Public access to lakeshores in Iceland

The study to assess the current state of public access to lakeshores in Iceland was done as little has been written on the subject and landowners and the public are not well-informed about their rights. The objective was to gather information about laws and regulations concerning accessibility, inve...

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Autor principal: Hrafnkelsdóttir, Hrafnhildur
Formato: Second cycle, A2E
Lenguaje:sueco
Inglés
Publicado: 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/2413/
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author Hrafnkelsdóttir, Hrafnhildur
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description The study to assess the current state of public access to lakeshores in Iceland was done as little has been written on the subject and landowners and the public are not well-informed about their rights. The objective was to gather information about laws and regulations concerning accessibility, investigate the current situation at two particular locations regarding access to lakeshores and whether municipalities and landowners are fulfilling their obligations to allow and facilitate certain access to these areas. A lakeshore area by lake Elliðavatn was investigated as well as the lakeshore area Þorsteinsvík by lake Þingvallavatn. Methods used were the same as landscape architects and planners use to analyse and design areas, whether in rural or urban landscapes; document and landscape analysis as well as accessibility and visual analysis. Expectations turned out to be exaggerated as the areas were far from being used to their full potential. Conclusions include a need for evaluating every location separately as conditions vary greatly and the laws and regulations must be clearer to better serve the interest of the public. Municipalities and landowners were not doing fulfilling their obligations to allow and facilitate access to the study areas.
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spelling RepoSLU24132012-04-20T14:18:31Z https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/2413/ Public access to lakeshores in Iceland Hrafnkelsdóttir, Hrafnhildur Landscape architecture The study to assess the current state of public access to lakeshores in Iceland was done as little has been written on the subject and landowners and the public are not well-informed about their rights. The objective was to gather information about laws and regulations concerning accessibility, investigate the current situation at two particular locations regarding access to lakeshores and whether municipalities and landowners are fulfilling their obligations to allow and facilitate certain access to these areas. A lakeshore area by lake Elliðavatn was investigated as well as the lakeshore area Þorsteinsvík by lake Þingvallavatn. Methods used were the same as landscape architects and planners use to analyse and design areas, whether in rural or urban landscapes; document and landscape analysis as well as accessibility and visual analysis. Expectations turned out to be exaggerated as the areas were far from being used to their full potential. Conclusions include a need for evaluating every location separately as conditions vary greatly and the laws and regulations must be clearer to better serve the interest of the public. Municipalities and landowners were not doing fulfilling their obligations to allow and facilitate access to the study areas. 2011-04-04 Second cycle, A2E NonPeerReviewed application/pdf swe https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/2413/1/hrafnkelsdottir_h_110408.pdf Hrafnkelsdóttir, Hrafnhildur, 2010. Public access to lakeshores in Iceland. Second cycle, A2E. Alnarp: (LTJ, LTV) > Landscape Architecture (until 121231) <https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/view/divisions/4813.html> urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-24 eng
spellingShingle Landscape architecture
Hrafnkelsdóttir, Hrafnhildur
Public access to lakeshores in Iceland
title Public access to lakeshores in Iceland
title_full Public access to lakeshores in Iceland
title_fullStr Public access to lakeshores in Iceland
title_full_unstemmed Public access to lakeshores in Iceland
title_short Public access to lakeshores in Iceland
title_sort public access to lakeshores in iceland
topic Landscape architecture
url https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/2413/
https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/2413/