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Swarming Landscapes: The Art of Designing For Climate Adaptation

By Rob Roggema (auth.) , Rob Roggema (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
2012
ISBN
978-94-007-4377-9, 978-94-007-4378-6
DOI
10.1007/978-94-007-4378-6
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (13665927 bytes)
Series
Advances in Global Change Research 48
Edition
1
Pages
257\279
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-10-27 13:17:23
Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Landscape A

Description

This book advocates a fresh approach to planning that anticipates, rather than reacts to, the changes in climate currently in process. Today’s spatial planning procedures rely on historical evidence instead of preparing for factors that by definition lie in the future, yet which are relatively uncontroversial: shortages of water, sea level rise and rises in average temperatures being but three examples. Arguing for more flexibility, the contributors view ‘complexity’ as the key to transforming the way we plan in order to better equip us to face uncertainties about our future environment.

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