MacKenzie, Andrew (Landscape Architect) creator author. text bibliography enk 2020 monographic eng

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215 page, 24 cm "Understanding Metropolitan Landscapes considers and reflects on the fundamental relationships between metropolitan regions and their landscapes. It investigates how planning and policy helps to protect, manage and enhance the landscapes that sustain our urban settlements. As global populations become more metropolitan, landscapes evolve to become increasingly dynamic and entropic; and the distinction between urban and non-urban is further fragmented and yet these spaces play an increasingly important role in sustainable development. This book opens a key critical discussion into the relational aspects of city and landscape and how each element shapes the boundaries of the other; covering topics such as material natures, governance systems, processes, and policy. It presents a compendium of concepts and ideas that have emerged from landscape architecture, planning, and environmental policy and landscape management. Using a range of illustrated case studies, it provokes discussions on the major themes driving the growth of cities by exploring the underlying tensions around notions of sustainable settlement, climate change adaption, urban migration, new modes of governance and the role of landscape in policy and decision making at national, provincial and municipal levels"-- Andrew MacKenzie. Includes bibliographical references and index. City planning Cities and towns Growth Landscape assessment HT166 .M33 2020 307.116 M33 2020 MacKenzie, Andrew, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020. (DLC) 2019023369 9781138600867 9781138600874 2019023368 DLC 190913 20260412134405.0 21204788 eng