1st Edition
Drawing the Line Nature, Hybridity and Politics in Transboundary Spaces
By Juliet Fall
Copyright 2005
338 Pages
by
Routledge
338 Pages
by
Routledge
338 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book provides the first comprehensive and critical examination of the spatial assumptions underpinning transboundary protected areas in Europe, at a time of surging global enthusiasm in creating and managing such areas. It explores how the reliance on the natural science approach to space within environmental planning has led to a return of exclusionary discourses, in paradoxical contrast to... Read more
Contents: Introduction. Defined Boundaries: Drawing lines, constructing spaces; Divide and rule: defining the boundaries of protected areas; Science, politics and legitimacy in the design of protected areas. Contested Boundaries: Contested boundaries and complex spatial scenarios; Constructing transboundary entities; Cooperation: understanding acceptance and resistance. Hybrid Boundaries: Mapping a bounded Other; The myth of boundless nature; Drawing lines in hybrid spaces; Conclusions; Index.
Biography
JULIET FALL University of British Columbia, Canada
