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In this text we take a closer look at the development of the wilderness metaphor of the Zwischenstadt, that is, fragmented urban landscapes in Germany. We trace the metaphor's meanings back to its origins in the conservative cultural criticism of Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl of the mid-nineteenth century and analyse the different meanings of ‘wilderness’ in today's urban and landscape planners’ positions. Our aim is to demonstrate that the meanings of the concept of wilderness, as well as those of city and cultural landscape, differ depending on the context in which they appear. We point out that different values can be attached to each individual meaning. These evaluations depend on cultural and political patterns and on one's own world view. We apply the insights thus gained to identify three different types of design strategy for the Zwischenstadt used by urban and landscape designers.
Author(s): Vicenzotti V, Trepl L
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Landscape Research
Year: 2009
Volume: 34
Issue: 4
Pages: 379-396
ISSN (print): 0142-6397
ISSN (electronic): 1469-9710
Publisher: Routledge
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01426390903019841
DOI: 10.1080/01426390903019841
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