Designing America's Waste Landscapes (Center Books on Contemporary Landscape Design)
An exposition of the history, aesthetics, etymology, and psychology of waste disposal.(Choice)An engaging book that addresses a difficult subject and bridges a wide range of issues: social taboos and aesthetics, science and art, theory and application. Well researched and well written,Designing America's Waste Landscapesseeks to raise awareness and promote change—both in the design of waste sites and, more broadly, in the way we understand the relationship between the waste we produce and the way we live.(John L. Motloch, Professor of Landscape Architecture and Director of the Land Design Institute at Ball State University)Engler brings broad meaning to the value of marginalized places... Stimulating reading.(Martin V. MelosiTechnology and Culture)An insightful tour of an overlooked part of the cultural landscape.(Mark D. BjellandProfessional Geographer)Fresh treatment of the 'environmental' problem of human waste and pollution will be relevant for cultural geographers with an interest in nature-society relationships.(Kendra StraussJournal of Cultural Geography)