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Applying Historic Landscape Characterization in Spatial Planning: from Remnants to Remanence

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  • Stephen Dobson
  • Paul Selman

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Historic landscape is formed from the ubiquitous traces and cultural associations which help to create a distinctive sense of place. Historic landscape characterization (HLC) is explored as a framework which focuses upon character and temporal processes, rather than isolated ‘snapshots’ of time and space, and as a means to engage with a wider spatial urban heritage. The paper reports on a period of ‘action research’ in collaboration with two local authorities in the north of England. The results highlight the way in which heritage ‘value’ lay not just in site-specific physical remains but also in the wider legacy of space and morphology. Interventions with the local authorities resulted in the uptake of HLC data in planning and land management policies, as well as planners' more general appreciation of the significance of time-depth, and how this could be supported through emergent techniques. Overall, an emphasis on the evidential value of landscape time-depth may be summarized as a shift in focus from ‘remnants’ to ‘remanence’.

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  • Stephen Dobson & Paul Selman, 2012. "Applying Historic Landscape Characterization in Spatial Planning: from Remnants to Remanence," Planning Practice & Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(4), pages 459-474.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cpprxx:v:27:y:2012:i:4:p:459-474
    DOI: 10.1080/02697459.2012.680268
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    1. Anna Jorgensen & Stephen Dobson & Catherine Heatherington, 2017. "Parkwood Springs – A fringe in time: Temporality and heritage in an urban fringe landscape," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 49(8), pages 1867-1886, August.
    2. Rędzińska, Katarzyna & Szulczewska, Barbara & Wolski, Przemysław, 2022. "The landscape thresholds analysis as an integrated approach to landscape interpretation for planning purposes," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 119(C).

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