Landscapes with different logics: A physicalistic approach to semantic conflicts in spatial planning

Krzysztofik Robert (), Dymitrow Mirek, Biegańska Jadwiga, Senetra Adam, Gavriilidou Eleftheria, Nadolu Bogdan, Kantor-Pietraga Iwona, Grzelak-Kostulska Elżbieta, Oureilidou Eleni, Luches Daniel, Spórna Tomasz, Teodorescu Dominic, Wasilewicz-Pszczółkowska Monika, Holmertz Gun, Szczepańska Agnieszka and Brauer René
Additional contact information
Krzysztofik Robert: University of Silesia, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Department of Economic Geography, Sosnowiec, Poland
Dymitrow Mirek: University of Gothenburg, School of Business, Economics and Laws, Department of Economy and Society – Unit for Human Geography, Göteborg, Sweden
Biegańska Jadwiga: Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Department of Urban Studies and Regional Development, Toruń, Poland
Senetra Adam: University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Department of Planning and Spatial Engineering, Olsztyn, Poland
Gavriilidou Eleftheria: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Architecture & School of Agriculture, Joint Postgraduate Programme Landscape Architecture, School of Architecture & School of Agriculture, Thessaloniki, Greece
Nadolu Bogdan: West University of Timişoara, Department of Sociology, Timişoara, Romania
Kantor-Pietraga Iwona: University of Silesia, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Department of Economic Geography, Sosnowiec, Poland
Grzelak-Kostulska Elżbieta: Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Department of Urban Studies and Regional Development, Toruń, Poland
Oureilidou Eleni: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Architecture & School of Agriculture, Joint Postgraduate Programme Landscape Architecture, Thessaloniki, Greece
Luches Daniel: West University of Timişoara, Department of Sociology, Timişoara, Romania
Spórna Tomasz: University of Silesia, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Department of Economic Geography, Sosnowiec, Poland
Teodorescu Dominic: University of Uppsala, Department of Social and Economic Geography, Ekonomikum, Uppsala, Sweden
Wasilewicz-Pszczółkowska Monika: University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Department of Planning and Spatial Engineering, Olsztyn, Poland
Holmertz Gun: Caritas Sweden Göteborg, Volunteer Central Angered, Angered, Sweden
Szczepańska Agnieszka: University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Department of Planning and Spatial Engineering, Olsztyn, Poland
Brauer René: René Brauer University of Surrey, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences; School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom

Quaestiones Geographicae, 2017, vol. 36, issue 4, 29-45

Abstract: This paper deals with the ways of categorising landscapes as ‘urban’ and ‘rural’ using a physicalist approach, where these terms have special meaning. The aim of this paper is to elaborate on the question whether such a division is still meaningful with regard to anthropogenic landscapes, not least in spatial planning. The concerns raised in this paper depart from the increasingly complicated structure of geographical space, including that of anthropogenic landscapes. Our standpoint is illustrated using cases of landscape ambiguities from Poland, Germany, Romania and Greece. Leaning on frameworks of physicalist (mechanicistic) theory, this paper suggests an explanation to the outlined semantic conflicts. This is done by pointing to the relationality between the impact of centripetal and centrifugal forces, the specifics of socio-economic development, as well as the varying landscape forms that emerge from the differences within that development.

Keywords: urban landscapes; rural landscapes; semantics; physicalist approach; spatial planning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://doi.org/10.1515/quageo-2017-0034 (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:vrs:quageo:v:36:y:2017:i:4:p:29-45:n:3

DOI: 10.1515/quageo-2017-0034

Access Statistics for this article

Quaestiones Geographicae is currently edited by Andrzej Kostrzewski

More articles in Quaestiones Geographicae from Sciendo
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Peter Golla ().