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Reconsidering Ian McHarg : the future of urban ecology / Ignacio F. Bunster-Ossa.
Fine Arts Library - Core Reading Collection HT371 .B786 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bunster-Ossa, Ignacio F., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- McHarg, Ian L., 1920-2001--Influence.
- McHarg, Ian L.
- McHarg, Ian L., 1920-2001.
- Cities and towns--United States--Growth.
- Cities and towns.
- Sustainable urban development.
- United States.
- Growth.
- Sustainable urban development--United States.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 208 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : APA, American Planning Association, Planners Press, [2014]
- Summary:
- In 1969 Ian McHarg laid out a new approach to land planning. His seminal work, Design with Nature, blazed the trail for sustainable urban development. The road was paved with good intentions. But where exactly did it lead? And where do we go from here? Reconsidering Ian McHarg applauds the famous landscape architect's call for environmental stewardship while acknowledging its unintended results. Join the intellectual heir to McHarg's work as he explores the question for our time: How can we create healthier, denser urban environments right in our own backyards? Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Design with Nature: Promises and Pitfalls 1
- Ecology as a Promised Land 4
- The Layer Cake 5
- The Plan for the Valleys 7
- Abetting Sprawl, Failing the Inner City 10
- Design with Which Nature? 13
- Chapter 2 The American Wilderness: An Evanescing 19
- Wild Lands That Hardly Were 21
- Infrastructure Rising 24
- Wilderness Subsumed 27
- Chapter 3 Cities: Our Abode 31
- Densifying the American Dream 34
- Up, Up, and (Not) Away 39
- Chapter 4 Building, Dwelling, Greening 45
- Breathing Green 46
- From Design with Nature to the Granite Garden 49
- GreenPlan Philadelphia 53
- Chapter 5 From Green to White: Ecology as a Design Ethic 67
- Body and Soul of the Baroque 68
- Fargo 365 79
- Leibniz and Compossibility 83
- A "Unity of the Arts" 86
- Chapter 6 Localism: A Participatory Ecology 91
- Localism as an "Eco-Democratic" Circumstance 93
- The Seattle Question 94
- Of Wharves and Gardens 101
- Chapter 7 On Public Art 109
- Site Specificity 112
- Site Specific Utility 115
- Site Specific Ecological Utility 121
- Chapter 8 Dallas: In Search of an Urban Future 129
- Planning Background 130
- In Horse Country, A Magic Hoof 132
- Making It Happen 136
- Public Art 141
- Economic Development 143
- Chapter 9 Toward a Climax City 147
- City as Landscape 149
- Community as Park 155
- Building as Garden 160
- Chapter 10 Beyond, Ahead 167
- Delivering on Densification 168
- Return on Investment 172
- A Role for Government 174
- A Final Word on Ian L. McHarg 179.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-191) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781611901238
- 1611901235
- OCLC:
- 875630621
- Publisher Number:
- 99958865101
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