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DOCUMENTATION CENTRE

Guides and documents to improve landscape quality

Selection of guides and documents around the world containing guidelines, recommendations and advice aimed at integrating actions and projects of different nature related to landscape:

• Aquaculture
• Economic activity areas
• Farming and agricultural buildings
• Outdoor advertising
• Photovoltaic plants
• Road infrastructures
• Telecommunications infrastructures
• Urban planning
• Wind farms

 

Aquaculture

• Guía de criterios de sostenibilidad e integración paisajística de los establecimientos de acuicultura litoral
  Source: Ministry of Rural and Marine Environment and Ministry of Environment, Land and Infrastructure. Government of Galice. 2011
• Guidance on Landscape/Seascape Capacity for Aquaculture
  Source: Scottish Natural Heritage. The Scottish Government. 2008

Economic activity areas

• Guía de Integración Paisajística de los Polígonos Industriales y Parques Empresariales de Cantabria
  Source: SICAN, SL. Ministry of Industry and Technological Development. The Government of Cantabria. 2010
• Guia d'integració paisatgística. Polígons industrials i sectors d'activitat econòmica
  Source: General Directorate of Architecture and Landscape. Ministry of Town and Country Planning and Public Works. The Government of Catalonia. 2008
• Paisajes industriales/Polígonos industriales y de actividad económica. Capítol 2 de Buenas Prácticas de Paisaje. Líneas Guía
  Source: General Directorate of Architecture and Landscape. Ministry of Town and Country Planning and Public Works. The Government of Catalonia. 2007

Farming and agricultural buildings

• Guia d'integració paisatgística. Construccions agràries
  Source: General Directorate of Architecture and Landscape. Ministry of Town and Country Planning and Public Works. The Government of Catalonia. 2010
• Guia d'integració paisatgística. Horts urbans i periurbans
  Source: General Directorate of Architecture and Landscape. Ministry of Town and Country Planning and Public Works. The Government of Catalonia. 2009
• Paisatge vitivinícola del Penedès
  Source: General Directorate of Architecture and Landscape. Ministry of Town and Country Planning and Public Works. The Government of Catalonia. 2008
• Morcellement du paysage en Suisse. Analyse du morcellement 1885-2002 et implications pour la planification du traficet l'aménagement du territoire
  Source: The Federal Department of Home Affairs (DFI). The Government of Switzerland. 2007
• Paisajes Agrarios/Edificaciones agrarias. Chapitre 1 of Buenas Prácticas de Paisaje. Líneas Guía
  Source: General Directorate of Architecture and Landscape. Ministry of Town and Country Planning and Public Works. The Government of Catalonia. 2007
• Farming the historic landscape. Caring for historic parkland
  Source: English Heritage. 2005

Outdoor advertising

• Guía de buenas prácticas en la publicidad de vía pública
  Source: National Advertisers' Association of Chile (ANDA). 2012
• Transport corridor outdoor advertising and signage guidelines
  Source: Department of Planning and Infrastructure. Estat de Nova Gal·les del Sud (Austràlia). 2007
• South African Manual for outdoor advertising control (SAMOAC)
  Source: Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism. Govern de Sud-Àfrica. 1998

Photovoltaic plants

• Paisajes solares. Integración paisajística de las plantas fotovoltaicas en Andalucía
  Source: Junta de Andalucía and Centro de Estudios Paisaje y Territorio. 2012
• Guide sur la prise en compte de l'environnement dans les installations photovoltaïques au sol. L'exemple allemand
  Source: General Directorate of Energy and Climate. French Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Sea. 2009
• Criteris ambientals en els projectes de Plantes Solars Fotovoltaiques
  Source: Ministry of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda. The Government of Catalonia. 2022

Road infrastructures

• La carretera en el paisatge
  Source: Landscape Observatory of Catalonia. 2020
• Carreteres, paisatge i turisme. Bases per a la definició d'un model per a Catalunya
  Source: Landscape Observatory of Catalonia and Directorate-General for Tourism. Ministry of Business and Knowledge. The Government of Catalonia. 2019
• La carretera en el paisaje. Criterios para su planificación, trazado y proyecto
  Source: Centro de Estudios Paisaje y Territorio. Ministry of Public Works and Transport. The Government of Andalucia. 2009
• Landscape guideline: landscape design and maintenance guidelines to improve the quality, safety and cost effectiveness of road corridor planting and seeding
  Source: Ministry of Transport (RTA). The Government of New South Wales. Australia. 2008
• Assessing the Effect of Road Schemes on Historic Landscape Character
  Source: Highways Agency and English Heritage. The UK Government. 2007
• Infraestructuras viarias/Carreteras. Capítol 3 de Buenas Prácticas de Paisaje. Líneas Guía
  Source: General Directorate of Architecture and Landscape. Ministry of Town and Country Planning and Public Works. The Government of Catalonia. 2007
• Landscape and road legibility. Some ideas for an approach that brings together road safety and landscape
  Source: Sétra (Technical Department for Transport, Roads and Bridges Engineering and Road Safety). 2006
• Including landscape in road design, construction and mitigation. A good practice discussion note
  Source: The Countryside Agency. 2006

