Sustainable landscape planning : the reconnection agenda / Paul Selman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Selman, Paul H., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecological landscape design.

Ecological landscape design--Europe.

Sustainable development--Planning.

Sustainable development.

Sustainable development--Europe--Planning.

Landscape ecology.

Landscape ecology--Europe.

Landscape protection.

Landscape protection--Europe.

Land use--Environmental aspects.

Land use.

Land use--Environmental aspects--Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book takes as its starting point the need to examine critically the case for landscape reconnection. It looks at alleged disconnections and their supposed consequences. It explores the arguments about reconnecting the natural and human elements of whole landscapes. More broadly, it considers landscape as an arena within which science, humanities and professions can find common ground, and in which vivid social learning can occur about key social and environmental issues. It takes a dynamic view of landscape, in contrast to the popular image of timeless, traditional scenery. It accepts

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; 1 Landscape - connections and disconnections; 2 Functions, services and values of landscapes; 3 Change and resilience in landscapes; 4 Physical connections in landscapes; 5 Social connections in landscapes; 6 Landscape connectivity in the future: thinking and doing; References; Index

Notes:

"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-31748-1

1-283-52078-8

9786613833235

0-203-11986-X

1-136-31749-X

9780203119860

OCLC:

804661240