A wetland center in London, parks in downtown San Francisco, a
wildlife sanctuary in Arcata, and a wetlands park on the outskirts
of Las Vegas-what do these urban and suburban locations have in
common? They are leading examples of a new restoration design
approach that is squarely placed at the interface of nature and
culture. This multidisciplinary paradigm bridges the gap between an
ecological approach preoccupied with returning damaged landscapes
to an imagined original state and a landscape design approach
concerned with creating a place for people to reinhabit.
Environmental Restoration and Design for Recreation and
Ecotourism is the first book to provide a detailed examination of
the entire process of restoring damaged or abandoned landscapes to
benefit both nature and people, specifically for the purposes of
recreation and ecotourism. With a focus on history, planning,
methodology, design, and construction, it explores five case
studies of successful regenerative landscape design projects and
gives readers an inside look at the evolution of design
projects.
Two of the cases offer a particularly comprehensive review of
award-winning projects: the reparation of the degraded Las Vegas
Wash into Clark County Wetlands Park and the transformation of the
abandoned Barn Elms Reservoirs into the London Wetland Centre.
Supported by extensive photographs, tables, maps, sketches, and
schematics, these case studies trace how ideas are first conceived
and then adopted, transformed, or even abandoned along the way.
Each case study also includes a questions-and-answers discussion
with designers and managers. Emphasizing the need for
interdisciplinary cooperation, the book presents lessons learned
from some of the most innovative projects in regenerative landscape
design.
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