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Franz Höchtl
Researcher at University of Freiburg
Publications - 14
Citations - 623
Franz Höchtl is an academic researcher from University of Freiburg. The author has contributed to research in topics: Land use & Cultural landscape. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 12 publications receiving 586 citations.
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Traditional land-use and nature conservation in European rural landscapes
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors introduce a special issue of six contributions that address land-use and landscape changes across Europe, and advocate a double-track strategy in cultural landscape development: first, some remaining traditional land use systems should be preserved, and new tools for their economic viability be designed.
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"Wilderness": what it means when it becomes a reality - a case study from the southwestern Alps.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the impacts of uncontrolled nature development on the landscape's structural diversity, plant species richness, as well as on the local population and tourists in the Val Grande National Park and Strona Valley.
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Historic terraced vineyards: impressive witnesses of vernacular architecture
TL;DR: In this paper, an outline of the history of terraced vineyards is discussed, as well as the advantages of building terraces and of using dry stone walls as retaining structures.
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Pure theory or useful tool?: Experiences with transdisciplinarity in the Piedmont Alps
TL;DR: The Piedmont Project as mentioned in this paper focused on the expected solutions to the undesired negative ecological and social effects of land abandonment in the south-western Alps from 1998 to 2004, and used transdisciplinarity to enable researchers to cross disciplinary borders and to deal with extra-scientific real world problems.
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Building bridges, crossing borders: Integrative approaches to rural landscape management in Europe
Franz Höchtl,E. Rusdea,Harald Schaich,Peter Wattendorf,Claudia Bieling,Tatjana Reeg,Werner Konold +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present current approaches to rural landscape management in Europe in light of the concepts, methods and the findings of seven research projects undertaken by the Institute of Landscape Management of the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg (Germany).