Telecommunications infrastructures

• Siting and Design guidelines for Mobile Telecommunications Developments in the Highlands and Islands
  Source: Scottish Natural Heritage. The Scottish Government. 2002

Urban planning

• Guia de bones pràctiques per a la imatge exterior dels locals comercials
  Source: Institut Municipal del Paisatge Urbà. 2021
• Prise en compte du paysage dans les documents d'urbanisme
  Source: Regional and Interdepartmental Department for Environment and Energy of Ile-de-France. 2016
• Criteris per a la correcta integració en el paisatge de les construccions aïllades en sòl no urbanitzable
  Source: Directorate General of Land and Planning. Ministry of Land and Sustainability. The Government of Catalonia. 2013
• Decàleg de bones pràctiques. Criteris d'intervenció en l'arquitectura històrica i tradicional
  Source: Col·lectiu Patrimoni. 2012
• Améliorons et valorisons nos entrées de bourgs
  Source: Pyrenees National Park, Regional Natural Park of the Ariège Pyrenees and Regional Natural Park of the Catalan Pyrenees. France. 2012
• Guia d'integració paisatgística de les estacions d'esquí alpí d'Andorra
  Source: Government of Andorra. 2012
• Estudi històric i manual pràctic de passeigs arbrats a les ciutats, viles i pobles de Catalunya
  Source: General Directorate of Architecture and Landscape. Ministry of Town and Country Planning and Public Works. The Government of Catalonia. 2008
• New Housing, Settlement Expansion and the Natural Heritage
  Source: Scottish Natural Heritage. The Scottish Government. 2005
• Bones pràctiques d'incorporació del paisatge en el planejament urbanístic de Catalunya
  Source: Barcelona Provincial Council. 2005
• Guide pour l'élaboration d'un PLU(I) 'paysager' pas à pas
  Source: Observatoire de l'environnement en Bretagne. 2023

Wind farms

• Guía de integración paisajística de parques eólicos en Andalucía
  Source: Junta de Andalucía. 2014
• Energia eòlica i paisatge. Orientacions per a un adequada implantació a Catalunya
  Source: Landscape Observatory of Catalonia. 2013
• Siting and Design of Small Scale Wind Turbines of between 15 and 50 metres in height
  Source: Scottish Natural Heritage. The Scottish Government. 2012
• Guide de l'étude d'impact sur l'environnement des parcs éoliens
  Source: French Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Sea. 2010
• Recommandations pour la planification d'installations éoliennes
  Source: Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE). The Swiss Confederation. 2010
• Siting and Designing windfarms in the landscape
  Source: Scottish Natural Heritage. The Scottish Government. 2009
• Visual Representation of Windfarms. Good Practice Guidance
  Source: Scottish Natural Heritage, The Scottish Renewables Forum and Scottish Society of Directors of Planning. 2006
• Gli impianti eolici: suggerimenti per la progettazione e la valutazione paesaggistica
  Source: Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities. Government of Italy. 2006
• Landscape strategy and assessment guidance for wind energy development within Caithness and Sutherland
  Source: Scottish Natural Heritage. The Scottish Government. 2005
• Guidance on the Assessment of the Impact of Offshore Wind Farms: Seascape and Visual Impact Report
  Source: The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). The UK Government. 2005
• Projet d'implantation de parc éolien sur le territoire publics : guide pour la réalisation d'une étude d'intégration et d'harmonisation paysagères
  Source: General Directorate of the public land management. The Government of Quebec. 2005
• Guía de buenas prácticas para la instalación de infraestructuras y equipamientos relacionados con las energías renovables y su potencial afección al patrimonio cultural
  Source: ICOMOS Comité Nacional Español. 2022

The Documentation Centre of the Observatory offers a wide range of publications, documents and studies with this purpose which are not included in this section because they aren't available in PDF format. You can access these documents at the Centre or through the interlibrary loan service.