ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|117 pages
Physical Aspects of the Desert Environment
part II|111 pages
The Living Desert
part III|122 pages
Desert Planning
chapter 18|20 pages
Dwelling in Expanded Biotic Communities: Steps Toward Reconstructive Postmodern Communities
part IV|86 pages
Ecology in Design of Urban Systems
part V|131 pages
Urban Sustainability