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Land Matters Podcast
Episode 3: Water Meets Land
July 2019, English
Fifth-generation Colorado rancher Paul Bruchez has long been worried about dwindling water resources from the Colorado River, only from the perspective of what it means for his own land and livestock. But then he teamed up with environmental and recreation groups, and found common cause—particularly with the sportsmen from Trout Unlimited. Convincing others about […]
July 2019, English
Fifth-generation Colorado rancher Paul Bruchez has long been worried about dwindling water resources from the Colorado River, only from the perspective of what it means for his own land and livestock. But then he teamed up with environmental and recreation groups, and found common cause—particularly with the sportsmen from Trout Unlimited. Convincing others about […]
Exploring the Use of Land Value Capture Instruments for Green Resilient Infrastructure Benefits
A Framework Applied in Cali, Colombia
July 2019, English
July 2019, English
President’s Message
Restoring Nature to Its Rightful Place
July 2019, English
“Man is an epidemic, destroying the environment upon which [he] depends and threatening his own extinction.” Addressing a throng of 30,000 people in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park at the first Earth Day demonstration in 1970, landscape architect and author Ian McHarg minced no words. His was not a feel-good speech; in addition to the […]
July 2019, English
“Man is an epidemic, destroying the environment upon which [he] depends and threatening his own extinction.” Addressing a throng of 30,000 people in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park at the first Earth Day demonstration in 1970, landscape architect and author Ian McHarg minced no words. His was not a feel-good speech; in addition to the […]
Introduction
Design in the Anthropocene
July 2019, English
In 1969, Ian L. McHarg, professor of planning and landscape architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, published a manifesto titled Design with Nature. Translated into Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish, and still in print to this day, it is arguably the most important book to come out of the design professions in the […]
July 2019, English
In 1969, Ian L. McHarg, professor of planning and landscape architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, published a manifesto titled Design with Nature. Translated into Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish, and still in print to this day, it is arguably the most important book to come out of the design professions in the […]
Biography
“Why Do I Have to Be the Man to Bring You the Bad News?”
July 2019, English
The following is an excerpt from a longer essay in Design with Nature Now. Its title refers to the opening line of Ian McHarg’s speech at the first Earth Day in 1970. As a native of Clydebank, Scotland, Ian McHarg (1920–2001) grew up on the shadowy fringes of the Industrial Revolution. His father, […]
July 2019, English
The following is an excerpt from a longer essay in Design with Nature Now. Its title refers to the opening line of Ian McHarg’s speech at the first Earth Day in 1970. As a native of Clydebank, Scotland, Ian McHarg (1920–2001) grew up on the shadowy fringes of the Industrial Revolution. His father, […]
Projects: Five Themes
From New York City to Jining, China, These Projects Exemplify the Principle of Designing with Nature
July 2019, English
The projects featured in this article are excerpted from Design with Nature Now. They were selected for the book because each in some way narrows the gap between theory and practice and opens up a wider horizon for the future of landscape architecture. Arriving at the full set of 25 projects for the book […]
July 2019, English
The projects featured in this article are excerpted from Design with Nature Now. They were selected for the book because each in some way narrows the gap between theory and practice and opens up a wider horizon for the future of landscape architecture. Arriving at the full set of 25 projects for the book […]
Remembrance
A Few Choruses Low Down, but Not So Blue for Ian
July 2019, English
The publication of Design with Nature forever changed the field of landscape architecture. The book, its ecological point of view, its rational method, and its author also had a significant and positive effect on my own life and career. I first heard of Ian McHarg when architecture classmates from Seattle stayed at my apartment […]
July 2019, English
The publication of Design with Nature forever changed the field of landscape architecture. The book, its ecological point of view, its rational method, and its author also had a significant and positive effect on my own life and career. I first heard of Ian McHarg when architecture classmates from Seattle stayed at my apartment […]
Reflection
Traverse Before Transect
July 2019, English
Ian McHarg introduced me to the ecological transect. It situated me uniquely in the land to which I had recently arrived as a student from India, 12,000 kilometers (7,500 miles) away. I was not just in Philadelphia; I was on a line drawn from the Appalachian Mountains across the Piedmont Plateau down to the […]
July 2019, English
Ian McHarg introduced me to the ecological transect. It situated me uniquely in the land to which I had recently arrived as a student from India, 12,000 kilometers (7,500 miles) away. I was not just in Philadelphia; I was on a line drawn from the Appalachian Mountains across the Piedmont Plateau down to the […]
