Essays about: "post-industrial land use"

Showing result 6 - 7 of 7 essays containing the words post-industrial land use.

1. 6. Ruins of Wilderness : sensual Spaces in between

   University essay from SLU/Landscape Architecture (until 121231)

   Author : Sanna Jonsson Buttery; [2011]
   Keywords : urban wilderness; post-industrial ruin; derelict space; heterotopia; loose space; liminal; sensual; carnivalesque; capitalism; freedom; design; sociology;

   Abstract : Ruins and derelict places have since long fascinated and attracted humans. With my starting point in the wild vegetation and the spontaneous activities taking place on derelict land and in industrial ruins, I explore with help from the theoretical sociology, what creates not only this fascination but also fear. READ MORE

3. 7. A landscape laboratory in Germany : reaching out for new landscape concepts

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

   Author : Astrid Hamm; [2006]
   Keywords : post-industrial land use; landscape laboratory; new landscape concepts; biomass production; energy forests; creative management; recreation; multifunctionality; sustainability;

   Abstract : The highly industrialised "Ruhr" region in north-western Germany has undergone considerate structural changes over the past four decades, as industrialisation has seized and left the region with major challenges for its regional development in terms of urban planning, as well as social, economic, and environmental aspects. As many heavy industries, such as coal and steel mining, have moved away, they have left vast amounts of "useless" industrial land behind. READ MORE