This volume breaks new ground in the study of landscapes, both rural and
urban. The innovative notion of this landscape collection is
rupture. The book explores the ways in which societal, economic and
cultural changes are transforming the meanings and understandings of
landscapes. The text explores both how landscapes are contesting changes
in society and changing society. The volume combines empirically
fine-grained accounts of landscape rupture, from different parts of the
world, with a sustained effort to explore, rethink and analytically
extend the concept of rupture itself. The book therefore combines fresh
empirical data with innovative theoretical approaches to open
understanding of landscape as a dynamic, living entity subject to abrupt
change and unpredictable disruptions. Through this dual reflection the
volume is able to provide a powerful demonstration of the possibilities
that are available for human action, social change and material
landscape to combine.
