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Eco-landscape design by John A. Flannery, Karen M. Smith (auth.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The ability to adapt to a changing environment has ensured the continued survival of the human race into the 21st century. The challenges to be faced in this century are now well documented by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The effects of drought, melting polar ice and increased incidences of extreme weather events will impact on the diverse landscapes of the earth and a human population predicted to be 9 billion by the middle of the 21st century, a three-fold increase in less than one hundred years. This book provides a valuable insight into landscaping activity worldwide by those tasked with housing, feeding and nurturing all species that share the planet. Research for this publication reveals the growth of non-anthropised design philosophies, acknowledging that humanity cannot be indefinitely sustained if animal, bird and plant life are excluded. The precious resources of water and the air that we breathe are no longer taken for granted; rivers flowing through the world's mega-cities are now being cleaned, restored and given pride of place in the landscapes they flow through. Conservation projects provide evidence that even fragile island and deser

Who reads Eco-landscape design?

Author

John A. Flannery, Karen M. Smith (auth.)

Publisher

Springer International Publishing : Imprint Springer, Springer International Publishing, Imprint Springer

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9783319345796

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Architecture, Sociology