Restorative Redevelopment of Devastated Ecocultural Landscapes

Informationen zum Autor Robert France is Associate Professor of Landscape Ecology at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design where he began teaching in the Fall of 1997. France has authored numerous papers on the ecology and conservation biology of organism from bacteria and algae to birds and whales, on research topics from environmental pollution to theoretical biodiversity, and in locations ranging from the High Arctic to the tropics. France is a recently appointed series editor for Lewis/CRC Press on the topic Integrative Studies in Water Management and Land Development . Klappentext A fusion of ecological restoration and sustainable development principles! ecocultural restorative redevelopment is an emerging method for repairing large-scale landscapes. France explores how to use this approach to address the long-term! sustainable reparation of the fabled marshlands of southern Iraq destroyed by Saddam Hussein. Zusammenfassung The Iraqi marshlands housed a 3000+ year-old civilization until Saddam Hussein ruthlessly drained the marsh region following the 1991 uprising. Many of the insurgents fled to the marsh wetland region (between the Baghdad in the North and Basra in the South, and between the Tigris and Euphrates) when Saddam Hussein crushed the rebellion. Inhaltsverzeichnis Background. Environmental Restoration Theory and Practice. Environmental Planning Theory and Practice. Desert Wetland Restorations. Wetlands and Nature Reserves. Ecosystems. People. Ecology and Economics. Innovative Approaches and Technologies. Transportation Planning and Design. Alternative Wasterwater Treatment, Reuse, and Infrstructure. Agriculture and Water Management. Epilogue. Index.

Product details

• Authors: Robert France, Robert L. France, France Robert L., France Robert
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.07.2010
• EAN: 9780415952255
• ISBN: 978-0-415-95225-5
• No. of pages: 528
• Series: Integrative Studies in Water Management & Land Deve; Integrative Studies in Water Management & Land Deve; Integrative Studies in Water Management & Land Development
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, Conservation of wildlife & habitats, Conservation of wildlife and habitats