It took us some time until we decided to resume the edition of our Journal of Terraced Landscapes. We present here the first number of Volume 2, the peer reviewed Journal of ITLA. Since our editor in chief Lucka Azman Momirski passed away more than one year ago we have collected several peer reviewed scientific papers which do not belong to one special theme, as we had published before. Vol 1 Nr 1 was dealing with terraced landscapes inventories and Vol 1 Nr 2 presented a perspective of women in terraced landscapes. This time we expose the articles who give us valuable knowledge inviting all of us to continue these topics, to develop further reflections and studies as this is the method of science – not to have a result but new insights for understanding and to commit to the transformation of our rural ways of life. The order of the papers was decided on by looking into the territorial scope – from a smaller scale of terraced valleys in Germany and in Peru, then follows the nationwide study of terraced landscapes in Switzerland and finally we include a reflection of architecture and terraces in the mediterranean region as a contribution to consider the value of the landscape for our habitat design.