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1 online resource (xv, 243 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
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| Contents |
A laboratory for wild by design -- Reinvention -- Restoration -- Conservation -- Regeneration -- Expression -- Conclusion : what are we doing here, anyway? |
| Summary |
"Can nature--in all its unruly wildness--be an integral part of creative landscape design? In her beautifully illustrated book, Wild by Design, award-winning designer Margie Ruddick urges designers to look beyond the rules often imposed by both landscaping convention and sustainability checklists. Instead, she offers a set of principles for a more creative and intuitive approach that challenges the entrenched belief that natural processes cannot complement high-level landscape design. Wild by Design defines and explains the five fundamental strategies Ruddick employs, often in combination, to give life, beauty, and meaning to landscapes: Reinvention, Restoration, Conservation, Regeneration, and Expression. Drawing on her own projects--from New York City's Queens Plaza, formerly a concrete jungle of traffic, to a desertscape backyard in Baja, California, to the Living Water Park in Chengdu, China--she offers guidance on creating beautiful, healthy landscapes that successfully reconnect people with larger natural systems. A revealing look into the approach of one of sustainable landscape design's most innovative practitioners, Wild by Design stretches the boundaries of landscape design, offering readers a set of broader, more flexible strategies and practical examples that allow for the unexpected exuberance of nature to be a welcome part of our gardens, parks, backyards, and cities"--Provided by publisher. |
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Print version record. |
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Landscape design.
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Urban landscape architecture.
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Sustainable urban development.
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Sustainable design.
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City planning -- Environmental aspects.
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Public spaces -- Psychological aspects.
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Regional & area planning.
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Landscape art & architecture.
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City & town planning -- architectural aspects.
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Human-computer interaction.
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Sustainability.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Landscape.
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GARDENING -- Garden Design.
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GARDENING -- Landscape.
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City planning -- Environmental aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00862209
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Landscape design. (OCoLC)fst00991884
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Public spaces -- Psychological aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01083059
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Sustainable design. (OCoLC)fst01742533
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Sustainable urban development. (OCoLC)fst01744955
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Urban landscape architecture. (OCoLC)fst01162472
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| Indexed Term |
Landscape Architecture (General) |
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Landschapsarchitectuur (algemeen) |
| Added Title |
Strategies for creating life-enhancing landscapes |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Ruddick, Margie. Wild by design. Washington, DC : Island Press, [2016] 1610915984 (DLC) 2015950738 (OCoLC)896601393 |
| ISBN |
9781610915991 (electronic book) |
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1610915992 (electronic book) |
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9781610915984 (paperback) |
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1610915984 (paperback) |
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9781597269490 |
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