The cinematic spaces of the Horizontal Metropolis : the image of Flemish suburbia

The condition of the ‘Flemish urban landscape’ has been a difficult subject to tackle for urban planners as well as policy makers for more than half a century. Uncontrolled urbanization resulted in a highly fragmented settlement structure that covers almost the entire territory, also indicated as a ‘horizontal metropolis’. The current demographic, economic and ecological consequences such as structural traffic jams, noise nuisance, chronic flooding, . seem to have little effect on the everyday conception of these spaces. The daily practice of consuming space in Flanders continues unimpededly,... Mehr ...