Integrating sense of place into participatory landscape planning: merging mapping surveys and geodesign workshops

authored by

Sarah Gottwald, Jana Brenner, Christian Albert, Ron Janssen

Abstract

This article explores the potential of integrating sense of place into participatory landscape planning processes. In an illustrative case study, spatial information on sense of place assessed through a participatory mapping survey from local citizens is integrated into a geodesign workshop at the Lahn river, Germany, with local stakeholders and planning administration representatives. Results show that sense of place information (1) has been considered interesting and relevant for the planning process by the majority of workshop participants, (2) revealed areas in the landscape that participants did not expect to be meaningful, and (3) spurred discussion on the potential meanings of the places and areas. We recommend planners to consider options for eliciting and integrating sense of place in future participatory landscape planning to reveal citizens’ unknown people-place relationships for the use in actual deliberation and negations.

Organisation(s)

Institute of Environmental Planning

External Organisation(s)

Ruhr-Universität Bochum
University of Hildesheim
University of Amsterdam

Type

Article

Journal

Landscape research

Volume

46

Pages

1041-1056

No. of pages

16

ISSN

0142-6397

Publication date

30.06.2021

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Geography, Planning and Development, Environmental Science(all), Nature and Landscape Conservation, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2021.1939288 (Access: Closed)