<i>Vague</i> parks: the politics of late twentieth-century urban landscapes

Kamvasinou, Krystallia

doi:10.1017/s1359135506000364

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“…As seen above, many places that are identified primarily through their anthropogenic features would not be adequately understood without considering their ecological properties, and certain areas with significant anthropogenic elements give rise to specific—and in many ways unique—experiences of flora and fauna. Central among them are ruins, where ambiguous space is occupied spontaneously (Kamavasiou, 2006: 255), where interactions with the nonhuman can be more unexpected, startling, and dangerous than in more regulated areas. If, as Sæþórsdóttir (2006: 3) argues, tourists come to Iceland chiefly due to the country’s spectacular náttúra , the Icelandic tourism industry is well advised to be mindful of the many derelict and abandoned contemporary structures found across the country.…”

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Situating nature: Ruins of modernity as náttúruperlur

Pálsson¹

2013

Tourist Studies

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The aim of this article is to contribute to problematizing the notion of nature in Icelandic naturebased tourism. Despite a fairly robust recent definition of nature-based tourism by the Icelandic Ministry of Industry as "travellers' varied experience of nature," in fact, the definition of nature in this context seems limited to places supposedly unspoilt by human influence, and that rather simplistic understanding seems overly prevalent in the discourse of Icelandic tourism. The concept of "nature-based" tourism is necessarily reductive if it is limited to areas conceptualized as pristine. Many places that are identified primarily through their anthropogenic features would not be adequately understood without considering their ecological properties, and certain areas with significant anthropogenic elements give rise to specific-and in many ways uniqueexperiences of flora and fauna. Central among them are ruins, where ambiguous space is occupied spontaneously, where interactions with the nonhuman can be more unexpected, startling, and dangerous than in more regulated areas. If tourists come to Iceland chiefly due to the country's spectacular náttúra, the Icelandic tourism industry is well advised to be mindful of the many derelict and abandoned contemporary structures found across the country.

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Situating nature: Ruins of modernity as náttúruperlur

Pálsson¹

2013

Tourist Studies

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“…The river and city parks bring participants out from the built-up environment and closer to nature. These spaces constitute a ‘vague terrain’ within the city, which is less contrived, more open and offers escapes from the streets (Kamvasinou, 2006).…”

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Homeless people’s leisure practices within and beyond urban socio-scapes

Hodgetts

Stolte²

2015

Urban Studies

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With increased inequity and polarisation in society, access to leisure has become even more crucial for ensuring the humanity and health of people living in urban poverty. Homeless people constitute the hard edge of urban poverty, and literally embody broader inequities in society given that they face increased risk of illness and an early death. Scholars have explored the material and psychosocial hardships experienced by homeless people, but focus less on leisure. This article explores the role of leisure in the everyday lives of 99 homeless people in New Zealand and England. We document various leisure activities across different urban spaces and consider the complexities of leisure in how homeless people make meaning of, cope with and survive street life in the city.

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“…51 Trying too hard to ensure that a place is used may actually be counterproductive: recent urban design ideas emphasise the importance of space which invites different uses and users rather than imposing a fixed idea of what and who space is for. 52 This flexible approach challenges the whole notion of legacy planning -a discourse that dominated the visions for London's Olympic Park 2004-2104.…”

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From green park to theme park? Evolving legacy visions for London's Olympic Park

Smith¹

2014

Arq

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The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park (QEOP) opened to the public in 2013/2014. In the preceding ten years the future of this 250-hectare site in east London was subjected to intense debate, planning and envisioning. This paper analyses the evolving vision for the Park during this period. The analysis contributes to the literature on this significant case, but it also helps us to appreciate the challenges associated with event-led urban projects and the design and management of public parks in the twenty-first century. The paper is based on the author's attendance at over thirty seminars, conferences and public events 2004–2014 at which officials and relevant professionals presented their work and ideas about the Park. These presentations were analysed alongside the enormous number of policies, plans and strategies (and accompanying media coverage) published to reveal the sort of place that was envisioned by the professionals hired to shape it.

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Vague parks: the politics of late twentieth-century urban landscapes

Cited by 11 publications

References 3 publications

Situating nature: Ruins of modernity as náttúruperlur

Situating nature: Ruins of modernity as náttúruperlur

Homeless people’s leisure practices within and beyond urban socio-scapes

From green park to theme park? Evolving legacy visions for London's Olympic Park

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