also reflect some of the research and development
activities promoted in the Global Land Programme Science Plan (GLP 2015), not
least because of the activities undertaken by the authors involved, and now provide
their own contribution to the debate. Rather than constituting the one and only way
forward in the European context, they provide building blocks for a continuously
adaptive system of responses that can—and must—be adapted, depending on the
problem, the location, and the type of land use concerned. They constitute a kind of
mindset that requires the capacity for individual and collective reflection and learning
beyond methodological and conceptual forms of access. Only then can multiple
perspectives and approaches to problem solutions be further developed into new
thought styles that enable negotiation processes to be undertaken on equal terms and
socially robust solutions to be supported, gradually breaking old path dependencies.
Clearly, there cannot be a single stakeholder who is solely responsible for the
implementation of such an approach. Even though the need for intermediaries, change
agents and integration experts remains undisputed, especially with regard to professional process design, all those who have a direct or indirect influence on land use shall
take greater responsibility for the development and implementation of sustainable
land management within the meaning of co-management. The editors simultaneously
view this as a form of practical implementation of the imperative of responsibility,
as called for, philosophically speaking, by Hans Jonas more than three decades ago,
and which is ultimately reflected today in the principle of intergenerational justice.
This book discusses issues and responses in a decidedly European context. From
the editors’ point of view, the analyses, concepts and methods presented can—and
should—be increasingly examined with regard to their relevance and implementation
capacity in a non-European context in the future. The non-sustainable use of land
as practiced today is by no means an exclusively European problem. A number of
responses have explicitly been developed within the “Sustainable Land Management”
research programme, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and
Research (BMBF), referred to several times in this book. A promising option for the
future would be to gradually develop these responses into an integrated framework
for assessing sustainable land management for policies, plans and programmes.
T. Weith et al.
• features strong process orientation, by way of co-design, since a state of sustainability will never finally be achieved, and the frameworks and normative objectives
constantly change,
• is simultaneously oriented to options for change and innovation,
• strongly requires the use and further development of interdisciplinary and
transdisciplinary approaches, due to the diversity of stakeholder perspectives,
• is designed in an evidence-based manner, due to its knowledge orientation, or in
an evidence-informed manner with stakeholders in society in mind.
The aspects compiled here also reflect some of the research and development
activities promoted in the Global Land Programme Science Plan (GLP 2015), not
least because of the activities undertaken by the authors involved, and now provide
their own contribution to the debate. Rather than constituting the one and only way
forward in the European context, they provide building blocks for a continuously
adaptive system of responses that can—and must—be adapted, depending on the
problem, the location, and the type of land use concerned. They constitute a kind of
mindset that requires the capacity for individual and collective reflection and learning
beyond methodological and conceptual forms of access. Only then can multiple
perspectives and approaches to problem solutions be further developed into new
thought styles that enable negotiation processes to be undertaken on equal terms and
socially robust solutions to be supported, gradually breaking old path dependencies.
Clearly, there cannot be a single stakeholder who is solely responsible for the
implementation of such an approach. Even though the need for intermediaries, change
agents and integration experts remains undisputed, especially with regard to professional process design, all those who have a direct or indirect influence on land use shall
take greater responsibility for the development and implementation of sustainable
land management within the meaning of co-management. The editors simultaneously
view this as a form of practical implementation of the imperative of responsibility,
as called for, philosophically speaking, by Hans Jonas more than three decades ago,
and which is ultimately reflected today in the principle of intergenerational justice.
This book discusses issues and responses in a decidedly European context. From
the editors’ point of view, the analyses, concepts and methods presented can—and
should—be increasingly examined with regard to their relevance and implementation
capacity in a non-European context in the future. The non-sustainable use of land
as practiced today is by no means an exclusively European problem. A number of
responses have explicitly been developed within the “Sustainable Land Management”
research programme, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and
Research (BMBF), referred to several times in this book. A promising option for the
future would be to gradually develop these responses into an integrated framework
for assessing sustainable land management for policies, plans and programmes.