[fr] Dès 2000, pour répondre aux exigences de la convention européenne du Paysage, la Région wallonne a lancé un programme de recherche au sein de la Conférence permanente du Développement territorial (CPDT). Les travaux se sont concentrés sur l’identification des macro-paysages wallons, puis sur leur caractérisation et leur qualification patrimoniale. L’article retrace le cheminement de cette recherche (définition des concepts de paysage et de paysage patrimonial, démarche adoptée) et présente la méthode d’appréciation des valeurs scientifiques des paysages, méthode dite « des paysages témoins », ainsi que les limites de son application. Lire, déchiffrer, comprendre et documenter le paysage pour mettre en lumière des composantes et configurations paysagères porteuses d’information et de signification, telle a été l’une des contributions de l’équipe CPDT à la connaissance des paysages en vue de leur gestion informée [en] In 2000, the Walloon Region (Belgium) has initiated a research program at the Standing Conference on Territorial Development (CPDT) in order to address the European Landscape Convention requirements. The research concentrated at first on the identification and the typology of Walloon macrolandscapes at a regional scale. Then the research focussed on the landscapes characterisation at a scale of 1/20 000 and their patrimonial qualification. The paper traces the research progress (definition of the concepts of landscape and patrimonial landscape, the adopted procedure) and presents the elaborated method to appreciate the landscapes scientific values, called the method of the “witness landscape”. It also presents the difficulties met during its application on the field. The method is iterative and combines the observation on the field, the review of both historic and present cartographies, the interpretation of aerial photographs and the mobilisation of the available bibliography. Reading, analysing, understanding and documenting the landscape in order to highlight the meaningful landscapes’ configurations and components, such was one of the research team contributions to the landscape management.
Research Center/Unit :
Lepur : Centre de Recherche en Sciences de la Ville, du Territoire et du Milieu rural
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