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LA+ Vitality (Paperback)
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LA+ Vitality (Paperback)
Series: LA+ Interdisciplinary Journal of Landscape Architecture
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Loot Price R398
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Vitality is liveliness, to be alive. To be alive is to have the
ability to harvest energy for movement, growth, and
self-replication. But without health, vitality is just mechanistic.
In this issue of LA+ we explore the notion of vitality as a proxy
for the health of all things. We explore how design can improve the
vitality of people, cities, systems, and landscapes. Articles
include: - Sara Jensen-Carr explores the intertwined epidemiology
of ecosystems, cities, and human bodies. - Through the intimate
case study of a 15th century Roman noblewoman, historian Mirka
Benes reveals the role of gardens in maintaining physical and
mental health in the early modern era. - Design anthropologist
Chuan Hao Chen reflects on vitality through the metaphor of the
medical emergency. - Experimental psychologist Colin Ellard
explores questions about the roots of our perceptions of life and
agency. - Urban designer Julian Bolleter shines a light on the
practice of placemaking in contemporary Dubai. - Public health
scientists Billie Giles Corti, Jonathan Arundel, and Lucy Gunn
explain why urban design is important in creating livable cities. -
Landscape architect Clay Gruber captures a case study of the
potential for renewal of a rural American landscape drained of
socio-economic vitality. - Designer Colin Curley surveys the
beautiful ugliness of Newtown Creek, New York's most-polluted
waterway. - Biodiversity conservation scientist Andrew Gonzalez
explains his multi-year research into designing a comprehensive and
practicable green network for the city of Montreal and its
hinterlands. - Landscape architect Jake Boswell offers a
wide-ranging rumination on ecology and aesthetics. - Psychiatrist
and urban health scholar Mindy Thompson Fullilove reflects upon the
vitality of main streets in small-town America. - Philosopher Mark
Kingwell takes on artificial intelligence in a series of
provocative propositions dealing with notions of life and vitality.
- Architect and urban designer Christopher Marcinkoski considers
Tokyo's landscape future in the face of significant population
decline. - Also includes interviews with the celebrated author of
Vibrant Matter, Jane Bennett, MASS Design Group's Sierra
Bainbridge, and The Nature Conservancy's lead scientist for global
cities Rob MacDonald.
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