Conference paper
A Sense of Place: valuing landscapes in the Condamine Headwaters
Proceedings of the 2005 Asia Pacific Extension Network NRM Symposium
Asia Pacific Extension Network NRM Symposium: Building Capacity for Sustainable Resource Management Conference, 2005 (Toowoomba, Australia, 28-Sep-2005–29-Sep-2005)
Regional Institute Ltd.
2005
Abstract
Sense of place binds people to the landscapes in which they live. This grounding is established by individual and social practices in and through place (Malpas 1999). Landscapes are defined by people and are in turn defining in a dynamic and complex interaction. People's relationships with natural and social worlds generate responses to environmental policies that may distance individuals from one another or the agencies that develop policies. Working with diverse community sectors involved with landscape management requires some understanding of the values that form an individual's structuring of and contribution to decision-making (Cantrill 2001). Expert or centralised resource decisions are often embedded within larger institutional or political decision frameworks that can obscure local qualitative values. Sense of place values, meanings, and symbols are exposed when the qualities of and practices in a landscape are threatened (Brown 2005). This paper locates people within landscapes to define sense of place. A numerical taxonomy of survey data exposed patterns and dichotomies of values expressed by people in the Condamine Headwaters. This was explored further through a focused qualitative inquiry. People grouped thirteen different values into four frameworks. These value clusters offer insight into the relationships between symbolic, cultural and material values in landscapes. There is a distinct but unexpected relationship between association with a landscape over time and commitment to maintaining landscape values. The way in which these decision-makers value different elements of the landscape provides an insight into more effective development and implementation of policy for the conservation of resources in landscapes.
Details
- Title
- A Sense of Place: valuing landscapes in the Condamine Headwaters
- Authors
- Angela Wardell-Johnson (Author) - Murdoch University
- Publication details
- Proceedings of the 2005 Asia Pacific Extension Network NRM Symposium
- Conference details
- Asia Pacific Extension Network NRM Symposium: Building Capacity for Sustainable Resource Management Conference, 2005 (Toowoomba, Australia, 28-Sep-2005–29-Sep-2005)
- Publisher
- Regional Institute Ltd.
- Date published
- 2005
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450034302621
- Output Type
- Conference paper
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