This anthology offers an accessible and exciting read on cultural landscape(s) and their heritage as resources for regional development. It presents thirteen reflection papers that are based on inter- and transdisciplinary exchanges from 2020-23 as part of Heidelberg University's Flagship Initiative "Transforming Cultural Heritage." The contributions bring "classical" heritage research disciplines such as archaeology and history into a vivid and fruitful dialogue with social sciences, area studies, and practical conservation. Topics discussed include the promotion of local characteristics and knowledge as well as a more community-orientated landscape stewardship in Europe and Asia.