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River landscapes: changing the concrete overcoat?
River landscapes are increasingly important components of rural and urban environments but many river locations have become degraded by ‘over‐engineering’ and neglect. They now need careful resuscitation using the range of relevant disciplines such that their values are enhanced in a sustainable way. The ‘cultural’ turn taken by landscape studies in the past decade or so will help, by adding interpretive skills and a deeper analysis of shared values and of the differences in understandings of nature and landscape by different individuals and groups. The river landscape of the ‘every‐day’, and its associations and characteristics, will increase in importance as the emphasis in river and catchment management moves away from reliance on a land use planning or an engineering approach and towards enhancing what the common person finds important and valuable in their local river scene.
River landscapes: changing the concrete overcoat?
River landscapes are increasingly important components of rural and urban environments but many river locations have become degraded by ‘over‐engineering’ and neglect. They now need careful resuscitation using the range of relevant disciplines such that their values are enhanced in a sustainable way. The ‘cultural’ turn taken by landscape studies in the past decade or so will help, by adding interpretive skills and a deeper analysis of shared values and of the differences in understandings of nature and landscape by different individuals and groups. The river landscape of the ‘every‐day’, and its associations and characteristics, will increase in importance as the emphasis in river and catchment management moves away from reliance on a land use planning or an engineering approach and towards enhancing what the common person finds important and valuable in their local river scene.
River landscapes: changing the concrete overcoat?
Penning‐Rowsell, Edmund (author) / Burgess, Jacquelin (author)
Landscape Research ; 22 ; 5-11
1997-03-01
7 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
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River Landscapes: Changing the concrete overcoat?
| Online Contents | 1997
River Landscapes: changing the concrete overcoat?
| British Library Online Contents | 1997
Keim's fire-resisting overcoat paint
British Library Online Contents | 1997
Keim's fire-resisting overcoat paint
Online Contents | 1997