Elected officials in the saddle to understand the landscape differently
On November 27, the Park organized a day of landscape training for local elected officials. It was by bike that the 7 participants familiarized themselves with the landscape specificity of Périgord-Limousin.
A landscape with many facets
Etouars, Javerlhac, Varaignes… the Park led the elected representatives of the “Heritage, Urban Planning and Landscape” commission along a 25-kilometre loop, with the aim of illustrating the specific landscape of Périgord-Limousin and to nourish reflections on the landscapes of tomorrow. Located in a contact zone between the foothills of the Massif Central and the Aquitaine Basin, the territory is marked by various geological features which results in a mosaic of landscapes. Thanks to the electric bikes, the group was able to overcome physical difficulties and cover a greater distance. The participants thus crossed the landscape units of the Massif des Feuillardiers and the Vallées calcaires.
The landscape, at the crossroads of local issues
Since its creation, the Park has been committed to enabling a increasing the skills of local elected officials on sustainable development issues specific to Périgord-Limousin. Agriculture, biodiversity, economy, water resources, etc. the landscape is at the crossroads of these many issues. As part of the revision of its territorial project (called the “Charter”), the Park is currently working on its Landscape Quality Objectives, i.e. on guidelines aimed at preserving, supporting developments or generating transformations in landscape structures, to ensure the quality and diversity of landscapes on a national scale. This workshop, which was a continuation of the outings organized in February, March and June, was one of the ways of working on the 10 objectives identified to date.
During the day, the group made commented judgments in order to reflect collectively on overgrowth, urban sprawl*, the industrial past of the territory as a marker of local identity, the atmospheres of towns according to public and private developments, architectural heritage or even the management of drinking water. The ridge road linking Plaisance and Javerlhac, for example, was a pretext for discussing the balance to be found between open spaces and wooded areas. The objective of rehabilitating the built environment and a concern for architectural identity was argued at each stop in the town centres.
Throughout the day, the participants were followed by videographer Arnaud Jamin and a drone pilot. The shots taken will be used to produce the film “La part du paysage” currently being filmed throughout France.
* In urban planning, urban sprawl is the scattering of buildings and infrastructure in initially rural areas.
