Design with the Desert : Conservation and Sustainable Development

• Tác giả: John Brock, Anthony Floyd, Margaret Livingston, Richard Malloy, Robert H Webb
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-1138076969
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 577.54 +Desert ecology
• Thông tin xuất bản: Boca Raton, FL : Taylor & Francis, 2013
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 electronic resource (620 p.)
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 181997
• Chủ đề: 1. Applied ecology; 2. Civil engineering, surveying & building; 3. Conservation of the environment; 4. Environmental science, engineering & technology

Tóm tắt

Typical development in the American Southwest often resulted in scraping the desert lands of the ancient living landscape, to be replaced with one that is human-made and dependent on a large consumption of energy and natural resources. This transdisciplinary book explores the natural and built environment of this desert region and introduces development tools for shaping its future in a more sustainable way. It offers valuable insights to help promote ecological balance between nature and the built environment in the American Southwest-and in other ecologically fragile regions around the world.