Rural design : a new design discipline / Dewey Thorbeck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thorbeck, Dewey.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rural development--Research.

Rural development.

Community development--Research.

Community development.

Physical Description:

xxi, 250 pages : illustrations (sme color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm

Other Title:

New design discipline

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012.

Summary:

This book is the first step along the path for rural design to emerge as an important new design discipline.

Rural areas worldwide are undergoing profound change, creating considerable challenges and stress for their residents and on the ecosystems upon which they depend. Rural design brings design thinking and the problem-solving process of design to rural issues, recognizing that human and natural systems are inextricably coupled and engaged in continuous cycles of mutual influence and response.

This book establishes the theoretical base for rural design and the importance of looking at connecting issues to create synergy and optimal solutions from a global, national, state, region, and local perspective. These directions and others will help enable rural design to:

help rural communities make land use, architectural, and aesthetic decisions that enhance their. quality of life and the environment;

connect social, artistic, cultural, technological, and environmental issues that create rural place;

promote sustainable economic development for rural communities and improve human, livestock, crop, and ecosystem health;

integrate research and practice across the many disciplines involved in rural issues to meet rural needs, provide new data, and provoke new research questions.

This book promotes participation by all involved in a shared process of discovery, learning and problem solving. Including a range of case studies and written by a world leading expert in rural design, this book is an essential resource for students, academics, and design professionals involved with rural design at any level. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

Rural heritage

Rural character

Regional vision

Research foundation

Rural design strategies

Interdisciplinary connections

Rural future.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415593199

0415593190

9780415593205

0415593204

9780203162545

0203162544

OCLC:

707966479