Aire - The River and its Double (Hardcover)

South of Geneva, Switzerland, the River Aire runs across a plain that for centuries has been agricultural land. From the late 19th century, the waterway has been embanked for flood protection, also causing the gradual loss of habitat for a large variety of plants and animals. In 2001, decisions were taken to re-naturalise the river. Yet rather than to merely reconstruct its former natural bed, Superpositions, the association of firms commissioned with the project, applied 'topographic imagination', a method termed by American landscape designer Elissa Rosenberg. It combines the embanked channel with a newly designed pasture landscape. The channel indicates a work in progress and serves as a reference line that makes 'before' and 'after' traceable. This new book documents this much recognised, award-winning re-naturalisation project with drawings, images of construction work and of the new waterway. Essays and comments by international contributors Jean-Marc Besse, Lorette Coen, Gerorges Descombes, G. Mathias Kondolf, Elissa Rosenberg, Gilles A. Tiberghien, and Marc Treib demonstrate how the restored River Aire has been upgraded to become again a characteristic feature of this landscape on the fringe of the city. Text in English, French and German.

General

Imprint:	Park Books
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	July 2018
Authors:	Georges Descombes • Julien Descombes • Corinne Van Cauwenberghe • Vincent Corrent • Francois Gerber
Dimensions:	240 x 180 x 34mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-860081-7
Subtitles:	French
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > General Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > The hydrosphere > Hydrology (freshwater) Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Physical geography > General Books > Professional & Technical > Civil engineering, surveying & building > Hydraulic engineering > Flood control Promotions
LSN:	3-03-860081-4
Barcode:	9783038600817

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