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In Weeds, writer Richard Mabey embarks on a journey with the historical breadth of Michael Pollan. Weaving together the insights of botanists, gardeners, artists, and writers with his own travels and lifelong fascination, Mabey shows how these plants can destroy ecosystems but also can restore war zones and derelict cities.
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In Weeds, writer Richard Mabey embarks on a journey with the historical breadth of Michael Pollan. Weaving together the insights of botanists, gardeners, artists, and writers with his own travels and lifelong fascination, Mabey shows how these plants can destroy ecosystems but also can restore war zones and derelict cities.
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Weeds: In defense of nature's most unloved plants
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In Weeds, writer Richard Mabey embarks on a journey with the historical breadth of Michael Pollan. Weaving together the insights of botanists, gardeners, artists, and writers with his own travels and lifelong fascination, Mabey shows how these plants can destroy ecosystems but also can restore war zones and derelict cities.
Weeds: In defense of nature's most unloved plants
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In Weeds, writer Richard Mabey embarks on a journey with the historical breadth of Michael Pollan. Weaving together the insights of botanists, gardeners, artists, and writers with his own travels and lifelong fascination, Mabey shows how these plants can destroy ecosystems but also can restore war zones and derelict cities.
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July 2011
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Today the human impact on our planet can hardly be underestimated. Climate change, population explosion, genetic manipulation, digital networks, plastic islands floating in the oceans. This book explores our changing notion of nature. How nature has become one of the most successful products of our time, much of what we perceive as nature is merely a simulation(...)
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Today the human impact on our planet can hardly be underestimated. Climate change, population explosion, genetic manipulation, digital networks, plastic islands floating in the oceans. This book explores our changing notion of nature. How nature has become one of the most successful products of our time, much of what we perceive as nature is merely a simulation(...)
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Next nature: nature changes along with us
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Today the human impact on our planet can hardly be underestimated. Climate change, population explosion, genetic manipulation, digital networks, plastic islands floating in the oceans. This book explores our changing notion of nature. How nature has become one of the most successful products of our time, much of what we perceive as nature is merely a simulation although a romanticized idea of a balanced, harmonic, inherently good and threatened entity. How evolution continues nonetheless. How technology - traditionally created to protect us from the forces of nature - gives rise to a next nature, that is just as wild, cruel, unpredictable and threatening as ever. How we are playing with fire again and again. How we should be careful in doing so, yet how this is also what makes us human.
Next nature: nature changes along with us
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Today the human impact on our planet can hardly be underestimated. Climate change, population explosion, genetic manipulation, digital networks, plastic islands floating in the oceans. This book explores our changing notion of nature. How nature has become one of the most successful products of our time, much of what we perceive as nature is merely a simulation although a romanticized idea of a balanced, harmonic, inherently good and threatened entity. How evolution continues nonetheless. How technology - traditionally created to protect us from the forces of nature - gives rise to a next nature, that is just as wild, cruel, unpredictable and threatening as ever. How we are playing with fire again and again. How we should be careful in doing so, yet how this is also what makes us human.
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May 2011
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Curieuse idée : un jardin construit selon des formules mathématiques, où la métaphysique est dissimulée par la perspective, l'épistémologie circonscrite par la géométrie, et la rhétorique accordée à la mobilité de nos corps. Le jardin à la française est une étude sur la perspective et une incitation au mouvement. Géométrisation d'une pensée, figuration du désir, il(...)
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Curieuse idée : un jardin construit selon des formules mathématiques, où la métaphysique est dissimulée par la perspective, l'épistémologie circonscrite par la géométrie, et la rhétorique accordée à la mobilité de nos corps. Le jardin à la française est une étude sur la perspective et une incitation au mouvement. Géométrisation d'une pensée, figuration du désir, il(...)
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Miroirs de l'infini : le jardin à la française et la métaphysique au XVIIe siècle
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Curieuse idée : un jardin construit selon des formules mathématiques, où la métaphysique est dissimulée par la perspective, l'épistémologie circonscrite par la géométrie, et la rhétorique accordée à la mobilité de nos corps. Le jardin à la française est une étude sur la perspective et une incitation au mouvement. Géométrisation d'une pensée, figuration du désir, il correspond, sous Louis XIV, à une théâtralisation du pouvoir absolu. Ce livre se veut, à sa manière, un "guide philosophique" des jardins à la française : Vaux-le-Vicomte, Versailles, Chantilly. Il est une invite à parcourir les jardins autrement, dans une optique philosophique qui rendrait encore plus vif le plaisir, sensuel, de leur découverte.
