Submitted by laborate on Wed, 26/10/2011 - 11:05 GMT.
Rafael Crecente, director of USC's Land Laboratory (LaboraTe),
granted an interview to newspaper El Progreso de Lugo,
published on October 25th. Rafael Crecente talked about
the Master Program in Sustainable Land Planning.
About the aims of the master and its approach: "It seeks,
first, meeting the specifications and requirements of Galicia,
and also addressing the current multi-level, multi-sectorial
crisis: energy, food, financial... The aim is to design
and implement strategies that respond to this situation
given the available resources and with a territorial approach,
which is finding what resources and strengths the Galician
territory has. [...] The land, as natural resource, is the
starting point for transforming the land in territory, a
set of activities intended to improve the organization of
the natural resources and also the society and social rules
govern their use. And in regard to Galicia, with an special
focus on these so unique property conditions and how to
reconcile the individual interest with collective interests
and usages. Here there are many owners, which on the one
hand is good, but on the other one it is difficult to manage."
