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100			_aJenkins, Victoria _957282
245			_aIn defence of natural beauty: _bAesthetic obligation and the law on the designation of protected landscapes in England and Wales/
260			_bSage, _c2020.
300			_aVol. 22, Issue 1, 2020 ( 7–24 p.)
520			_aNatural beauty has been the central legal criterion for the designation of ‘protected landscapes’ in England and Wales for over 70 years. This approach is subject to criticism that natural beauty is an outdated and subjective notion. Yet, there is surely merit in celebrating the beauty in nature that exists in these areas. Nevertheless, the legal approach necessitates some interrogation of the notion of natural beauty, its relationship to the landscape and the nature of the aesthetic exercise required to underline a regulatory system for the designation of protected landscapes. This article draws on literature in both aesthetic philosophy and landscape studies to provide such an analysis, arguing that an aesthetic observation of natural beauty can form the basis of a reasoned, robust and transparent process for the designation of protected landscapes and account for natural and cultural heritage concerns.
773	0		_011304 _917102 _dSage, 2019. _tEnvironmental law review
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1177/1461452919900345
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