Miroirs de l'infini : le jardin à la française et la métaphysique au XVIIe siècle
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Curieuse idée : un jardin construit selon des formules mathématiques, où la métaphysique est dissimulée par la perspective, l'épistémologie circonscrite par la géométrie, et la rhétorique accordée à la mobilité de nos corps. Le jardin à la française est une étude sur la perspective et une incitation au mouvement. Géométrisation d'une pensée, figuration du désir, il correspond, sous Louis XIV, à une théâtralisation du pouvoir absolu. Ce livre se veut, à sa manière, un "guide philosophique" des jardins à la française : Vaux-le-Vicomte, Versailles, Chantilly. Il est une invite à parcourir les jardins autrement, dans une optique philosophique qui rendrait encore plus vif le plaisir, sensuel, de leur découverte.
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March 2011
March 2011
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In Weeds, Zachary J. S. Falck presents a comprehensive history of “happenstance plants” in American urban environments. Beginning in the late nineteenth century and continuing to the present, he examines the proliferation, perception, and treatment of weeds in metropolitan centers from Boston to Los Angeles.
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In Weeds, Zachary J. S. Falck presents a comprehensive history of “happenstance plants” in American urban environments. Beginning in the late nineteenth century and continuing to the present, he examines the proliferation, perception, and treatment of weeds in metropolitan centers from Boston to Los Angeles.
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Weeds: An environmental history of metropolitan America
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In Weeds, Zachary J. S. Falck presents a comprehensive history of “happenstance plants” in American urban environments. Beginning in the late nineteenth century and continuing to the present, he examines the proliferation, perception, and treatment of weeds in metropolitan centers from Boston to Los Angeles.
Weeds: An environmental history of metropolitan America
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In Weeds, Zachary J. S. Falck presents a comprehensive history of “happenstance plants” in American urban environments. Beginning in the late nineteenth century and continuing to the present, he examines the proliferation, perception, and treatment of weeds in metropolitan centers from Boston to Los Angeles.
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June 2011
June 2011
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Our landscapes have never failed to entice and capture the imagination of writers, painters and philosophers – and in turn their work has influenced our landscapes for centuries. This carefully selected collection of readings and commentary expertly guides you through the aesthetic, social, cultural and environmental foundations of our thinking about landscape, and(...)
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Our landscapes have never failed to entice and capture the imagination of writers, painters and philosophers – and in turn their work has influenced our landscapes for centuries. This carefully selected collection of readings and commentary expertly guides you through the aesthetic, social, cultural and environmental foundations of our thinking about landscape, and(...)
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Rethinking landscape : a critical reader
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Our landscapes have never failed to entice and capture the imagination of writers, painters and philosophers – and in turn their work has influenced our landscapes for centuries. This carefully selected collection of readings and commentary expertly guides you through the aesthetic, social, cultural and environmental foundations of our thinking about landscape, and explores the key writings which shaped the field in its emergence and maturity. Provoking thought and discussion, this book does not provide answers, and will not conclude with an infallible theory of landscape. But with a range of readings from Vitruvius to Jellicoe, from Burke to Berlin to Berleant, from the Picturesque to Phenomenology, every reader will find something here to set them thinking.
Rethinking landscape : a critical reader
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Our landscapes have never failed to entice and capture the imagination of writers, painters and philosophers – and in turn their work has influenced our landscapes for centuries. This carefully selected collection of readings and commentary expertly guides you through the aesthetic, social, cultural and environmental foundations of our thinking about landscape, and explores the key writings which shaped the field in its emergence and maturity. Provoking thought and discussion, this book does not provide answers, and will not conclude with an infallible theory of landscape. But with a range of readings from Vitruvius to Jellicoe, from Burke to Berlin to Berleant, from the Picturesque to Phenomenology, every reader will find something here to set them thinking.
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June 2009
June 2009
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Planning landscape
Planning landscape
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When turning a design concept into a realizable plan, landscape architects are constantly switching back and forth between two levels: on the one hand, the general planning standards and parameters for different types of open space, and on the other, the particular use-related requirements of the specific planning task. The publication Planning Landscape offers the(...)
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When turning a design concept into a realizable plan, landscape architects are constantly switching back and forth between two levels: on the one hand, the general planning standards and parameters for different types of open space, and on the other, the particular use-related requirements of the specific planning task. The publication Planning Landscape offers the(...)
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Planning landscape
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When turning a design concept into a realizable plan, landscape architects are constantly switching back and forth between two levels: on the one hand, the general planning standards and parameters for different types of open space, and on the other, the particular use-related requirements of the specific planning task. The publication Planning Landscape offers the planner a practical guide to achieving this balancing act. It compiles and summarizes dimensions, measurements and threshold values that are crucial to the decision-making process in designing a space.
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When turning a design concept into a realizable plan, landscape architects are constantly switching back and forth between two levels: on the one hand, the general planning standards and parameters for different types of open space, and on the other, the particular use-related requirements of the specific planning task. The publication Planning Landscape offers the planner a practical guide to achieving this balancing act. It compiles and summarizes dimensions, measurements and threshold values that are crucial to the decision-making process in designing a space.
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March 2015
March 2015
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In this walking meditation, forest ranger and writer William Tweed takes us to California’s spectacular High Sierra to discover a new vision for american national parks as they approach their 100th anniversary facing dramatic changes. Tweed, who worked among the Sierra Nevada’s big peaks and big trees for more than thirty years, has now hiked more than 200 miles along(...)
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In this walking meditation, forest ranger and writer William Tweed takes us to California’s spectacular High Sierra to discover a new vision for american national parks as they approach their 100th anniversary facing dramatic changes. Tweed, who worked among the Sierra Nevada’s big peaks and big trees for more than thirty years, has now hiked more than 200 miles along(...)
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Uncertain path : a search for the future of national parks
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In this walking meditation, forest ranger and writer William Tweed takes us to California’s spectacular High Sierra to discover a new vision for american national parks as they approach their 100th anniversary facing dramatic changes. Tweed, who worked among the Sierra Nevada’s big peaks and big trees for more than thirty years, has now hiked more than 200 miles along California’s John Muir Trail in a personal search for answers : How do we address the climate change we are seeing even now — in melting glaciers in Glacier National Park, changing rainy seasons on Mt Rainer, and more fire in the West’s iconic parks. Should we intervene where we can to preserve biodiversity? Should the parks merely become ecosystem museums that exhibit famous landscapes and species? Tweed weaves his experiences along this high-altitude trail together with reflections on the people and ideas that created the parks and on their status and meaning today. Asking how we can make these magnificent parks relevant for the next generation, Tweed’s journey ultimately shows why we must do just that.
Uncertain path : a search for the future of national parks
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In this walking meditation, forest ranger and writer William Tweed takes us to California’s spectacular High Sierra to discover a new vision for american national parks as they approach their 100th anniversary facing dramatic changes. Tweed, who worked among the Sierra Nevada’s big peaks and big trees for more than thirty years, has now hiked more than 200 miles along California’s John Muir Trail in a personal search for answers : How do we address the climate change we are seeing even now — in melting glaciers in Glacier National Park, changing rainy seasons on Mt Rainer, and more fire in the West’s iconic parks. Should we intervene where we can to preserve biodiversity? Should the parks merely become ecosystem museums that exhibit famous landscapes and species? Tweed weaves his experiences along this high-altitude trail together with reflections on the people and ideas that created the parks and on their status and meaning today. Asking how we can make these magnificent parks relevant for the next generation, Tweed’s journey ultimately shows why we must do just that.
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October 2010
October 2010
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What other post-industrial landscape affords the possibility of being so completely overhauled, from its very soil mix to the edifices erected upon it? In 2009, the IBA conference "Opportunity: Post-Mining Landscapes" addressed these and related themes. Examining former mining sites in Europe, the U.S., Chile, South Africa and China, the proceedings of this conference(...)
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What other post-industrial landscape affords the possibility of being so completely overhauled, from its very soil mix to the edifices erected upon it? In 2009, the IBA conference "Opportunity: Post-Mining Landscapes" addressed these and related themes. Examining former mining sites in Europe, the U.S., Chile, South Africa and China, the proceedings of this conference(...)
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Post-mining landscape: Conference documentation
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What other post-industrial landscape affords the possibility of being so completely overhauled, from its very soil mix to the edifices erected upon it? In 2009, the IBA conference "Opportunity: Post-Mining Landscapes" addressed these and related themes. Examining former mining sites in Europe, the U.S., Chile, South Africa and China, the proceedings of this conference demonstrate the fertile opportunities of these landscapes.
Post-mining landscape: Conference documentation
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What other post-industrial landscape affords the possibility of being so completely overhauled, from its very soil mix to the edifices erected upon it? In 2009, the IBA conference "Opportunity: Post-Mining Landscapes" addressed these and related themes. Examining former mining sites in Europe, the U.S., Chile, South Africa and China, the proceedings of this conference demonstrate the fertile opportunities of these landscapes.
