Sight lines, sight areas and unbroken open spaces? More-than-representational conceptualisations in Dutch landscape planning
Drawing on the case study of the Wageningse Eng, the Netherlands, this paper examines a set of spatial metaphors (and their attendant grounded impacts) employed within two key policy documents – the allocation plan and a related map – pertaining to how the cultural landscape is to be spatially manag...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Copernicus Publications
2015-09-01
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| Series: | Geographica Helvetica |
| Online Access: | http://www.geogr-helv.net/70/239/2015/gh-70-239-2015.pdf |
| Summary: | Drawing on the case study of the Wageningse Eng, the Netherlands, this paper
examines a set of spatial metaphors (and their attendant grounded impacts)
employed within two key policy documents – the allocation plan and a
related map – pertaining to how the cultural landscape is to be spatially
managed and developed by the municipality. Although promoted as being based on
historical facts and a cornerstone of Dutch commitment to participatory
planning, the case being studied reveals the ways in which these metaphors
are at times not only entirely subjective and arbitrary, but also perceived
by residents and users as neglecting their rights with respect to the
landscape and as instruments constraining what can or cannot be done in that
area. More broadly, in the face of calls for more non-representational
approaches to landscape analysis, the paper shows the continued salience of
representational practices within spatial planning and how these may hold
very material implications for landscapes. |
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| ISSN: | 0016-7312 2194-8798 |