Table 1. A theoretical division of scales. Scale Levels Utterances Spatial Neighborhood Village Municipal Regional National Global • about (local, regional) developments • about spatial issues e.g. landscape, the location of developments • referring to certain villages, towns, cities, etc. • referring to NIMBY (not in my back yard) Administrative Municipal Provincial National EU Global • about administrative matters • referring to one of the administrative levels or concrete places in an administrative context • mentioning government, minister, provincial delegate, alderman, etc. • discussing policy in general, the reconstruction act or another specific policy • asking questions about who/which level is responsible Agricultural Crop Field Farm Regional food system Global food system • (scale) size of farms • agriculture • food production Time Past Present Future • about time • about pace • about the timeframe