The Great Depression of the 1920s and 1930s was a global economic crisis, yet to understand its impacts in material terms, it is necessary to recognize that they were situated within specific local and regional contexts. This article, drawing on the work of the Leverhulme Trust-funded Landscapes of the Great Depression in the North East project, explores the impacts and responses to the Great Depression in Northeast England through an exploration of the materiality of a series of different responses to the crisis, as well as wider consideration of its impact on the landscape. By moving beyond an individual site, and instead looking at a range of interventions at site and landscape scale it shows the potential of taking a more holistic and comparative approach to exploring the impact of the Great Depression and offers an approach that might be used to better understand economic crises in other situations and contexts.

1920年代和1930年代的大萧条是一场全球性经济危机，但要从实质上理解其影响，有必要认识到它们位于特定的本地和区域环境中。本文以Leverhulme信托基金资助的东北大萧条景观的工作为依据该项目通过探索对危机的一系列不同应对措施的重要性以及对危机对景观的影响的更广泛的探讨，探索了英格兰东北大萧条的影响和应对措施。通过移出单个地点，而不是在地点和景观尺度上观察一系列干预措施，它显示出采取更全面和比较性的方法来探索大萧条的影响的潜力，并提供了一种可以用来更好地应对大萧条的方法。了解其他情况和环境下的经济危机。