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Toward an Urban Ecology SCAPE / Landscape Architecture by Kate Orff SC
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- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781580934367
- Book Title
- Toward an Urban Ecology : Scape / Landscape Architecture
- Item Length
- 10.4in
- Publisher
- Monacelli Press, Incorporated
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.4in
- Genre
- Architecture, Social Science
- Topic
- Individual Architects & Firms / Monographs, Landscape, Sustainability & Green Design, Sociology / Urban
- Item Width
- 8.9in
- Item Weight
- 35.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 276 Pages
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Kate Orff, 2017 MacArthur Fellow, has an optimistic and transformative message about our world: we can bring together social and ecological systems to sustainably remake our cities and landscapes. Part monograph, part manual, part manife-sto, Toward an Urban Ecology reconceives urban landscape design as a form of activism, demonstrating how to move beyond familiar and increasingly outmoded ways of thinking about environmental, urban, and social issues as separate domains; and advocating for the synthesis of practice to create a truly urban ecology. In purely practical terms, SCAPE has already generated numerous tools and techniques that designers, policy makers, and communities can use to address some of the most pressing issues of our time, including the loss of biodiversity, the loss of social cohesion, and ecological degradation. Toward an Urban Ecology features numerous projects and select research from SCAPE, and conveys a range of strategies to engender a more resilient and inclusive built environment.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Monacelli Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1580934366
ISBN-13
9781580934367
eBay Product ID (ePID)
215980915
Product Key Features
Book Title
Toward an Urban Ecology : Scape / Landscape Architecture
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Individual Architects & Firms / Monographs, Landscape, Sustainability & Green Design, Sociology / Urban
Publication Year
2016
Genre
Architecture, Social Science
Number of Pages
276 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
10.4in
Item Height
1.4in
Item Width
8.9in
Item Weight
35.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Sb469.385
Reviews
"A beautiful book with engaging full-page color photography that delves into Breakwaters, their Rebuild by Design project in Staten Island, and others." -The Dirt "Kate Orff is an optimistic and creative force in the world of climate adaptive design. Her book is part monograph and part a clarion call for the need of meshing the social and environmental to deal with the future problems of our planet." -Land8, "Those familiar with landscape architecture and urban design today are no doubt already aware of the originality of this practice and would likely expect this book - part manual, part manifesto, and part monograph - to follow suit. The book's ambition is nothing short of reconceiving urban landscape design as a form of activism.... SCAPE's Manufestograph begins to address how we as a discipline can actually effect change. Of all the things this requires--design vision, enabling policies, strategic funding streams, creative partnerships, innovative maintenance strategies, feedback loops, new representation strategies--the most important message this book imparts is the tireless advocacy that change requires, and which SCAPE is able to model. I want to be doing this. We all should be doing this. SCAPE has got something important going. And we have to believe it will make a difference." - Journal of Architectural Education "A beautiful book with engaging full-page color photography that delves into Breakwaters, their Rebuild by Design project in Staten Island, and others." - The Dirt "Kate Orff is an optimistic and creative force in the world of climate adaptive design. Her book is part monograph and part a clarion call for the need of meshing the social and environmental to deal with the future problems of our planet." - Land8 "Cities have multiple connections to the biosphere. Today they are all negative, destructive. This book shows us in great detail and with splendid clarity how we can turn them positive. It goes well beyond standard solutions as it brilliantly explores the biosphere and makes discoveries." - Saskia Sassen, Professor, Columbia University and author of Expulsions "[This book is] a call to action on urban ecology and climate change, with landscape as the principal medium. Kate Orff's Toward an Urban Ecology is a presentation of ground-breaking projects by SCAPE, and the principles and strategies that underlie their success. Human societies cannot successfully mitigate and adapt to the stresses of climate change without a new state of mind, and landscape architects and artists have an essential role to play....required reading for landscape architects." - Anne Whiston Spirn, Professor of Landscape Architecture and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, author of The Granite Garden
Copyright Date
2016
Lccn
2015-043350
Dewey Decimal
712.0922
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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