Searching for an open future: planning history as a means of peri-urban landscape analysis

Abstract

The paper studies the need to acknowledge planning history in order to grasp the character of contemporary landscapes. The aim of the study was to critically examine how the shadows of past planning frame the current discourse on peri-urban landscapes and, inspired by actor-network-theory, to explore the potential for new stories through a symmetrical analysis of historical planning documents. This is illustrated here using a case study of a municipality in Sweden. The paper argues that a combination of critical and creative reading could enrich the planning debate and open up new strategies for investigations and policies concerning hybrid landscapes.

Keywords

Green structure; hybrid landscapes; landscape characterisation; landscape history; symmetrical analysis; urban fringe

Published in

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
2013, volume: 56, number: 10, pages: 1549-1569
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

SLU Authors

• Qviström, Mattias

  • Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

Global goals (SDG)

SDG11 Sustainable cities and communities

UKÄ Subject classification

Landscape Architecture
Environmental Management

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2012.734251

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/56133