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Paradoxes of Green: Landscapes of a City-State
Gareth Doherty
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Description for Paradoxes of Green: Landscapes of a City-State
Paperback. A multidisciplinary study of green and its significance from multiple perspectives: aesthetic, architectural, environmental, political, and social. It is centered on the Kingdom of Bahrain, where green has a long and deep history of appearing cooling, productive, and prosperous-a radical contrast to the hot and hostile desert. Num Pages: 216 pages, 26 color, 3 tables. BIC Classification: AMV; JFC; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. .
This innovative multidisciplinary study considers the concept of green from multiple perspectives-aesthetic, architectural, environmental, political, and social-in the Kingdom of Bahrain, where green has a long and deep history of appearing cooling, productive, and prosperous-a radical contrast to the hot and hostile desert. Although green is often celebrated in cities as a counter to gray urban environments, green has not always been good for cities. Similarly, manifestation of the color green in arid urban environments is often in direct conflict with the practice of green from an environmental point of view. This paradox is at the heart of the book. ... Read more
This innovative multidisciplinary study considers the concept of green from multiple perspectives-aesthetic, architectural, environmental, political, and social-in the Kingdom of Bahrain, where green has a long and deep history of appearing cooling, productive, and prosperous-a radical contrast to the hot and hostile desert. Although green is often celebrated in cities as a counter to gray urban environments, green has not always been good for cities. Similarly, manifestation of the color green in arid urban environments is often in direct conflict with the practice of green from an environmental point of view. This paradox is at the heart of the book. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520285026
SKU
V9780520285026
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About Gareth Doherty
Gareth Doherty is Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture and Senior Research Associate at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. He is coeditor of Is Landscape...? Essays on the Identity of Landscape and Ecological Urbanism. He is a founding editor of the journal New Geographies and editor-in-chief of New Geographies 3: Urbanisms of Color.
Reviews for Paradoxes of Green: Landscapes of a City-State
Doherty is as comfortable reflecting on the aesthetic aspects of colour as he is describing the ecological implications of property development... the portrait Doherty paints is of a fascinating, quickly changing, and - yes - paradoxical place. Environment and Urbanization Beautifully written. Landscape Architecture Magazine