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    Projective ecologies / edited by Chris Reed & Nina-Marie Lister.

    • Title:Projective ecologies / edited by Chris Reed & Nina-Marie Lister.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Reed, Chris, editor.
      Lister, Nina-Marie E., editor.
      Harvard University. Graduate School of Design, issuing body.
    • Published/Created:[Cambridge, Massachusetts] ; Harvard University Graduate School of Design ; New York, NY ; Actar Publishers, [2014]
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Landscape design--Environmental aspects.
      Land use, Urban--Environmental aspects.
      Architectural design--Environmental aspects.
      Ecology.
      Urban ecology (Biology)
      City planning--Environmental aspects.
      Ecological landscape design.
    • Description:3780 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm + 6 folded sheets in pocket.
    • Summary:"The past two decades have witnessed a resurgence of ecological ideas and ecological thinking in discussions of urbanism, society, culture, and design. The field of ecology has moved from classical determinism and a reductionist Newtonian concern with stability, certainty, and order in favor of more contemporary understandings of dynamic systemic change and the related phenomena of adaptability, resilience, and flexibility. But ecology is not simply a project of the natural sciences. Researchers, theorists, social commentators, and designers have all used ecology as a broader idea or metaphor for a set of conditions and relationships with political, economic, and social implications. Projective Ecologies takes stock of the diversity of contemporary ecological research and theory - embracing Felix Guattari's broader definition of ecology as at once environmental, social, and existential - and speculates on potential paths forward for design practices. Where are ecological thinking and theory now? What do current trajectories of research suggest for future practice? How can advances in ecological research and modeling, in social theory, and in digital visualization inform, with greater rigor, more robust design thinking and practice?"--Publisher.
    • Notes:Accompanying folded sheets called "curated drawings + commentary" in table of contents.
      Includes bibliographical references.
    • ISBN:9781940291123
      1940291127
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: Foundations, Evolutions
      Parallel Genealogies / Nina-Marie Lister
      Ecology and Landscape as Agents of Creativity (reprint, 1997) / James Corner
      Dynamics (curated drawings + commentary)
      Emergent Ideas, Ecological Thinking
      Designing Ecologies / Christopher Hight
      Ecology and Planning (reprint, 1971) / M.A. Goldberg
      Selections from Landscape Ecology Principles in Landscape Architecture and Land-Use Planning (reprint, 1996) / Richard T.T. Forman
      Succession (curated drawings + commentary)
      Anthro-Ecologies, Hybridity
      Selections from Discordant Harmonies (reprint, 1990) / Daniel Botkin
      (Anthropogenic Taxonomies) A Taxonomy of the Human Biosphere / Erie C. Ellis
      Cultural Landscapes and Dynamic Ecologies: Lessons from New Orleans / Jane Wolff
      Emergence (curated drawings + commentary)
      Ecology, Cities, And Design
      Do Landscapes Learn? Ecology's New Paradigm and Design in Landscape Architecture (reprint, 1999) / Robert E. Cook
      Flora of the Future / Peter Del Tredici
      Flood Control Freakology: Los Angeles River Watershed (reprint, 2008) / David Fletcher
      Resilience (curated drawings + commentary)
      Paths Forward
      Design Thinking, Wicked Problems, Messy Plans Frances / Katharine McGowan
      Shape of Energy / Sean Lally
      Combustible Landscape / Sanford Kwinter
      Adaptability (curated drawings + commentary).
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