Entrée principale:

Bunster-Ossa, Ignacio F., author.

Titre et auteur:

Reconsidering Ian McHarg : the future of urban ecology / Ignacio F. Bunster-Ossa.

Publication:

Chicago : APA, American Planning Association, Planners Press, [2014]
©2014

Description:

xxii, 208 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-191) and index.
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Design with Nature: Promises and Pitfalls -- Ecology as a Promised Land -- The Layer Cake -- The Plan for the Valleys -- Abetting Sprawl, Failing the Inner City -- Design with Which Nature? -- ch. 2 The American Wilderness: An Evanescing Myth -- Wild Lands That Hardly Were -- Infrastructure Rising -- Wilderness Subsumed -- ch. 3 Cities: Our Abode -- Densifying the American Dream -- Up, Up, and (Not) Away -- ch. 4 Building, Dwelling, Greening -- Breathing Green -- From Design with Nature to the Granite Garden -- GreenPlan Philadelphia -- ch. 5 From Green to White: Ecology as a Design Ethic -- Body and Soul of the Baroque -- Fargo 365 -- Leibniz and Compossibility -- A "Unity of the Arts" -- ch. 6 Localism: A Participatory Ecology -- Localism as an "Eco-Democratic" Circumstance -- The Seattle Question -- Of Wharves and Gardens -- ch. 7 On Public Art -- Site Specificity -- Site Specific Utility -- Site Specific Ecological Utility -- ch. 8 Dallas: In Search of an Urban Future -- Planning Background -- In Horse Country, A Magic Hoof -- Making It Happen -- Public Art -- Economic Development -- ch. 9 Toward a Climax City -- City as Landscape -- Community as Park -- Building as Garden -- ch. 10 Beyond, Ahead -- Delivering on Densification -- Return on Investment -- A Role for Government -- A Final Word on Ian L. McHarg.
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ISBN:

9781611901238 (pbk.)
1611901235 (pbk.)

Sujet:

McHarg, Ian L. Influence.
McHarg, Ian L., 1920-2001
McHarg, Ian L.
Cities and towns United States Growth.
Sustainable urban development United States.
Villes États-Unis Croissance.
Urbanisme durable États-Unis.
Cities and towns Growth.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Sustainable urban development.
United States.

Vedettes secondaires:

American Planning Association

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 286717
Cote: BIB 227164
Statut: Disponible