Reconsidering Ian McHarg

Reconsidering Ian McHarg

In 1969 Ian McHarg laid out a new approach to land-use planning. His seminal work, Design with Nature, blazed the trail for sustainable urban development. The road was paved with good intentions. But where exactly did it lead? And where do we go from here? Reconsidering Ian McHarg offers a fresh assessment of McHargâ€™s lessons and legacy. It applauds his call for environmental stewardship while acknowledging its unintended results. For McHargâ€™s idyllic developments at the edge of nature turned greenfield sites into suburban communities. They added to sprawl and made America more dependent on cars. And they may even have delayed the kind of urban redevelopment needed to make todayâ€™s cities more sustainable. Reconsidering Ian McHarg comes from a unique perspective: the author studied under McHarg and holds his teacherâ€™s former position at a Philadelphia-based planning firm. Discover his clear-eyed view of McHargâ€™s lessons and legacy â€” and the road ahead for sustainable cities.
Country USA
Brand Routledge
Manufacturer Routledge
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781611901238
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

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