Résumé en anglais
"Settlement are testimonies inscribed in the landscape by history"Gerhard Bronisch
How aptly does this quotation render the intrinsic nature of the landscape surrounding us. Man's activities, involving both common civilization and those linked with cultural development became predominant in Europe's twentieth century landscape. Therefore, a consummate awareness purporting that landscape is simply an image of the environment must be inherent in the basic understanding of problems of the contemporary landscape. It is obvious that man's economy as it is on a particular area will produce corresponding features in the landscape. According to Gutersohn (Switzerland) a good economy provides grounds for the formation of a harmonious landscape while a bad economy reveals itself in the form of a debased scenery.