The Working Landscape: Founding, Preservation, and the Politics of Place (Urban and Industrial Environments)
By Peter F. Cannavo.
Description
In America today we see rampant development, unsustainable resource exploitation, and commodification ruin both natural and built landscapes, disconnecting us from our surroundings and threatening our fundamental sense of place. Meanwhile, preservationists often respond with a counterproductive stance that rejects virtually any change in the landscape. In The Working Landscape, Peter Cannavò identifies this zero-sum conflict between development and preservation as a major factor behind our contemporary crisis of place. Cannavò offers practical and theoretical alternatives to t...
ISBN(s)
0262532921, 9780262532921
