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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Ian McHarg"”.
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Landscapes in Process: Designing Future Relationships between the National Mall and Cockeysville Quarry
… with quarrying and construction. It happens that Ian McHarg also studied both sites fifty years ago in Design with Nature. Mcharg's analysis overlooks the potential of the industrial quarry to recharge the Marble Valley aquifer and does not account for the projected sea level rise on the National …
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Renegotiating the Edge: Creating an Inspired Reality in the Potomac River Watershed
… Development, authored by pioneers Stewart Udall, Ian McHarg and others. The report approached the ecology and culture of the Potomac River basin through the lens of the 1960s, a time of unprecedented growth. Emerging at the semi-centennial of the original report, my thesis is both an homage and …
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A natural quartet: working with nature for a humane 21st century
… and John Law Olmstead, Lewis Mumford and Ian McHarg among others. From the perspective of the quartet, contemporary planning techniques of working with nature are examined. Examples of how the quartet can be used as a quantitative, prose and poetic measure are discussed. The concluding …
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Butterfly / urbanism
… planning method outlined a half-century ago by Ian McHarg. His methodology precisely identifies the most appropriate places for different use with the fewest environmental impacts. However, McHarg’s way of seeing economic development as inevitably antagonist to the environment precludes possible …
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Design Process to Integrate Natural and Human Systems
… for our environment. Suitability analysis by Ian McHarg, Bioregionalism by Clair Reiniger, Regenerative design process by Lyle, and Framework for ecological design by Prof. Carl Steinitz are various design processes to create developments, which can respond to both natural and human needs. The …