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Landscape architecture and environmental sustainability : creating positive change through design / Joshua Zeunert.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zeunert, Joshua, author.
- Series:
- Required reading range. Course reader
- Required reading range : course reader
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Landscape architecture.
- Sustainable architecture.
- Sustainable development.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (320 pages) : color illustrations, color maps, plans.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Fairchild Books, [2017]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Landscape architecture has a pivotal role in ensuring environmental sustainability through design interventions. Landscape Architecture and Environmental Sustainability takes a broad look at strategies and completed projects to provide the reader with a strong understanding of the sustainability challenges faced by designers today, and potential routes to addressing them. The book covers essential concepts of landscape architecture and environmental sustainability, including: Ecology, multifunctional landscapes and sensitive intervention, Remediation, cleansing and environmental infrastructure, Social sustainability, design activism and healthy landscapes, Food systems, productive landscapes and transportation, Performance ratings, materials and life cycles Through case studies from around the world and interviews with leading landscape architects and practitioners, this book invites discussion about possible future scenarios, relevant theories and project responses in landscape environmental design. With hundreds of color images throughout the book, and additional study material on the companion website, Joshua Zeunert provides an overview of the multidimensional qualities of landscape sustainability. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- A quick environmental history
- Ecological planning, strategy, design and land management
- Landscape as cleanser
- Infrastructure, green infrastructure
- Food, agriculture, and productive landscapes
- Landscape environmental art, beauty, activism & provocation
- Systems design, social sustainability and influence beyond site
- Less is more : a lighter touch
- Project and material ratings and selection.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John Dixon Hunt Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781350033825
- 1350033820
- Publisher Number:
- 99984250233
- 12799986
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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