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A Framework for Geodesign: Changing Geography by Design
Contributor(s): Steinitz, Carl (Author)

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ISBN: 1589483332     ISBN-13: 9781589483330
Publisher: Esri Press
OUR PRICE: $91.19  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Architecture | Urban & Land Use Planning
- Architecture | Landscape
Dewey: 307.12
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 8.7" W x 10.8" L (1.85 lbs) 224 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Maps, Table of Contents
 
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A Framework for Geodesign: Changing Geography by Design presents the key concepts, history, and methodology of geodesign. As an idea, geodesign has the potential to enable more effective and symbiotic collaboration among the several design professions, geographically-oriented sciences, information technologists, and people impacted by change ("the people of the place") when all of these groups aim to influence major environmental and social change for the better. According to author Carl Steinitz, this collaboration is essential.

Steinitz's framework, described here in detail, can contribute to that goal. It is clear that for serious societal and environmental issues, designing for change cannot be a solitary activity. It inevitably is a team endeavor with many participants from the design professions and geographic sciences, linked by technology from several locations for rapid communication and feedback, and reliant on transparent communication with the people affected by change. These demands create opportunities for geodesign and the need for organizing that collaboration.

Part I of the book is about the necessary but sometimes difficult collaboration between designers and scientists, and also focuses on key aspects of study areas, scale, and size which influence how geodesign is organized and carried out. Part II presents Steinitz's framework and addresses six key questions, and their related types of models, which must be integrated in geodesign. Part III features nine case studies that illustrate different ways of designing for change, while Part IV explores the future of geodesign in research, education, and practice.

A Framework for Geodesign ooks mostly to the future, with a primary intention of helping the collaborating participants to achieve, in the words of the author, "practical benefits from geodesign."


Contributor Bio(s): Steinitz, Carl: -

Carl Steinitz is the Alexander and Victoria Wiley Professor of Landscape Architecture and Planning, Emeritus, at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. He has devoted much of his academic and professional career to improving methods to analyze large land areas and make design decisions about conservation and development. His applied research and teaching focus on highly valued landscapes that are undergoing substantial pressures for change.


 
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