This book addresses the rapid changes taking place in countryside management and their effect on the cultural landscape. Written by archaeologists and ecologists, it examines areas of cooperation and conflict between the two professions, considers current problems and their solutions, and speculates on the prospects for archaeology in the countryside in the 21st century. "Agri-environmentalism" has been a buzzword since the Rio Environment Summit of 1992, but the impact of changes in policy-making reaches beyond the agriculture and ecology implied in the term, to embrace the cultural landscape. This volume outlines the changes that have taken place and reviews responses to them in the form of innovative land management systems. Contributors in government, private practice, and academia provide a lively and at times discordant discussion on the issues surrounding archaeology, nature conservation, and the social perception of the countryside.

Introduction, Jane Grenville; Part 1 Policy Background; Chapter 1 Defining the Rural Policy Context, Clive Potter; Chapter 2 Considering Significance in the Landscape: Developing Priorities Through Conservation Planning, David Thackray; Chapter 3 Protecting the Cultural Landscape: National Designation and Local Character, Graham Fairclough; Part 2 Mechanisms and Instruments; Chapter 4 Current Planning Policies and Legislation for Historic Rural Landscapes, Ian Dormor; Chapter 5 Maintenance and Enhancement: The Management of Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Peter McCrone; Part 3 Users and their Objectives; Chapter 6 Mineral Working: A Window of Opportunity, Mike Griffiths; Chapter 7 The Management of an Archaeological Landscape on the Army's Training Area on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, Ian Barnes; Chapter 8 Woods and Forests in the Rural Landscape: Cultural Heritage, Conservation and Management, Tim Yarnell; Chapter 9 Sustainable Landscape Management Peak Practice and Theory, Ken Smith; Part 4 Integration; Chapter 10 Nature Conservation: Taking a Wider View, Robert J. Cooke; Chapter 11 Monument Conservation in Norfolk: The Monuments Management Project and Other Schemes, Helen Paterson, Peter Wade-Martins; Chapter 12 Nature Conservation and Historic Properties: An Integrated Approach, Rachel C. Thomas, David Wells; Chapter 13 The Management of the Rural Landscape: A Sense of Place, Tim Allen;