From Image to Identity: Building Regions by Place Promotion

Zimmerbauer, Kaj

doi:10.1080/09654313.2011.532667

Cited by 92 publications

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“…Due to its size, a region is too large for direct experience and therefore personal regional identification is determined mainly by existing interpretations with their symbolic meanings (c.f. Tuan, 1975;Zimmerbauer, 2011).…”

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Analyzing Cultural Markers to Characterize Regional Identity for Rural Planning

Knaps¹,

Herrmann

2018

RUR LANDSC

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Regional identity is the shared sense of regional 'one-ness', distinctiveness and difference. However, it is an undervalued factor to promote development in lagging rural areas and little is known about methods to reveal its content. This paper aims to develop and apply a method to explore regional identity in rural areas. We argue that the most important cultural markers -understood as rural landscapes and heritage features, perceived as regional identity reference points -can be analyzed and used to characterize regional identity. To this end, a case study was undertaken in two rural areas in northern Germany. We conducted 55 semi-structured interviews and determined cultural markers, using a new procedure with different analysis stages (identification, collectivity, historical depth, relationships). Results revealed a broad spectrum of cultural markers exhibiting collective significance with respect to landscape, built structures, history, intangible heritage and land-use. Next to traditional cultural markers, we found modern ones, introduced after the Second World War. Partially, traditional and modern cultural markers were perceived as related. Based on this knowledge, a first characterization of both regional identities was conducted, showing differences between our study areas. While one regional identity appears to be fragmented, conflicting and influenced by modern cultural markers, the other was characterized as coherent and rooted in traditional cultural markers. However, the integration of these characterizations into further planning steps remains challenging and needs additional, regionally adapted methods. A key finding of the study is that there is no single standard method for linking regional identity and rural planning.

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Analyzing Cultural Markers to Characterize Regional Identity for Rural Planning

Knaps¹,

Herrmann

2018

RUR LANDSC

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“…If local authorities are applauding the new periurban development, containment is unlikely. Zimmerbauer (2011) has analysed identity building in relation to the formation of sub-regions in Finland. In this case "…the outcome has been that the sub-regions are being promoted but not identified with.…”

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“…So, the identity of peri urban areas (and greenhouses within these areas) is not fixed. Planning and governance may relate to these changing identities (Paasi, 2010;2012;Zimmerbauer, 2011). This paper focusses on one particular important type of peri-urban land use: greenhouse horticulture.…”

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confidence: 99%

Planning the horticultural sector

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Rij²

2013

Land Use Policy

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Greenhouses are a typical example of peri-urban land-use, a phenomenon that many planning systems find difficult to address as it mixes agricultural identity with urban appearance. Despite its urban appearance, greenhouse development often manages to evade urban containment policies. But a ban on greenhouse development might well result in under-utilisation of the economic value of the sector and its potential for sustainability. Specific knowledge of the urban and rural character of greenhouses is essential for the implementation of planning strategies. This paper analyses Dutch planning policies for greenhouses. It concludes with a discussion of how insights from greenhouse planning can be applied in other contexts involving peri-urban areas.

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“…A region can also be seen as an entity that mediates the interaction of people with the institutional sphere. Thus, unlike identification with a place, regional identity, of which a key part is the sense of belonging and identification, has a collective basis (Zimmerbauer, 2011).…”

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The Identification of Residents with their Region and the Continuity of Socio-Historical Development / Identifikace Obyvatel Se Svým Regionem A Kontinuita Socio-Historického Vývoje

From Image to Identity: Building Regions by Place Promotion

Cited by 92 publications

References 25 publications

Analyzing Cultural Markers to Characterize Regional Identity for Rural Planning

Analyzing Cultural Markers to Characterize Regional Identity for Rural Planning

Planning the horticultural sector

The Identification of Residents with their Region and the Continuity of Socio-Historical Development / Identifikace Obyvatel Se Svým Regionem A Kontinuita Socio-Historického Vývoje

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