Joshua Zeunert

Landscape Architecture and Environmental Sustainability (eBook, ePUB)

Creating Positive Change Through Design

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350033825
• Artikelnr.: 47392352

Autorenporträt

Joshua Zeunart is a Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales.

Inhaltsangabe

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 multi-functional landscapes
Interview: Nina-Marie Lister
Study/ discussion questions
Further reading 3 Landscape as cleanser Post-industrial transformation and adaptive reuse
Remediation
Environmental water cycle management
Interview: Tony Wong
Study/ discussion questions
Further reading 4 Environmental infrastructure Grey infrastructure's legacy
Landscape's role
Resilience to climate change
Transport
Energy landscapes
Interview: Dirk Sijmons
Study/ discussion questions
Further reading 5 Landscape and food Food systems
Food planning, policy and design
Allotment, community gardens and public foodscapes
Interview: Tim Waterman
Study/ discussion questions
Further reading 6 Landscape activism, art and beauties Activist landscape art
Landscape beauties and sustainability
Interview: Elizabeth Meyer
Study/ discussion questions
Further reading 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
Interview: Richard Weller
Study/ discussion questions
Further reading 8 Less is more: A lighter touch Landscape sensitivity
Restraint
Environmental management and maintenance
Communication and relationships
Interview: Reed Hilderbrand
Study/ discussion questions for website
Further reading 9 Landscape and performance Performance and rating
Embodied energy and material life cycle
Responsible materials
Post-completion review
Interview: Steve Windhager
Study/ discussion questions
Further reading 10 Future scenarios, challenges and reframing land(scape) New approaches
Interview: Kongjian Yu
Further reading Glossary Resources Index Acknowledgements