Conan, M., 2000, Environmentalism in landscape architecture, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington (also on-line publication at http://www.doaks.org/publications/doaks_online_publications/
- Author : Conan, M.
- Year : 2000
- Publisher : Dumbarton Oaks
- Publisher's Location : Washington (also on-line publication at http://www.doaks.org/publications/doaks_online_publications/
- ISBN : 0884022781
- Pages : 284
- Abstract : The papers presented in this volume cover a wide range of concerns and perspectives, including proposals for new design approaches, historical analysis of the relationship between the practice of landscape architecture and environmentalism, and the theories of early practitioners of landscape architecture imbued by an environmentalist outlook. The issues above are addressed through discussion of topics as eclectic as the design of American zoos (creating adequate environments for animals), the establishment of the Tennessee Valley Authority (defining a new role for the federal government based on an environmental ethic), road design and maintenance in Texas (engaging in civil engineering while also indulging in romantic celebration of the past), and criticism of relationships between the words and works of select landscape architects (examining the idioms and central terms used by them com-pared to the projects they produced).This volume makes no attempt to be comprehensive in its survey of encounters between environmentalism and landscape architecture but, rather, it provides a fresh approach to the topic by allowing for a reframing of the issues through self-reflection instead of strategic debate
- Comments : KEYWORDS: landscape architecture, environment, history.