Agricultural Landscapes: Seeing Rural Through Design

Agricultural Landscapes: Seeing Rural Through Design encourages design thinking to provide greater meaning and understanding of rural places, focusing on Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) as models for sustainable and prosperous futures.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 236 pages
Publication date: 07 March 2019
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Agricultural Landscapes: Seeing Rural Through Design is a captivating sequel to the authors' previous works, Rural Design and Architecture and Agriculture. It aims to inspire the application of design thinking to enhance the meaning and comprehension of places where humans interact with the rural landscape. Rural regions worldwide are often revered as unique and culturally, historically, and naturally significant spaces for individuals. Dewey Thorbeck underscores the significance of these rural sites and their connections to urban areas, particularly through comprehensive case studies showcasing Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS), as recognized by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. These case studies highlight personal experiences, lessons learned, and future implications, with a particular focus on GIAHS.

The book showcases these connections and the distinctive GIAHS land use systems and landscapes as models for a more sustainable and prosperous rural and urban future. It offers practical examples of workplaces where growing food, raising animals, or harvesting from the sea has been the primary economic activity for centuries, exemplifying a clear and sustainable local relationship between humans, animals, buildings, climate, and place. Designed with students, teachers, and professionals in mind, this book delves into the exploration of how design thinking can be employed to integrate rural and urban sites, shaping land use for more sustainable futures.

Weight: 712g
Dimension: 248 x 190 x 13 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781138308183