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The Routledge Companion to Landscape Studies
Series: Routledge International Handbooks
Landscape is a vital, synergistic concept which opens up ways of thinking about many of the problems which beset our contemporary world, such as climate change, social alienation, environmental degradation, loss of biodiversity and destruction of heritage. As a concept, landscape does not respect...
Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge
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Rethinking Landscape
A Critical Reader
Our landscapes have never failed to entice and capture the imagination of writers, painters and philosophers – and in turn their work has influenced our landscapes for centuries. This carefully selected collection of readings and commentary expertly guides you through the aesthetic, social,...
Published November 27th 2008 by Routledge
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Endovascular Intervention for Vascular Disease
Principles and Practice
Setting a gold-standard in industry, this guide describes the entire spectrum of current techniques and emerging technologies for endovascular intervention including aneurysm repair, the management of occlusive disease, and vascular trauma. Providing step-by-step guidance on arterial and venous...
Published December 21st 2007 by CRC Press
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European Landscape Architecture
Best Practice in Detailing
Drawing together case studies from all over Europe, this text explores the relationship between the overall idea of the landscape architecture for a site and the design of details. Examining concept sketches and design development drawings in relation to the details of the design, the book offers a...
Published October 10th 2007 by Routledge
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Ecology, Community and Delight
An Inquiry into Values in Landscape Architecture
This book examines the three principal value systems which influence landscape architectural practice: the aesthetic, the social and the environmental, and seeks to discover the role that the profession should be playing now and for the future. The book integrates an investigation of historical...
Published December 15th 1999 by Routledge