New Human-landscape Relations in the Face of Global Environmental Crises: A Governance Scoping Statement Based On the Danish Agri-food Transition

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Article number3
JournalRural Landscapes
Volume10
Issue number1
Pages (from-to)1-7
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Publication statusPublished - 2023

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  • Adaptive governance, agri-food transition, collective action problems, democratic participation, human-landscape relations, multiscale solutions

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