Developments of the landscape theories in Switzerland: outcomes of the programme 'Landscapes and habitats of the Alps'. (La politique agricole suisse. Entre economie, ecologie et societe.)

摘要

Landscape management and analysis in Switzerland are better known through the results and recommendations of the national research program "Landscapes and habitats of the Alps". Worried by the evolution of the alpine landscape, this program aims to support a sustainable development of this one. It innovates by integrating the cultural and representational approaches of the landscape, whose conclusions encourage participative and negotiated processes taking account of the various interests in landscape management. Indeed, the naturalist paradigm in the landscape management in Switzerland is still predominant. The public landscape action is mainly based on environmental values, implying confusion between biological and landscape values. In the search for a more transparent and democratic landscape management, it is important to distinguish these two types of legitimacy of landscape intervention. The socio-anthropological analysis can strongly contribute to it.