The Last Landscape
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The Last Landscape
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Author : William H. Whyte
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2012-10-23
The Last Landscape written by William H. Whyte and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-23 with Architecture categories.
The remaining corner of an old farm, unclaimed by developers. The brook squeezed between housing plans. Abandoned railroad lines. The stand of woods along an expanded highway. These are the outposts of what was once a larger pattern of forests and farms, the "last landscape." According to William H. Whyte, the place to work out the problems of our metropolitan areas is within those areas, not outside them. The age of unchecked expansion without consequence is over, but where there is waste and neglect there is opportunity. Our cities and suburbs are not jammed; they just look that way. There are in fact plenty of ways to use this existing space to the benefit of the community, and The Last Landscape provides a practical and timeless framework for making informed decisions about its use. Called "the best study available on the problems of open space" by the New York Times when it first appeared in 1968, The Last Landscape introduced many cornerstone ideas for land conservation, urging all of us to make better use of the land that has survived amid suburban sprawl. Whyte's pioneering work on easements led to the passage of major open space statutes in many states, and his argument for using and linking green spaces, however small the areas may be, is a recommendation that has more currency today than ever before.
The Last Landscape
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Author : William Hollingsworth Whyte#Jr.#
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
The Last Landscape written by William Hollingsworth Whyte#Jr.# and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with City planning categories.
The Last Landscape
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Author : William Hollingsworth Whyte
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
The Last Landscape written by William Hollingsworth Whyte and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with City planning categories.
The Last Landscape
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Author : Miriam Waddington
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press Canada
Release Date : 1992
The Last Landscape written by Miriam Waddington and has been published by Oxford University Press Canada this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Poetry categories.
The Last Landscape is Miriam Waddington's first book of new poems in a decade. It includes poems about the place of women in our society, the tragedy of war, the comedy of human affairs, memory and isolation, aging and death. Yet it is not a book without hope, for Waddington's voice, at once compassionate and ironic, refuses to accept the defeats it sees as the price of being alive. Sometimes angry, sometimes elegiac, but always observant and just, Waddington writes with characteristic lyricism and intuitive vision. The prophetic darkness of some of her new poems may startle readers familiar with Waddington's work, but there is no loss of joy and humour. Included in this book is her almost ghost story 'Klara and Lilo', a mysterious account of two women known, in passing, at a Mexican resort. Their lives, like the poems in The Last Landscape, will haunt readers long after they have finished reading this powerful collection.
Vegetation And Landscape Dynamics Of The Iberian Pyrenees During The Last 3000 Years
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Author : Valentí Rull
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2024
Vegetation And Landscape Dynamics Of The Iberian Pyrenees During The Last 3000 Years written by Valentí Rull and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024 with Palynology categories.
The high-resolution palynological study of the varved sediments of Lake Montcorts has provided a unique record of the regional vegetation shifts over the last 3000 years and of the natural and anthropogenic drivers of ecological change, unparalleled in the Mediterranean. This book shows in detail how the terrestrial ecosystems of Montcorts have responded to climatic events such as the Medieval Climate Anomaly or the Little Ice Age, as well as to varying intensities of anthropogenic pressure from the Bronze Age to the present. The knowledge gained from this palaeoecological study is useful not only for understanding how the modern landscapes of the Pyrenees were shaped, but also for conserving biodiversity and ecosystems in the face of future environmental changes related to ongoing global change. The book is aimed at researchers, university teachers and advanced graduate students in a wide range of disciplines including ecology, palaeoecology, environmental science, biodiversity, geography, sedimentology, archaeology, anthropology, and biodiversity conservation.
European Glacial Landscapes
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Author : David Palacios
language : en
Publisher: Elsevier
Release Date : 2023-10-21
European Glacial Landscapes written by David Palacios and has been published by Elsevier this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-21 with Science categories.
European Glacial Landscapes: The Holocene presents the current state of knowledge on glacial landscapes of Europe and nearby areas over the Holocene to deduce the influence of atmospheric and oceanic currents and the insolation forcing variability and volcanic activity on Holocene paleoclimates, the existence of asynchronies in the timing of occurrence of glacier expansion and shrinkage during the Holocene, time lags between the identification of oceanic and atmospheric changes and those occurring in glacial extension during the Holocene, the role of Holocene glaciers on the climate of Europe, and on sea level variability, and the delimitation of landscapes that need special protection. Students, academics and researchers in Geography, Geology, Environmental Sciences, Physics and Earth Science departments will find this book provides novel findings of all the major European Regions in a single publication, with updated information about Holocene glacial geomorphology and paleo-climatology and clear figures that model the landscapes covered. Provides a synthesis and summary of glacial processes in Europe over the Holocene period Features research from experts in palaeo-climatology, palaeo-oceanography and palaeo-glaciology Includes access to a companion website with an interactive map, photos of glacial features, and geospatial data related to European Glacial Landscapes
Last Landscapes
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Author : Ken Worpole
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2004-10-03
Last Landscapes written by Ken Worpole and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-10-03 with Architecture categories.
