Glover, Gina, photographer, author.

The metabolic landscape : perception, practice and the energy transition / Gina Glover, Geof Rayner, Jessica Rayner.

London, UK : Black Dog Publishing, [2014]
©2014

126 pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 29 cm

This book combines the disciplines of art, science and philosophy to picture and interpret the planet's current state of 'metabolic distress'. Humankind's search for more powerful sources of energy to sustain an urbanizing existence has created an energy transition that, while hugely beneficial to human existence, is now being identified as a source of harm. Just as metabolic disease refers to energy-sourced medical problems, so too the planet, the authors propose, is showing increasing signs of metabolic distress. Through large-scale photographs and a combination of long and short essays The Metabolic Landscape is an engaging exploration of the unfolding relationship between energy and the landscape, and our interpretation of it -- Source other than Library of Congress.

9781908966278 (paperback)
1908966270 (paperback)

Energy development Environmental aspects.
Energy development Environmental aspects Pictorial works.
Landscape changes Pictorial works.
Nature Effect of human beings on Pictorial works.
Philosophy of nature.
Énergie Développement Aspect de l'environnement.
Énergie Développement Aspect de l'environnement Ouvrages illustrés.
Paysages Modifications Ouvrages illustrés.
Êtres humains Influence sur la nature Ouvrages illustrés.
Philosophie de la nature.
Landscape changes
Nature Effect of human beings on

Illustrated works

Rayner, Geof, author.
Rayner, Jessica, artist, author.

Location: Library main 289051
Call No.: BIB 231252
Status: Available