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The Park’s activities in support of the landscape
Social, economic and technological progress hinges on the customs, constraints and history that have presided over the slow construction of territories and landscapes. In the long run, progress risks obliterating any such traces of customs, constraint and history by trivialising everyday environments. It is the responsibility of the National Park to encourage progress in a way that preserves the identity of its exceptional landscapes.
Park actions
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Proposed development of the hamlet of Ayres in the context of a landscape plan environment
The Environment-Landscape Plans
Environment-Landscape Plans (PEP) are a contractual tool for intervening in the landscape. They can be adapted to different scales of territory. PEPs are drawn up after a joint study and carried out by a community that commits itself to a programme of practical actions in landscape management, modification and development.
The debates organised to present the Atlas des paysages to the local population will provide an occasion for new PEP projects within the National Park to be collectively defined.
Support for one-off planning projects
The Park assists with one-off rural planning projects that have an impact on the landscape. In this case, financial aid is given for using traditional techniques, materials and know-how (dry-stone walls, calades, etc.)
A fund for small vernacular constructions also provides aid for public and private restoration projects, such as mills, bread ovens, cisterns, gourgues (reservoirs for irrigation), etc.
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Gard Department
Display information on the specifications of architectural recommendations Valley Rieutord
Assistance with planning procedures
The National Park actively participates in discussions on sustainable urban planning in the Cévennes along with the State and the départements – notably through the Council of Architecture, Urban Planning and the Environment (CAUE) and various associations.
It assists local communities that have committed to a high-quality urban-planning procedure by helping to draft architectural and local urban-planning (PLU) documents, and by providing support for the landscape aspect of urban planning.