| Description |
271 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, plans ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Dry ... wet -- Water, every where: the aqueous humor of UrbanLab / John McMorrough -- Bowling -- Free water district -- Growing water -- Block party -- Dam it -- Free rain -- Flood Death Valley : Town ; Mini city ; Suburb -- For an aesthetics of sustainability: on the recent projects of UrbanLab / Stan Allen |
| Summary |
As populations steadily increase in cities, the world's natural resources are consumed at ever-faster rates. The majority of the world's populations live in countries where clean water supplies are dwindling, and these water shortages are also quickly translating into food shortages. What can designers do to avert looming water-related realities? Bowling views potential water crises as opportunities to speculate on future urban design possibilities, especially in cities. Several projects are presented that take an ecological approach to re-thinking received urban design methodologies of addressing the design of water-related infrastructures in existing and new cities |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
UrbanLab (Firm)
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Architectural design -- Catalogs.
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City planning -- United States.
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Municipal water supply -- United States.
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Urban landscape architecture -- Catalogs.
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Urban landscape architecture -- United States.
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Water and architecture -- United States.
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Municipal water supply.
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Water and architecture.
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Water resources development -- Planning.
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| Genre/Form |
Catalogs.
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| Author |
Allen, Stan, contributor
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Felsen, Martin, author
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Grimes, Ellen (Ellen Dineen), editor
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McMorrough, John, contributor
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UrbanLab (Firm), creator, issuing body
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| ISBN |
1940743133 |
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9781940743134 |
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