Landscape Architecture and Environmental Sustainability : Creating Positive Change Through Design.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 an introduction -- A Brief Environmental History -- Conservation, Environment and Sustainability Movements -- 21st Century CE -- What does this mean for Landscape Architecture? -- Further reading -- 2 Landscape and Ecology -- Landscape Ecology and Ecological Restoration -- Ecological and Environmental Planning -- Land Management and Multifunctional Landscapes -- Study/discussion questions -- Further reading -- interview Nina-Marie Lister -- 3 Landscape as Cleanser -- Post-industrial Transformation and Adaptive Reuse -- Remediation -- Environmental Water Cycle Management -- Study/discussion questions -- Further reading -- interview Tony Wong -- 4 Environmental Infrastructure -- Grey Infrastructure's Legacy -- Landscape's Role -- Resilience to Climate Change -- Transport -- Energy Landscapes -- Study/discussion questions -- Further reading -- interview Dirk Sijmons -- 5 Landscape and Food -- Food Systems -- Food Planning, Policy and Design -- Allotment, Community Gardens and Public Foodscapes -- Study/discussion questions -- Further reading -- interview Tim Waterman -- 6 Landscape Activism, Art and Beauties -- Activist Landscape Art -- Landscape Beauties and Sustainability -- Study/discussion questions -- Further reading -- Interview Elizabeth Meyer -- 7 Social Sustainability: Influence Beyond Site -- Ethics -- Social Sustainability -- Economics and Landscape as an Economic Generator -- Design as a Service Sector -- Governance -- Education -- Healthy landscapes -- Public Consultation, Community Engagement and Maintenance -- Study/discussion questions -- Further reading -- Interview Richard Weller -- 8 Less is More: A Lighter Touch -- Landscape Sensitivity -- Restraint -- Environmental Management and Maintenance -- Communication and Relationships -- Study/discussion questions -- Further reading.

Interview Douglas Reed and Gary Hilderbrand, Reed Hilderbrand -- 9 Landscape and Performance -- Performance and Ratings -- Embodied Energy and Material Life Cycles -- Responsible Materials -- Post-Completion Review -- Study/discussion questions -- Further reading -- Interview Steve Windhager -- 10 Scenarios, Challenges and Reframing Land(scape) -- New Approaches -- Interview Kongjian Yu -- Further reading -- Glossary -- Resources -- index -- acknowledgments -- Image credits.

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