Based on a lecture given at CAAPPR on 13 April 2022, as part of the celebration of World Landscape Architecture Month. Culture and nature have been portrayed as contradictory or in conflict throughout many expressions of the Western tradition. From biblical literature to Christian theology to Moby Dick to La Charca, this conflict between natureContinue reading “Human Culture and Nature: Making the Relationship Work”
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Recommended Species for Green Infrastructure in the Caribbean
The work described herein produced a list of 87 species recommended for use in the design of rain gardens, bioswales, and bioretention cells in the Caribbean Islands. Plant palette selection for green infrastructure projects in the world tropics is an area of ongoing research that still needs significant work. Recommended technical specifications for the soils,Continue reading “Recommended Species for Green Infrastructure in the Caribbean”
New Book on Green Infrastructure
The book “Revising Green Infrastructure: Concepts Between Nature and Design” will be published in December 2014 by Routledge/CRC Press, London. It provides a fresh look at green infrastructure from the perspective of landscape architecture. Contributors come from all corners of the globe and the editors are members of the landscape architecture faculty at the TechnologicalContinue reading “New Book on Green Infrastructure”
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