Landscape Architecture and Environmental Sustainability

Creating Positive Change Through Design

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

Av Joshua Zeunert, Australia) Zeunert, Joshua (University of New South Wales

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Winner of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) National Excellence Award (Research and Communication) 2017Winner of the AILA VIC Excellence Award (Research and Communication) 2017Highly Commended (Communication and Presentation) Landscape Institute Awards 2018Landscape 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 cyclesThrough 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.

Produktinformation

  • Utgivningsdatum2017-01-12
  • Mått210 x 268 x 20 mm
  • Vikt1 140 g
  • FormatHäftad
  • SpråkEngelska
  • SerieRequired Reading Range
  • Antal sidor320
  • FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • ISBN9781472590626

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