Edgelands

Last updated

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 unsightly but necessary buildings, such as power substations or depots, at the edge of cities. [2]

Contents

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

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Macfarlane, Robert (2011-02-19). "Edgelands by Paul Farley and Michael Symmons Roberts - review". the Guardian. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
  3. ↑ Farley, Paul; Roberts, Michael Symmons (17 February 2011). "Our beautiful 'edgelands': A dark light on the edge of town". The Independent .
  4. ↑ Macfarlane, Robert (5 March 2015). Landmarks. Penguin. p. 231. ISBN   978-0241967874.

Further reading


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.