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Lakeshore living : designing lake places and communities in the footprints of environmental writers / Paul J. Radomski and Kristof Van Assche, authors.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Radomski, Paul J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lake ecology.
- Environmental literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (229 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- East Lansing, Michigan : Michigan State University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this remarkable and remarkably accessible synthesis of ecology, landscape design, and social sciences, the authors present an approach to lakeshore living that addresses the need to create rich, sustainable places and communities on the water, where both the loon and the family find a place, and where the cabin can be handed down with integrity to the grandchildren. Fragile shorelands require care, and that caring comes from knowledge, experience, and an environmental ethic. Radomski and Van Assche argue that an environmentally sensitive lakeshore place and community design is the w
- Contents:
- North American lakes
- Scientist, writer, and activist
- Lakeshore development and redevelopment
- Making good things happen around us.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-62895-014-5
- 1-60917-408-9
- OCLC:
- 874157253
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