Material Landscape

  • They are tangible
  • They are concrete, those which you can see and feel
  • Can be temporary or permanent

Symbolic (Immaterial) Landscape

  • They exist in the mind, part of social imagination
  • They comprise images that represent a “shared set of ideas and memories and feelings that bind people together” (Meinig, 1979: 164)
  • They contain meanings which are inseparable from the consciousness of those who inhabit it. E.g. Holland Village, what do the houses symbolise?