MAP - Cases: WE2 - Turning point analysis of Rhine river policies
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MAP - Cases: WE2 - Turning point analysis of Rhine river policies
Category Shift Overview
Traditional paradigm: Infrastructure as hard, fixed, spatially bound provision — singular, monumental assets (bridges, power stations, roads, pipelines).
Emergent paradigm: Infrastructure as dynamic, distributed, and temporally adaptive provisioning — a continuous service maintained through autonomous, renewable, and
... See moreSubstack • Infrastructure After Permanence: From Monuments of Certainty….
In an age of accelerating volatility, the act of decision has changed character: from a single commitment made once and held for decades to a continuous process of sensing, adjusting, and re-allocating.
Substack • Infrastructure After Permanence: From Monuments of Certainty….
Boundaries have been a key component of the modern territorial vocabulary. They have
origins in Euclidean thinking, which sees space as two-dimensional. They also fit in well with
Kantian rationality, which considers space and time as two symmetrical conditions of human
experience. They can be considered “a generic term for the linear spatial... See more
origins in Euclidean thinking, which sees space as two-dimensional. They also fit in well with
Kantian rationality, which considers space and time as two symmetrical conditions of human
experience. They can be considered “a generic term for the linear spatial... See more
Boundaries and Borders
" Historical geography depicts the river as a conduit for human interaction, a linear attractant for hunters and gatherers, for camping and for cooking hazelnuts, for erecting staked roundhouses and processional ways, for building civilisations and launching an Industrial Revolution."
Weidenfeld & Nicolson • You Are Here: A Brief Guide to the World
Geographers might classify it as a ‘break of bulk’ location, where goods were transferred between river and road at a point where those networks met.