Development of European landscapes

This editorial paper analyses comprehensive information presented on International Association for Landscape Ecology (IALE) European Conference “Development of European Landscapes” jointly organized by the University of Stockholm and University of Tartu, held in both Stockholm, Sweden, 30 June–2 July 2001, and in Tartu, Estonia, 3–6 July 2001. Selected conference findings from oral presentations and posters are presented here. About 130 oral presentations and 50 posters representing 33 countries were presented during the conference. Sixteen papers published as part of this special issue of Landscape and Urban Planning, and summarized here, deal with general and methodological principles of the landscape analysis and research, and also, present case studies on landscape ecology, planning and management from various European countries.