7. Edgelands

Places have boundaries.

What form do those boundaries take, and how fluid are they?

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'Edgelands' is the name of an excellent book, by Paul Farley and Michael Symmons Roberts.

It follows on from other books by Marion Shoard and Richard Mabey (amongst others) and more 'psychogeographical' books such as those by Iain Sinclair and Will Self.

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Alex Standish of UCL IOE has previously spoken about the boundaries of the geography curriculum, and the edges of cities are places which are open to exploration, and need delimiting in some way.

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There are obviously boundaries marked on the OS maps, but there is a discussion to be had about the division between urban and rural that occurs at the edges of towns and cities, and the buffer zones.

Even Green Belts are slightly discontinuous, and not necessarily green either.

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