Toward an urban ecology
By: Kate Orff, SCAPE
Publisher: The Monacelli Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781580934367
Subjects: Urban ecology (Sociology); Sustainable development; Environmental aspects; Nature; Urban landscape architecture; Effect of human beings on; Urbanization; City planning; Human ecology
Description: Kate Orff has an optimistic and transformative message about our world: we can bring togethersocial and ecological systems to sustainably remake our cities and landscapes. Part monograph, part manual, part manifesto, 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 forthe synthesis of practice to create a truly urbanecology. 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.