Routes, Roads and Landscapes

Abstract

Contents: Introduction: routes, roads and landscapes, Mari Hvattum, Brita Brenna, Beate Elvebakk and Janike Kampevold Larsen Section I Moving Through the Landscape: King of the road: describing Norwegian landscapes in the 18th century, Brita Brenna Flow: rivers, roads, routes and cartographies of leisure, Vittoria di Palma 'To lead the curious to points of view': the 18th-century design of Irish routes, roads and landscapes, Finola O'Kane A road with a view: C.F. Vogt's painting of Krokkleiva, Torild Gjesvik Landscape's imprint: on the physiognomy of plants around 1800, Charlotte Klonk Travel, en route writing, and the problems of correspondence, Charles W.J. Withers. Section II The Route as Icon and Occurrence: Redfining the American sublime, from open road to interstate, David E. Nye The man who loved views: C.A. Pihl and the making of the modern landscape, Mari Hvattum Staging the driving experience: parkways in Germany and the United States, Thomas Zeller The concept of flow in regional planning: Benton MacKaye's contribution to the Tennessee Valley Authority, Christine Macy and Sarah Bonnemaison Aerocabs and skycar cities: utopian landscapes of mobility, Even Smith Wergeland. Section III Landscapes of Mobility: Towards a politics of mobility, Tim Cresswell Curating views: the Norwegian tourist route project, Janike Kampevold Larsen Stop, rest and digest: feeding people into nature, Lars Frers Roadside aesthetics: guidelines from the Norwegian public roads administration, Beate Elvebakk Enfolding and gathering the landscape: a geography of England's M1 corridor, Peter Merriman. Coda: Landscapes on the road, Gernot BA hme Index.