Perspectives on landscape identity: A conceptual challenge

Landscape Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 321-339

  Stobbelaar, Derk Jan ^a   Pedroli, Bas ^b  

^a VAN HALL LARENSTEIN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Landscape character; Landscape perception; Landscape theory; Place identity

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; PERCEPTION; SENSE OF PLACE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 79961224057     PISSN: 01426397     EISSN: 14699710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2011.564860     Document Type: Article

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