Design with the Desert Conservation and Sustainable Development

• Outros autores: Malloy, Richard (Editor), Brock, John (Editor), Floyd, Anthony (Editor), Livingston, Margaret (Editor), Webb, Robert H. (Editor)
• Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
• Idioma: inglés
• Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2013
• Subjects: Applied ecology; Conservation of the environment; Civil engineering, surveying & building; Environmental science, engineering & technology; Biodiversity; Planning; Ecology - Environment Studies; ENG; ENVIRO; CivilEngineering; SCI-TECH; ENVIRONMENTALSCIENCE; STM; area; basin; chihuahuan; colorado; great; metropolitan; mojave; phoenix; river; sonoran
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Summary

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.

Descrición Física

1 electronic resource (620 p.)

ISBN

b14054

Acceso

Open Access