Benutzung und Bewirtschaftung der Wälder im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert : Eine Fallstudie über das Zürcher Unter- und Weinland : Multifunktionale Waldwirtschaft in der Vergangenheit und heute

1997

S. 119-130

9 Lit. Ang.

Unselbständiges Werk

200102809

Multifunktionale Waldwirtschaft in der Vergangenheit und heute : Symposium 2.-4. Mai 1996 Forstliche Ausbildungsstätte Ort/Gmunden : Berichte : Multifunktionale Waldwirtschaft in der Vergangenheit und heute ; 2514, S. 119-130
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In the past 200 years, forest use and management have changed greatly as a response to changing demands on forests by society. This development is reconstructed and analysed in a regional case study of teh Swiss lowlands. Nearly 600 forest management plans were evaluated using a source-critical approach. This has made it possible to reconstruct the development of the areas covered by coppice, coppice-with-standards and high forest stands since 1820. In 1820, more than two thirds of the forest area was covered by coppice or coppice-with-standards stands. Whereas the simple coppice stands almost completely disappeared during the 19th century, most of the decline of the coppice-with-standards forests did not occur until the middle of the 20th century. Today, only about 10% of the forests are such stands. The forest management plans and the annual reports of the forest administration also contain considerable information about secondary uses of woodland. The developments of wood pasture, litter-collecting, agricultural use and the commercial use of oakbark are documented. These developments are discussed in relation to the wider economy at that time. Important factors were the influence of agricultural modernisation in the late 18th and early 19th century; the improvement of transport facilities as the railway system was being built; and last but not least, the interests of the forest administration.