Landscape architecture and environmental sustainability : creating positive change through design 1st ed.

Author

• Zeunert, Joshua

Additional Author(s)

-

Publisher

London: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2018

Language

English

ISBN

9781474222211

Series

Subject(s)

• LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
• SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE
• SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Notes

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Abstract

Landscape architecture has a pivotal role in ensuring environmental sustainability through design interventions. This book takes a broad look at strategies and completed projects to provide the reader with a strong understanding of the sustainability challenges being 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 in the companion website, Joshua Zeunert provides an overview of the multidimensional qualities of landscape sustainability.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

1 online resource (320 p.)

Dimension

-

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Front matter
1. An Introduction 8–37
2. Landscape and Ecology 38–65
3. Landscape as Cleanser 66–199
4. Environmental Infrastructure 120–165
5. Landscape and Food 166–195
6. Landscape Activism, Art and Beauties 196–213
7. Social Sustainability: Influence Beyond Site 214–249
8. Less Is More: A Lighter Touch 250–273
9. Landscape and Performance 274–291
10. Scenarios, Challenges and Reframing Land(scape) 292–308
Back matter

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