The landscape is a product of function and in the uk the function and land use of the countryside and of the built environment of many settlements is changing rapidly the landscape is under pressure and in great need of imaginative and coordinated policies particularly affected are the urban fringe the coastline and agricultural and upland landscapes. The landscape research group lrg is an international independent and not for profit organisation we work to advance interdisciplinary landscape research through dissemination communication and exchange across global communities of interest we believe that research has a vital role to play in realising a fairer ethical and more sustainable future in terms of the relationships that . Landscape policies planning for the future october 2016 doi 1013140 rg221342691848