Gray World, Green Heart: Technology, Nature, and the Sustainable Landscape

by Robert L. Thayer

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This book examines the conflict between technology and nature in the industrialized world. It describes three basic forces: topophilia (love of the land), technophilia (love and dependence on technology) and technophobia (fear of the side-effects of technology) and their interplay in the environment. It describes how the conflict of these forces has created the current environmental crisis and makes a powerful case for sustainable design as a solution...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:047157273X

ISBN13:9780471572732

Release Date:December 1993

Publisher:Wiley

Length:376 Pages

Weight:1.65 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Related Subjects

Architecture Earth Sciences Environment Environmental Science Environmental Studies Humanities Landscape Science Science & Math Science & Scientists

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