Ömse sidor om vägen : Allén och landskapet i Skåne 1700-1900
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description: This thesis is about avenues (tree-lined roads – in Swedish alléer). Avenues are a characteristic landscape element in many parts of Scania. This is an object created by man with a clear visual effect in the landscape. The avenue is also something which is both nature and culture, a man-made object from nature. The purpose of the thesis is to describe, analyse and discuss the historical geography of avenues in Scania during the period 1700–1900. Important aspects to consider are the physical and morphological development of the landscape and also how people have conceived the landscape during the study period. How has man viewed landscape? The thesis discusses the topic of landscape and power. Important questions are: Why have avenues been planted along roads? When did this start and how has it developed? Where were avenues planted and what types of species have been used. In order to deepen our understanding, more philosophical questions have also been addressed. What practical, symbolic and aesthetic reasons have been found? Have these aspects changed through time and do they differ depending on the character of the landscape? The thesis interprets the avenues by studying them from their practical aspects as well as their aesthetic and symbolic meanings. Avenues form a dialectical relationship and this is vital for understanding avenues and the reasons why they were planted and maintained. I argue that unless the avenue is studied in order to understand its practical meaning together with its aesthetic meaning, the avenue will not be fully understood. The thesis shows that these two aspects are often combined, and when one of them is lacking or the balance is not even enough; the avenue runs a great risk of disappearing. It is also important that the avenue is studied as part of a whole. By this I mean that unless you understand the landscape in which the avenue is planted and managed, you will not fully understand why the avenue was planted, why it has been manag…
abstract: This thesis is about avenues (tree-lined roads – in Swedish alléer). Avenues are a characteristic landscape element in many parts of Scania. This is an object created by man with a clear visual effect in the landscape. The avenue is also something which is both nature and culture, a man-made object from nature. The purpose of the thesis is to describe, analyse and discuss the historical geography of avenues in Scania during the period 1700–1900. Important aspects to consider are the physical and morphological development of the landscape and also how people have conceived the landscape during the study period. How has man viewed landscape? The thesis discusses the topic of landscape and power. Important questions are: Why have avenues been planted along roads? When did this start and how has it developed? Where were avenues planted and what types of species have been used. In order to deepen our understanding, more philosophical questions have also been addressed. What practical, symbolic and aesthetic reasons have been found? Have these aspects changed through time and do they differ depending on the character of the landscape? The thesis interprets the avenues by studying them from their practical aspects as well as their aesthetic and symbolic meanings. Avenues form a dialectical relationship and this is vital for understanding avenues and the reasons why they were planted and maintained. I argue that unless the avenue is studied in order to understand its practical meaning together with its aesthetic meaning, the avenue will not be fully understood. The thesis shows that these two aspects are often combined, and when one of them is lacking or the balance is not even enough; the avenue runs a great risk of disappearing. It is also important that the avenue is studied as part of a whole. By this I mean that unless you understand the landscape in which the avenue is planted and managed, you will not fully understand why the avenue was planted, why it has been manag…
author: Olsson, Patrik
language: swe
keywords: Human Geography, Avenue, tree-lined road, landscape, aesthetics, historical geography, Scania.
date published: 2012
date modified: 2026-07-24T02:59:49Z
provider: University of Lund
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: Kungliga Skogs och Lantbruks Akademien