Ecological Design and Planning Reader

From Henry David Thoreau to Rachel Carson, writers have long examined the effects of industrialization and its potential to permanently alter the world around them. Today, as we experience rapid global urbanization, pressures on the natural environment to accommodate our daily needs for food, work, shelter, and recreation are greatly intensified. Concerted efforts to balance human use with ecological concerns are needed now more than ever. In The Ecological Design and Planning Reader Professor Ndubisi offers refreshing insights into key themes that shape the theory and practice of ecological design and planning. He has assembled, synthesized, and framed selected seminal published scholarly works in the field from the past one hundred and fifty years, ending with a suggested agenda for future research and analysis in ecological design and planning. This is the first volume to bring together classic and contemporary writings on the history, evolution, theory, methods, and exemplary practice of ecological design and planning. The collection provides students, scholars, researchers, and practitioners of landscape architecture, urban design, land use planning, and related fields with a solid foundation for understanding the relationship between human systems and our natural environment.

Auteur

Dr. Forster Ndubisi is a Professor and head of the Departmof Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning at Texas A & M University. A former Presidof Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA), he is the currVice Presidfor Research and Information for the Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) Board.

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Henry David Thoreau, "Higher Laws," Walden (1854 ) George Perkins Marsh, "Introduction" (excerpts), Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action (1864) David Lowenthal, "New Introduction" (2003), Man and Nature (1864) by George Perkins Marsh Ebenezer Howard, "The Town-Country Magnet," Garden Cities of To-morrow (1898) Patrick Geddes, "The Study of Cities," Cities in Evolution: An Introduction to the Town Planning Movement and to the Study of Civics (1915) Benton MacKaye, "Regional Planning and Ecology," Ecological Monographs (1940) Frederick Steiner, Gerald Young, and Ervin Zube, "Ecological Planning: Retrospect and Prospect," Landscape Journal (1988) Part Two: Ethical Foundations Introduction to Part Two Ian McHarg, "Man and the Environment," The Urban Condition (1963) Aldo Leopold, "The Land Ethic," A Sand County Almanac, and Sketches Here and There (1949) Rachel Carson, "The Obligation to Endure," Silent Spring (1962) Timothy Beatley, "Ethical Duties to the Environment," Ethical Land Use: Principles of Policy and Planning (1994) J. Baird Callicott, "Whither Conservation Ethics?" Beyond the Land Ethic: More Essays in Environmental Philosophy (1999) Part Three: Substantive Theory Introduction to Part Three Catherine Howett, "Systems, Signs, Sensibilities: Sources for a New Landscape Aesthetic," Landscape Journal (1987) Ian L. McHarg, "Open Space from Natural Processes," To Heal the Earth: Selected Writings of Ian L. McHarg (1998), edited by Frederick R. Steiner Sim Van der Ryn and Stuart Cowan, "An Introduction to Ecological Design," Ecological Design (1996) Eugene P. Odum, "The Strategy of Ecosystem Development," Science (1969 Richard T. T. Forman, "Foundations," Land Mosaics: The Ecology of Landscapes and Regions (1995) Part Four: Procedural Theory Introduction to Part Four Forster Ndubisi, "The First Landscape-Suitability Approach,"Ecological Planning: A Historical and Comparative Synthesis (2002) John Tillman Lyle, "Introduction," Design for Human Ecosystems Landscape, Land Use, and Natural Resources (1985) V. H. Dale, S. Brown, R. A. Haeuber, N. T. Hobbs, N. Huntly, R. J. Naiman, W. E. Riebsame, M. G. Turner, and T. J. Valone, "Ecological Principles and Guidelines for Managing the Use of Land," Ecological Applications (2000) Richard T. T. Forman, "Basic Principles for Molding Land Mosaics,"Urban Regions: Ecology and Planning Beyond the City (2008) Jack Ahern, Elizabeth Leduc, and Mary Lee York, "Introduction," Biodiversity Planning and Design: Sustainable Practices (2007) Part Five: Methods and Processes Introduction to Part Five Ian L. McHarg, "An Ecological Method for Landscape Architecture," Landscape Architecture (1967) Lewis D. Hopkins, "Methods for Generating Land Suitability Maps: A Comparative Evaluation," Journal of the American Planning Association (1977) Kevin Lynch and Gary Hack, "The Art of Site Planning," Site Planning (1984) Danilo Palazzo and Frederick Steiner, "Processes," Urban Ecological Design: A Process for Regenerative Places (2011) Carl Steinitz, "On Teaching Ecological Principles to Designers," Ecology and Design: Frameworks for Learning (2002) William M. Marsh, "Framing the Land Use Plan: A Systems Approach," Landscape Planning: Environmental Applications (2010) Forster Ndubisi, "A Synthesis of Approaches to Ecological Planning," Ecological Planning: A Historical and Comparative Synthesis (2002) Part Six: Dimensions of Practice Introduction to Part Six Arthur H. Johnson, Jonathan Berger, and Ian L. McHarg, "A Case Study in Ecological Planning: The Woodlands, Texas," Planning the Uses and Management of Land (1979) Design Workshop, "Project Discussion: Aguas Claras, Belo Horizonte, Brazil," Toward Legacy: Design Workshop's Pursuit of Ideals in Landscape Architecture, Planning, and Urban Design (2007) Chris Mulder, "Foreword," Thesen Islands (2008) Carl Steinitz, Hector Arias, Scott Bassett, Michael Flaxman, Thomas Goode, Thomas Maddock III, David Mouat, Richard Peiser, and Allan Shearer, "The Upper San Pedro River Basin," Alternative Futures for Changing Landscapes: The Upper San Pedro River Basin in Arizona and Sonora (2003) Kongjian Yu, "Reinvent the Good Earth: National Ecological Security Pattern Plan, China," Designed Ecologies: The Landscape Architecture of Kongjian Yu (2012), edited by William Saunders Jie Hu, "From Regional Planning to Site Design-The Application of 'Shan-shui City' Concept in Multi-scale Landscape Planning of New Cities in China," International Federation of Landscape Architects World Congress (2011) David E. Miller, "Site: Building through Ecological Planning," Toward a New Regionalism: Environmental Architecture in the Pacific Northwest (2005) Part Seven: Emerging Frameworks Introduction to Part Seven Mathis Wackernagel and William Rees, "Ecological Footprints for Beginners," Our Ecological Footprint: Reducing Human Impact on the Earth (1996) Peter Calthorpe, "The Region," The New Urbanism: Toward Architecture of Community (1994) Anthony Downs, "Smart Growth: Why We Discuss It More than We Do It," Journal of the American Planning Association (2005) Frederick Steiner, "Landscape Ecological Urbanism: Origins and Trajectories," Landscape and Urban Planning (2011) Jianguo Wu and Tong Wu, "Ecological Resilience as a Foundation for Urban Design and Sustainability," Resiliency in Ecology and Urban Design: Linking Theory and Practice for Sustainable Cities (2013) Anne Whiston Spirn, "Ecological Urbanism: A Framework for the Design of Resilient Cities" (2014) Conclusion: Maintaining Adaptive and Regenerative Places