@phdthesis{theses_frw2599,
          author = {M. Hoekstra},
           title = {Church buildings as determinants for the Frisian landscape: Heritage and cultural landscapes analysed from a culture economy and common good perspective},
            year = {2020},
             url = {https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/2599/},
        abstract = {Religious affiliation in the Netherlands has decreased enormously. This leaves an increasing amount of church buildings unused. In the conservation debate, church buildings are often labelled as landscape determinants and common goods. This thesis analyses the process behind and the purpose of this labelling. This process depends on the cultural context, which is explained by the creation of a typology of the church building: the building is an object of heritage, a spatial element and a cultural phenomenon. In the present study, heritage and cultural landscapes are considered as tools for regional economic regeneration. The culture economy approach and the common good perspective are used to analyse the motives and interests of the stakeholders involved. This analysis showed that the complexity behind conservation of church buildings calls for an integrated approach. Collaborative governance is recommended in order to achieve broad and equitable collaboration that fosters internal and external socio-economic benefits.}
}