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What should we do with the land we have? With this question Rafael Crecente inspired an entire community of researchers, practitioners and policy makers. His mission? To build bridges between scientific fields as well as research and action in order to approach land management in a holistic and inclusive way. His vision motivated and influenced multiple projects and initiatives in Galicia, Europe and South America. Founder and director of the Land Laboratory (LaboraTe) and Masterterra at the University of Santiago de Compostela, to name but a few achievements, he was considered one of the great land management experts in Galicia. His curiosity, passion, leadership and determination attracted both young students and senior researchers alike. This helped establish Rafa's most valuable legacy a collective of knowledge and practice dealing with the biophysical, institutional, social, economic and spatial realities of land. A group of people dedicated to working towards a more sustainable future both at a local and global level. As Rafa would often say, in order to improve the learning experience, one should: Integrate and transcend. Part of that community has graciously contributed to this book. They were all given one brief to summarize the most valuable knowledge and wisdom gathered throughout their academic careers. The land management wisdom they would like to transfer to future generations. That Rafa's legacy has inspired these observations and will help to meet individual and collective land challenges is somehow the most fitting tribute.

The metropolis of Hong Kong has expanded enormously since 1960, by means of a New Town strategy. On its main land, self contained cities were built to accommodate the population growth of as much as a million inhabitants per decade. Allegedly without paying much attention to built cultural heritage. This paper reports on a systematic comparison for all New Towns to see how much heritage has survived. Standardised maps were made showing the pre-New Town land use (the villages in particular), the New Town master plan, and the current land use. Most villages that existed in 1960 are still there, although they are rarely integrated as an asset for the New Town. The appreciation for built cultural heritage did increase over the last two decades. This confirms the hypothesis that after a period where housing to accommodate in-migration was most important, currently the need for a Hong Kong identity is growing.