Earth:Edgelands
Edgelands is a term for the transitional, liminal zone of space created between rural and urban areas as formed by urbanisation.[1] These spaces often contain nature alongside cities, towns, roads and other unsightly but necessary buildings, such as power substations or depots, at the edge of cities.[2]
History
The concept of edgelands was introduced by Marion Shoard in 2002, to cover the disorganised but often fertile hinterland between planned town and over-managed country.[3] However, a century and a half earlier, Victor Hugo had already highlighted the existence of what he called "bastard countryside ... ugly but bizarre, made up of two different natures, which surrounds certain great cities";[4] while Richard Jeffries similarly explored the London edgeland in Nature near London (1883).
See also
References
- ↑ Walker, Andrew (14 June 2002). Aspects of Lincoln: Discovering Local History. Wharncliffe Books. p. 134. ISBN 978-1903425046. "THE TERM 'EDGE-LAND' has been coined recently for the concept of a neglected area on the fringe of a city."
- ↑ Macfarlane, Robert (2011-02-19). "Edgelands by Paul Farley and Michael Symmons Roberts - review" (in en). http://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/feb/19/edgelands-farley-symmons-roberts-review.
- ↑ Farley, Paul; Roberts, Michael Symmons (17 February 2011). "Our beautiful 'edgelands': A dark light on the edge of town". The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/our-beautiful-edgelands-a-dark-light-on-the-edge-of-town-2217071.html.
- ↑ Macfarlane, Robert (5 March 2015). Landmarks. Penguin. p. 231. ISBN 978-0241967874.
Further reading
- Richard Mabey, The Unofficial Countryside (1973)
- Marion Shoard, Edgelands (2002)
- Paul Farley and Michael Roberts, Edgelands (2012)
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