Title: Design and landscape for people : new approaches to renewal /
Authors: Cumberlidge, Clare.; Musgrave, Lucy.
Publisher: Thames & Hudson,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Urban renewal.; Rural renewal.; City planning; Sustainable architecture.; Landscape architecture
Abstract: This book is about inspiring stories and the conviction that design professionals can make a difference to the lives of ordinary people, wherever they live, this book will galvanize, comfort and challenge all those working in architecture, landscape and design. This book is an essential resource for anyone intersted in the changing social landscape of the twenty-first century.
Contents: Utility : Playpump, South Africa -- Stanica, Slovakia -- Landschaftspark Duisburg Nord, Germany -- Xochimilco Park, Mexico -- Slum Networking, India -- Citizenship : Edible Schoolyard, USA -- CLEAN-India, India -- Hotel Neustadt, Germany -- Ala Plástica, Argentina -- De Strip, The Netherlands -- Rural : Nelson Mandela Museum, South Africa -- Now here: a park for Las Aceñas, Spain -- Rural Studio, USA -- Cattle Tracks, Spain -- Identity : Snow culture project, Japan -- OASIS, USA -- Invisible Zagreb, Croatia -- Common Ground, UK -- Urban : Mobile City Farm, USA -- Ivory Park Ecocity, South Africa -- Project Row Houses, USA -- Elemental, Chile -- Play or Rewind, Italy.