Reconsidering Ian McHarg: The Future of Urban Ecology
Book Details
Author(s)
Ignacio F. Bunster-Ossa
Publisher
APA Planners Press
ISBN / ASIN
1611901235
ISBN-13
9781611901238
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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 McHarg’s lessons and legacy. It applauds his call for environmental stewardship while acknowledging its unintended results. For McHarg’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 today’s cities more sustainable.
Reconsidering Ian McHarg comes from a unique perspective: the author studied under McHarg and holds his teacher’s former position at a Philadelphia-based planning firm. Discover his clear-eyed view of McHarg’s lessons and legacy — and the road ahead for sustainable cities.
Reconsidering Ian McHarg offers a fresh assessment of McHarg’s lessons and legacy. It applauds his call for environmental stewardship while acknowledging its unintended results. For McHarg’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 today’s cities more sustainable.
Reconsidering Ian McHarg comes from a unique perspective: the author studied under McHarg and holds his teacher’s former position at a Philadelphia-based planning firm. Discover his clear-eyed view of McHarg’s lessons and legacy — and the road ahead for sustainable cities.
