The Management of Dissonance in Nature Restoration

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Abstract

Nature restoration is far from a neural undertaking. Just like any other type of heritage production, it can be the source of dissonance—‘our’ nature is not necessary ‘their’ nature. Often this dissonance is managed in ways, which are not particularly sensitive to site-specificity. As exemplified by the Skjern River Restoration Project (1999-2003), one interpretation of the landscape sometimes suppresses other valid interpretations, neglecting its diverse history. Landscape architecture might, however, provide an alternative approach to nature restoration that is more site-specific, allowing for multiple interpretations to coexist. Indications can be found in the Re-naturalization of River Aire (2002-2015)—a restoration project, which reveals approaches that could be labelled landscape architecture specific.
Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Landscape Architecture
Volumetheme issue
Issue number2-2014
Pages (from-to)58-67
Number of pages10
ISSN1862-6033
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014

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