Problem
Topocide
Other Names:
Destruction of a sense of placeDestruction of meaningful sites
Nature:
Topocide is the deliberate alteration or destruction of a locale through industrial expansion and change, so that its original landscape and character are destroyed.
An alternative term is Domicide (from Latin domus, meaning home or abode, and caedo, meaning deliberate killing) the destruction of home; the two may be viewed as synonyms or they may be opposed, with topocide referring to destruction from the point of view of the perpetrator(s) and domicide from the perspective of those affected.
Topocide can be the result of deliberate industrial expansion. When industries form, then the people's center of life revolve around that industry. New jobs are formed and the environmental and cultural landscape is forever changed.
Historical examples include the destruction of Dresden at the end of World War II and the Khmer Rouge's destruction in Cambodia.
Narrower Problems:
Logging of old stand forestsInhumane architecture Aggravates:
Unmeaningful relationships to place Strategies:
Conserving built heritageConserving landscape diversityDestroying sense of placePreserving sense of place Subject(s):
Consciousness → Consciousness Societal Problems → Destruction
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST