Landscape and Sustainability Books

New and Published Books

1. Urban Ecosystems

   Understanding the Human Environment

   By Robert A. Francis, Michael A. Chadwick

   With over half of the global human population living in urban regions, urban ecosystems may now represent the contemporary and future human environment. Consisting of green space and the built environment, they harbour a wide range of species, yet are not well understood. This book aims...

   Published March 12th 2013 by Routledge
2. Designing To Avoid Disaster

   The Nature of Fracture-Critical Design

   By Thomas Fisher

   Recent catastrophic events, such as the I-35W bridge collapse, New Orleans flooding, the BP oil spill, Port au Prince's destruction by earthquake, Fukushima nuclear plant's devastation by tsunami, the Wall Street investment bank failures, and the housing foreclosure epidemic and the collapse of...

   Published August 27th 2012 by Routledge
3. Sustainable Landscape Planning

   The Reconnection Agenda

   By Paul Selman

   This book takes as its starting point the need to examine critically the case for landscape reconnection. It looks at alleged disconnections and their supposed consequences. It explores the arguments about reconnecting the natural and human elements of whole landscapes. More broadly, it considers...

   Published June 17th 2012 by Routledge
4. Visualizing Climate Change

   A Guide to Visual Communication of Climate Change and Developing Local Solutions

   By Stephen R.J. Sheppard

   Carbon dioxide and global climate change are largely invisible, and the prevailing imagery of climate change is often remote (such as ice floes melting) or abstract and scientific (charts and global temperature maps). Using dramatic visual imagery such as 3D and 4D visualizations of future...

   Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge
5. Introduction To Environmental Impact Assessment

   4th Edition

   By John Glasson, Riki Therivel, Andrew Chadwick

   Series: Natural and Built Environment Series

   Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment provides students and practitioners with a clearly structured overview of the subject, as well as critical analysis and support for further studies. Written by three authors with extensive research, training and practical experience in EIA (...

   Published December 21st 2011 by Routledge
6. When Modern Was Green

   Life and Work of Landscape Architect Leberecht Migge

   By David Haney

   Today, contemporary landscape design is increasingly drawing from ideas of sustainability and ecological stability. Not in fact new, the foundations of this approach stem from early twentieth century Germany, where architects and planners were already beginning to use the design concepts...

   Published March 24th 2010 by Routledge
7. Smartcities and Eco-Warriors

   By CJ Lim, Ed Liu

   Modern methods of agriculture have led to cities growing out of control and reducing the available agricultural land, threatening the sustainability of our food system. The previous mutually sustaining relationships of animals, humans and the land have been lost with the progress of industry. The...

   Published February 22nd 2010 by Routledge
8. Designing the Reclaimed Landscape

   Edited by Alan Berger

   The first practical yet in-depth exploration of how to reclaim the post-industrial landscape, this volume includes excellent case studies by practitioners and policy makers from around the US, giving first rate practical examples. The book addresses new thinking about landscape, which applies new...

   Published December 12th 2007 by Routledge
9. Landscape and Sustainability

   2nd Edition

   Edited by John Benson, Maggie Roe

   This unique book addresses the issue of sustainability from the point of view of landscape architecture, dealing with professional practices of planners, designers and landscape managers. This second edition contains updated and new material reflecting developments during the last five years and...

   Published August 8th 2007 by Taylor & Francis
10. Landscape and Sustainability

    Edited by John F. Benson, Maggie H. Roe

    This unique book is about landscape, sustainability and the practices of the professions which plan, design and manage landscapes at many scales and in many locations; urban, suburban and rural. Despite the ubiquity of 'sustainability' as a concept, this is the first book to address the...

    Published November 29th 2000 by Taylor & Francis