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November 2010
November 2010
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Landscapes are all around us, but most of us know very little about how they have developed, what goes on in them, and how they react to changing climates, tectonics, and human activities. Examining what landscape is, and how we use a range of ideas and techniques to study it, Andrew Goudie and Heather Viles demonstrate how scientists have built on classic(...)
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Landscapes are all around us, but most of us know very little about how they have developed, what goes on in them, and how they react to changing climates, tectonics, and human activities. Examining what landscape is, and how we use a range of ideas and techniques to study it, Andrew Goudie and Heather Viles demonstrate how scientists have built on classic(...)
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Landscape and geomorphology: A very short Introduction
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Landscapes are all around us, but most of us know very little about how they have developed, what goes on in them, and how they react to changing climates, tectonics, and human activities. Examining what landscape is, and how we use a range of ideas and techniques to study it, Andrew Goudie and Heather Viles demonstrate how scientists have built on classic methods--pioneered by the great researchers of the nineteenth century--to shed new light on our planet. Using examples from around the world, including New Zealand, the Tibetan Plateau, and the deserts of the Middle East, they examine some of the key controls on landscape today such as tectonics and climate, as well as humans and the living world. They also discuss some major "landscape detectives" from the past, including Charles Darwin, who did some important, but often overlooked, research on landscape. Concluding with the cultural importance of landscape, and exploring how this has led to the conservation of much "earth heritage," they delve into the future and look at how we can predict the response of landscapes to the projected climate change.
Landscape and geomorphology: A very short Introduction
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Landscapes are all around us, but most of us know very little about how they have developed, what goes on in them, and how they react to changing climates, tectonics, and human activities. Examining what landscape is, and how we use a range of ideas and techniques to study it, Andrew Goudie and Heather Viles demonstrate how scientists have built on classic methods--pioneered by the great researchers of the nineteenth century--to shed new light on our planet. Using examples from around the world, including New Zealand, the Tibetan Plateau, and the deserts of the Middle East, they examine some of the key controls on landscape today such as tectonics and climate, as well as humans and the living world. They also discuss some major "landscape detectives" from the past, including Charles Darwin, who did some important, but often overlooked, research on landscape. Concluding with the cultural importance of landscape, and exploring how this has led to the conservation of much "earth heritage," they delve into the future and look at how we can predict the response of landscapes to the projected climate change.
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C'est l'histoire des raisons pour lesquelles la société urbaine des pays riches en est venue à idéaliser le modèle de l'habitation individuelle au plus près de la nature. De ses plus anciennes expressions mythologiques jusqu'à l'urbain diffus contemporain, cette histoire couvre plus de trois millénaires. Elle aboutit aujourd'hui à un paradoxe insoutenable : la quête de "(...)
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C'est l'histoire des raisons pour lesquelles la société urbaine des pays riches en est venue à idéaliser le modèle de l'habitation individuelle au plus près de la nature. De ses plus anciennes expressions mythologiques jusqu'à l'urbain diffus contemporain, cette histoire couvre plus de trois millénaires. Elle aboutit aujourd'hui à un paradoxe insoutenable : la quête de "(...)
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November 2010
November 2010
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Histoire de l'habitat idéal: De l'orient vers l'occident
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C'est l'histoire des raisons pour lesquelles la société urbaine des pays riches en est venue à idéaliser le modèle de l'habitation individuelle au plus près de la nature. De ses plus anciennes expressions mythologiques jusqu'à l'urbain diffus contemporain, cette histoire couvre plus de trois millénaires. Elle aboutit aujourd'hui à un paradoxe insoutenable : la quête de " la nature " (en termes de paysage) détruit son objet même : la nature (en termes d'écosystèmes et de biosphère). Associée à l'automobile, la maison individuelle est effectivement devenue le motif directeur d'un genre de vie dont l'empreinte écologique démesurée entraîne une surconsommation insoutenable à long terme des ressources de la nature.
Histoire de l'habitat idéal: De l'orient vers l'occident
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C'est l'histoire des raisons pour lesquelles la société urbaine des pays riches en est venue à idéaliser le modèle de l'habitation individuelle au plus près de la nature. De ses plus anciennes expressions mythologiques jusqu'à l'urbain diffus contemporain, cette histoire couvre plus de trois millénaires. Elle aboutit aujourd'hui à un paradoxe insoutenable : la quête de " la nature " (en termes de paysage) détruit son objet même : la nature (en termes d'écosystèmes et de biosphère). Associée à l'automobile, la maison individuelle est effectivement devenue le motif directeur d'un genre de vie dont l'empreinte écologique démesurée entraîne une surconsommation insoutenable à long terme des ressources de la nature.
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