Commentary
New Human-landscape Relations in the Face of Global Environmental Crises: A Governance Scoping Statement Based On the Danish Agri-food Transition
Authors:
- Anders BlokEmail Anders Blok
- Mette Løvschal
Abstract
The current global crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, waterway pollution, and land-system change need far-reaching collective action, with major implications for future human-landscape relations. However, whereas there has been a radical acceleration in green solutions brought forward within science and technology, less attention has been paid to their social integration and long-term sustainability. Based on experiences with a large-scale Danish agri-food transition expert scenario exercise, this commentary scopes ideas for further research on how to accelerate a socially sensitive agri-food transition with clear visionary goals for radically new and sustainable human-landscape relations and forms of governance. We argue that this should be a process of making liveable landscapes, countryside spaces and cities, and one that 1) builds on trust, public embedment, and co-creation; 2) regards humans as part of nature; and 3) is inclusive and fair—locally and globally.
- Year: 2023
- Volume: 10 Issue: 1
- Page/Article: 3
- DOI: 10.16993/rl.112
- Submitted on 1 Sep 2023
- Accepted on 28 Nov 2023
- Published on 28 Dec 2023
- Peer Reviewed