Last Landscapes is an exploration of the cult and celebration of death, loss and memory. It traces the history and design of burial places throughout Europe and the USA, ranging from the picturesque tradition of the village churchyard to tightly packed "cities of the dead", such as the Jewish Cemetery in Prague and Père Lachaise in Paris. Other landscapes that feature in this book include the war cemeteries of northern France, Viking burial islands in central Sweden, Etruscan tombs and early Christian catacombs in Italy, the 17th-century Portuguese–Jewish cemetery "Beth Haim" at Ouderkerk in the Netherlands, Forest Lawns in California, Derek Jarman’s garden in Kent and the Stockholm Woodland Cemetery. It is a fact that architecture "began with the tomb", yet, as Ken Worpole shows us in Last Landscapes, many historic cemeteries have been demolished or abandoned in recent times (notably the case with Jewish cemeteries in Eastern Europe), and there has been an increasing loss of inscription and memorialization in the modern urban cemetery. Too often cemeteries today are both poorly designed and physically and culturally marginalized. Worse, cremation denies a full architectural response to the mystery and solemnity of death. The author explores how modes of disposal – burial, cremation, inhumation in mausoleums and wall tombs – vary across Europe and North America, according to religious and other cultural influences. And Last Landscapes raises profound questions as to how, in an age of mass cremation, architects and landscape designers might create meaningful structures and settings in the absence of a body, since for most of history the human body itself has provided the fundamental structural scale. This evocative book also contemplates other forms of memorialization within modern societies, from sculptures to parks, most notably the extraordinary Duisberg Park, set in a former giant steelworks in Germany’s Ruhr Valley.
Edgar Degas
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Author : Ann Dumas
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Edgar Degas written by Ann Dumas and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Art categories.
The great French Impressionist Edgar Degas (1834-1917) is best known for his images of Parisian life-for his superb renditions of cafe society, the ballet, and horse racing-and for his intimate interior scenes of bathing women. As this beautifully illustrated book reveals, however, he also maintained a lifelong interest in landscape subjects that until now has gone largely unrecognized. Despite taunting his friend Henri Rouart for "painting on the edge of a cliff," commenting "painting is not a sport," his love of this genre inspired him to create many paintings, pastels, and prints; it was, after all, the theme that the fifty-eight-year-old artist chose for his only solo show in France.
Humphry Repton
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Author : John Phibbs
language : en
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
Release Date : 2021-09-21
Humphry Repton written by John Phibbs and has been published by Rizzoli Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-21 with Gardening categories.
A definitive survey of the glorious British landscapes designed by Humphry Repton, whose influence is felt everywhere from the rolling meadows and kitchen gardens of English estates to New York City’s Central Park. Widely acknowledged as the last great landscape designer of the eighteenth century, Humphry Repton created work that survives as a bridge between the picturesque theory of Capability Brown and the pastoral philosophy of Frederick Law Olmsted. By turns inspired by and in opposition to the grandeur of Brown’s estates, Repton’s contribution to the British landscape encompassed a tremendous range, from subtle adjustments that emphasized the natural features of the countryside to deliberate interventions that challenged the notion of the picturesque. This remarkable book explores 15 of Repton’s most celebrated landscapes—from the early maturity of his gardens at Courteenhall and Mulgrave Castle to more adventurous landscapes at Stanage, Brightling, and Endsleigh that would point the way toward how we envision parkland today. With photography by Joe Cornish commissioned specially for the book, and including reproductions of key illustrations and plans for garden design from the famous red books that shed light on Repton’s vision and process, this book illuminates some of Britain’s most beautiful gardens and parks—and the masterful mind behind their creation.
Paolo B Rgi Landscape Architect Discovering The Horizon Mountain Lake And Forest
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Author : Raffaella Fabiani Giannetto
language : en
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Release Date : 2009-11-04
Paolo B Rgi Landscape Architect Discovering The Horizon Mountain Lake And Forest written by Raffaella Fabiani Giannetto and has been published by Princeton Architectural Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-04 with Architecture categories.
One of Europe's most acclaimed landscape architects, Paolo Brgi is known for creating minimalist landscape interventions that powerfully reveal the essence of a place. Brgi looks beyond a site's physical boundaries and takes into account its cultural and topographical history. The latest addition to our successful Source Books in Landscape Architecture series, Paolo Brgi Landscape Architect features three of his projects in Switzerland:the Cardada Mountain revitalization in Locarno; the harbor square in Kreuzlingen; and the Terrace on the Forest in Ticino. Paolo Brgi Landscape Architect presents enlightening discussions between landscape historian Raffaella Fabiani Giannetto and Paolo Brgi. A foreword by Sonja Dmpelmann and an essay by renowned landscape architect and philosopher John Dixon Hunt round out this invaluable volume.