"Volume based on papers presented at the symposium 'Designing Wildlife Habitats, ' held at the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C., on May 14-15, 2010"--Title page verso.
BOT copy Purchased with Adopt-a-Book funds.
Contents:
Introduction : cultivating wildlife / John Beardsley -- pt. I. Frameworks. Edging into the wild / Harriet Ritvo ; Wildness and wilderness in Ottoman gardens and landscape : manifestations of nature through body, architecture, and city / B. Deniz ðCaliðs ; Spatial scale and the design of conservation interventions / Joshua R. Ginsberg ; Biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and the design of landscapes / Shahid Naeem ; "That's real meat" : birds, native people, and conservation in the neotropics / Shepard Krech III -- pt. II. Sites, scales, systems. Designing a wilderness for wildlife : the case of the Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa / Jane Carruthers ; Wildlife habitat design for biodiversity conservation and conservation education : two case studies : Alice Springs Desert park and the Cambodia Wildlife Sanctuary / Stuart Green ; Orongo Station Master Plan (photo essay) / Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects ; Ecological restoration foundations to designing habitats in urban areas / Steven N. Handel ; Biodiversity and climate change in cities / Kristina Hill ; ARC wildlife crossing competition : "hypar-nature" (photo essay) / HNTB Engineering and Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates ; The role of designers in creating wildlife habitat in the built environment / Alexander J. Felson ; Integration across scales : landscape as infrastructure for the protection of biodiversity / Kongjian Yu
Summary:
What agency can landscape architects and garden designers have in conserving or restoring wildlife diversity? This book gathers essays by designers, scientists, and historians to explore how they might better collaborate to promote zoological biodiversity and how scientific ambitions might be expressed in culturally significant and historically informed design.
