Industrial and maritime heritage in sustainable landscape studies and practices

European landscape convention and questions related to cultural landscapes constitutes the context for topics related to industrial and maritime heritage as assets for sustainable societal development. As subject matters in this frame is also included vernacular building traditions, agricultural based small-scale industrial production, heritage afloat, and coastal communities. Of principal concern for the research activities is how society process the heritage content and specific interest is directed towards heritage practices and the notion of sustainable tourism.