Values in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design: Finding Center in Theory and Practice - Couverture souple

Livre 2 sur 3: Reading the American Landscape
 
9780807160787: Values in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design: Finding Center in Theory and Practice
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ISBN 10 : 0807160784 ISBN 13 : 9780807160787
Editeur : Louisiana State University Press, 2015

Synopsis

The successful realization of diversity, resilience, usefulness, profitability, or beauty in landscape design requires a firm understanding of the stakeholders' values. This collection, which incorporates a wide variety of geographic locations and cultural perspectives, reinforces the necessity for clear and articulate comprehension of the many factors that guide the design process.
As the contributors to this collection reveal, dominant and emerging social, political, philosophical, and economic concerns perpetually assert themselves in designed landscapes, from manifestations of class consciousness in Napa Valley vineyards to recurring themes and conflicts in American commemorative culture as seen in designs for national memorials. One essay demonstrates the lasting impact of the doctrine of Manifest Destiny on the culture and spaces of the Midwest, while another considers the shifting historical narratives that led to the de-domestication and subsequent re-wilding of the Oostvaardersplassen in the Netherlands. These eleven essays help foster the ability to conduct a balanced analysis of various value systems and produce a lucid visualization of the necessary tradeoffs. Offering an array of case studies and theoretical arguments, Values in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design encourages professionals and educators to bring self-awareness, precision, and accountability to their consideration of landscape designs.

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À propos de l?auteur

M. Elen Deming is professor of landscape architecture and director of the Doctor of Design program at the College of Design at North Carolina State University. She is an essayist and editor who considers how society shapes, and is in turn shaped by, its cultural landscapes.

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Éditeur
Louisiana State University Press
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0807160784
ISBN 13 
9780807160787
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
264
Éditeur
Deming M. Elen
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