Design with the desert : conservation and sustainable development /
The modern southwestern cities of Phoenix, Tucson, Las Vegas, Albuquerque, and El Paso occupy lands that once supported rich desert ecosystems. Typical development activities often resulted in scraping these desert lands of an ancient living landscape, to be replaced with one that is human-made and...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Boca Raton :
CRC Press,
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The modern southwestern cities of Phoenix, Tucson, Las Vegas, Albuquerque, and El Paso occupy lands that once supported rich desert ecosystems. Typical development activities often resulted in scraping these desert lands of an ancient living landscape, to be replaced with one that is human-made and dependent on a large consumption of energy and natural resources. Design with the Desert: Conservation and Sustainable Development explores the natural and built environment of the American Southwest and introduces development tools for shaping the future of the region in a more sustainable way. Exp. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxiii, 586 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781439881385 1439881383 9781000218848 1000218848 1138076961 9781138076969 |