The National Research Programme "Landscapes and Habitats of the Alps" (NFP 48)aims to acquire the knowledge on goals and actions needed for a socially desired, economically acceptable and politically feasible landscape development. En-dogenous and exogenous causalities of landscape development should be recognised, requirements and standards for a sustainable landscape development should be analysed and possible approaches in the relevant political fields and scopes of actions should be elaborated.
Framework: CHF 15'000'000
Duration: 5 Years
President of the steering committee: Bernard Lehmann, Institut für Agrarwirtschaft, ETH Zürich
Communication Officer: Urs Steiger, Luzern
Programme Coordinator: Stefan Husi, SNSF
Start of research: Spring 2002