Why Everyday Landscapes Matter in Planning Reform New Zealand’s planning system is undergoing its most significant reform in a generation, with the proposed Natural Environment Bill and Planning Bill replacing the Resource Management Act. Much of the debate has rightly focused on environmental limits, housing supply, and infrastructure delivery. Less attention, however, has been paid to what these reforms […]
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This article explores the role of deduction in assessing place attachment, the insights it provides, and the limits it imposes—especially when the goal is to understand human meaning, identity, and belonging.
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This article explores the missed opportunities and potential harms of a materialist approach to landscape change, especially in everyday working environments such as farms, rural fringes, and industrial edges. It draws on the philosophical tension between materialism and idealism to offer a fuller picture of what landscapes really mean—and why that matters.
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This article explores how neurological and psychological processes help transform material landscapes into deeply meaningful places. By understanding how these meanings are formed and felt, we lay the foundation for evaluating how changes to the landscape—such as subdivision, development, or re-zoning—might affect the people connected to them.
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