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The ability to adapt to a changing environment has ensured the continued survival of the human race into the 21st century. The challenges to be faced in this century are now well documented by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The effects of drought, melting polar ice and increased incidences of extreme weather events will impact on the diverse landscapes of the earth and a human population predicted to be 9 billion by the middle of the 21st century, a three-fold increase in less than one hundred years. This book provides a valuable insight into landscaping activity worldwide by those tasked with housing, feeding and nurturing all species that share the planet. Research for this publication reveals the growth of non-anthropised  design philosophies, acknowledging that humanity cannot be indefinitely sustained if animal, bird and plant life are excluded. The precious resources of water and the air that we breathe are no longer taken for granted; rivers flowing through the world’s mega-cities are now being cleaned, restored and given pride of place in the landscapes they flow through. Conservation projects provide evidence that even fragile island and desert landscapes can be protected from the negative impacts of population. Eco-Landscape Design demonstrates that an intelligent and thoughtful approach to landscape design can not only ensure survival, it can reap compound benefits and rewards far in excess of those originally envisaged.

Geography. --- Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning. --- Landscape Architecture. --- Urbanism. --- Regional planning. --- Architecture. --- Géographie --- Aménagement du territoire --- Architecture --- Architecture -- Environmental aspects. --- Architecture and energy conservation. --- Ecological houses -- Design and construction. --- Sociology & Social History --- Social Sciences --- Communities - Urban Groups --- Ecological landscape design. --- Urban landscape architecture. --- Ecologically sound landscape design --- Environmentally sound landscape design --- Urban planning. --- Landscape architecture. --- City planning. --- Landscape architecture --- Applied ecology --- Landscape design --- Architecture, Western (Western countries) --- Building design --- Buildings --- Construction --- Western architecture (Western countries) --- Art --- Building --- Regional development --- Regional planning --- State planning --- Human settlements --- Land use --- Planning --- City planning --- Landscape protection --- Design and construction --- Government policy --- Cities and towns --- Civic planning --- Land use, Urban --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban development --- Urban planning --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Urban policy --- Urban renewal --- Horticultural service industry --- Landscape gardening --- Landscaping industry --- Management