Natural landscape
As opposed to the complementary term “ cultural landscape ”, natural landscape denotes in the strictest sense a landscape that corresponds in its components ( flora , fauna and inorganic elements) and its appearance to the unaffected state of nature. It is therefore “not” influenced by humans. This landscape, together with its living components ( biocenoses ), can develop within the framework of natural succession .
Since gases and dusts emitted by humans can be detected worldwide even in the uninhabitable anecumene , there is no longer a “real” natural landscape today. Therefore, the term is mostly used as a synonym for the more popular term wilderness , which also includes areas that have been slightly influenced by humans or historical cultural landscapes.
See also
literature
- Michael Succow : Cultural and natural landscapes and new wilderness. In: German MAB National Committee (Hrsg.): Voller Leben. Springer-Verlag, Bonn 2004.
