On the meaning of natural beauty in landscape legislation
Based on an analysis of the antecedents to legislation for the protection of natural beauty, and of subsequent efforts to analyse and describe fine landscapes, this paper considers the contested use of ‘natural beauty’ in current landscape policy.
Paper focuses on Larelhurst neighborhood in Portland, Oregon. Author interested in how the revival and gentrification of this neighborhood, which incorporates elements of the CityBeautiful Movement and the Arts and Crafts Movement (i.e
The development of higher urban life and the geographic imagination : beauty, art, and moral environmentalism in Toronto, 1900-1920
L'existence de sociétés artistiques dans les écoles de Toronto, moyens de sensibiliser les enfants à l'esthétique, peut s'expliquer par affiliation avec le mouvement en faveur de l'embellissement de la ville. La figure de G.A. Reid apparaît centrale
A new kind of beauty out of the underlying scaling of geographic space
Geographic space demonstrates scaling or hierarchy, implying that there are far more small things than large ones. The scaling pattern of geographic space, if visualized properly can evoke a sense of beauty. This beauty is a new type of aesthetic
at a deeper structural level and differs in essence from an intuitive sense of harmony, perceived in terms of color, shape, texture, and ratio. This new kind of beauty was initially defined and discovered by Christopher Alexander, and promoted in his master
work The Nature of Order. To paraphrase Mandelbrot, this is beauty for the sake of science rather than for art's sake or for the sake of commerce. Throughout the article, we attempt to argue and illustrate that the scaling of geographic space possesses
this new kind of beauty, which has a positive impact on human well-being.
and weaknesses in urban security in a search for bizarre, beautiful and unregulated areas where they can build personal relationships to places. The results both complement and complicate recent work within geography around issues of surveillance, subversion
, urban community building and critical engagement with cities.
strongly discriminated by the urban development policy of the communist rule. Paradoxically the four decades of Sleeping Beauty period did good to the town after all, since the urban structure of Pápa was not destroyed by the megalomaniac building projects
of the communist era to such extent as in other citis. - (JS)
Wild is beautiful. (Introduction to the magnificient, rich and varied fauna and Wildlife of Nepal). A compendium during Trekking and visiting Wildlife Observatories.
One of the impressive grandeurs of the Himalayas is its vegetable cover. While the snow dominates the highest elevations, the stupendous steep slopes of the breastwork of lesser Himalayas clad in their sylvan beauty of conifers like pines, proclaim
Małopolska is well known as a region of outstanding nationwide natural beauty. It is characterized by a high share of self-sufficient farms and significant fragmentation of fields. A variety of leisure forms and spending free time becomes
and development of the tourist areas and the city of Cracow and its surroundings as well. Five possible scenarios for development of Małopolska’s countryside over the next several years were proposed respectively for regions that are tentatively identified