Patrik Olsson
Presentation
My approach to landscape is above all the one of the historical geographer. In order to understand the landscape of today, we need to understand the processes that has shaped it. I am especially interested in the different dialectial relationships that exist such as nature/culture and practical/aesthetical. My work has had a focus on cultural heritage issues foremost the biological cultural heritage but I am also very interested in the immaterial cultural heritage. I have done a lot of work on landscape management and conservation and landscape analysis. I am the main author of a book on the management of avenues (tree-lined roads) together with a biologist (Alléhandboken, 2005) and I have been invited to speak about avenues in Sweden and other European countries.