The working landscape : founding, preservation, and the politics of place / Peter F. Cannavo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cannavò, Peter F.

Series:

Urban and industrial environments.

Urban and industrial environments

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land use--Government policy--United States.

Land use.

Sustainable development--United States.

Sustainable development.

Human geography--United States.

Human geography.

Political ecology--United States.

Political ecology.

Regional planning--United States--Citizen participation.

Regional planning.

Physical Description:

xvi ,425 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Politics of place

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In America today we see rampant development, unsustainable resource exploitation, and commodification ruin both natural and built landscapes, disconnecting us from our surroundings and threatening our fundamental sense of place. Meanwhile, preservationists often respond with a counterproductive stance that rejects virtually any change in the landscape. In The Working Landscape, Peter Cannavo identifies this zero-sum conflict between development and preservation as a major factor behind our contemporary crisis of place. Cannavo offers practical and theoretical alternatives to this deadlocked, polarized politics of place by proposing an approach that embraces both change and stability and unifies democratic and ecological values, creating a "working landscape."Place, Cannavo argues, is not just an object but an essential human practice that involves the physical and conceptual organization of our surroundings into a coherent, enduring landscape. This practice must balance development (which he calls "founding") and preservation. Three case studies illustrate the polarizing development-preservation conflict: the debate over the logging of old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest; the problem of urban sprawl; and the redevelopment of the former site of the World Trade Center in New York City. Cannavo suggests that regional, democratic governance is the best framework for integrating development and preservation, and he presents specific policy recommendations that aim to create a "working landscape" in rural, suburban, and urban areas. A postscript on the mass exile, displacement, and homelessness caused by Hurricane Katrina considers the implications of future climate change for the practice of place.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction The Phantom Roads of Utah

1 Place: Founding and Preservation

2 The Northwest Timber War

3 Sprawl

4 Rebuilding Ground Zero

5 The Crisis of Place

6 The Working Landscape

7 A Policy Agenda

Postscript Place and the Lessons of Katrina

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Based on the author's Ph.D. thesis, Harvard University, 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-09884-5

9786612098840

0-262-26980-5

1-4294-8405-5

OCLC:

166426164