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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Main Authors: M. Bulkens, C. Minca, H. Muzaini
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Copernicus Publications 2015-09-01
Series:Geographica Helvetica
Online Access:http://www.geogr-helv.net/70/239/2015/gh-70-239-2015.pdf
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description 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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spelling doaj.art-063e19f3576e485ebb3d95680123f9ae2022-12-22T01:11:54ZdeuCopernicus PublicationsGeographica Helvetica0016-73122194-87982015-09-0170323924910.5194/gh-70-239-2015Sight lines, sight areas and unbroken open spaces? More-than-representational conceptualisations in Dutch landscape planningM. Bulkens0C. Minca1H. Muzaini2Cultural Geography Group, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, the NetherlandsCultural Geography Group, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, the NetherlandsCultural Geography Group, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, the NetherlandsDrawing 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.http://www.geogr-helv.net/70/239/2015/gh-70-239-2015.pdf
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Sight lines, sight areas and unbroken open spaces? More-than-representational conceptualisations in Dutch landscape planning
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title Sight lines, sight areas and unbroken open spaces? More-than-representational conceptualisations in Dutch landscape planning
title_full Sight lines, sight areas and unbroken open spaces? More-than-representational conceptualisations in Dutch landscape planning
title_fullStr Sight lines, sight areas and unbroken open spaces? More-than-representational conceptualisations in Dutch landscape planning
title_full_unstemmed Sight lines, sight areas and unbroken open spaces? More-than-representational conceptualisations in Dutch landscape planning
title_short Sight lines, sight areas and unbroken open spaces? More-than-representational conceptualisations in Dutch landscape planning
title_sort sight lines sight areas and unbroken open spaces more than representational conceptualisations in dutch landscape planning
url http://www.geogr-helv.net/70/239/2015/gh-70-239-2015.pdf
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