Titre et auteur:

Nature, landscape, and building for sustainability : a Harvard design magazine reader / William S. Saunders, editor ; introduction by Robert L. Thayer, Jr.

Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2008.

Description:

xv, 201 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Série(s):

Harvard design magazine readers ; 6

Notes:
"The essays in this book previously appeared in Harvard Design Magazine"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
The destitution of space : from cosmic order to cyber disorientation / Albert Borgmann -- Humans supplant God, everything changes / Bill McKibben -- Too much : the Grand Canyon(s) / Lucy R. Lippard -- What do we make of nature now? / Catherine Howett -- Kiss nature goodbye : marketing the great outdoors / John Beardsley -- Beyond wilderness and lawn / Michael Pollan -- Nature used and abused : politics and rhetoric in American preservation and conservation / Rossana Vaccarino -- Five reasons to adopt environmental design / Susannah Hagan -- Invitation to the dance : sustainability and the expanded realm of design / Peter Buchanan -- Green world, gray heart? The promise and reality of landscape architecture in sustaining nature / Robert France -- Green good, better, and best : effective ecological design in cities / Kristina Hill -- Energy, body, building : rethinking sustainable design solutions / Michelle Addington -- Here come the hyperaccumulators! Cleaning toxic sites from the roots up / Niall Kirkwood -- Neocreationism and the illusion of ecological restoration / Peter Del Tredici -- A word for landscape architecture / John Beardsley.

Résumé:

The complexity and scale of the environmental problems confronting humanity today provoke a wide range of responses, from indifference to anger to creativity. Among a growing number of architects, landscape architects, and planners, however, these problems have inspired a new vision - sustainability - to guide their practices.--(Source of description unspecified.)

Ressources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780816653584 (hc ; alk. paper)
0816653585 (hc ; alk. paper)
9780816653591 (pb ; alk. paper)
0816653593 (pb ; alk. paper)

Sujet:

Ecological landscape design.
Aménagement paysager écologique.
Landskapsarkitektur.
Landskapsekologi.
Hållbar utveckling.

Vedettes secondaires:

Saunders, William S.
Harvard design magazine readers ; 6.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 256501
Cote: BIB 186882
Statut: Disponible