PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF DIFFERENT SOCIAL INTERESTS IN LANDSCAPE
PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF DIFFERENT SOCIAL INTERESTS IN LANDSCAPE

Summary/Abstract: The paper provides an insight into sustainable development as the basic principle to be followed in the planning activity the goal of which is to protect or enhance the things we, as society, value. The subject of that endeavour is frequently directed towards landscape. The legacy of landscape evaluation present among the Croatian professional community is that landscape values are perceived as a visual and aesthetic category. The conservation idea in planning focuses less on values attached to desired goals which are as a rule the result of opposing interests: developmental and conservational. This paper concentrates on the character of those values as appropriate for the sustainability concept implementation. It first indicates and then expounds the possible reasons for disagreement and contradictions concerning the meaning and interpretation of sustainable development. Subsequently, an approach is proposed towards evaluating landscape which enables both efficient protection and development.

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