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built form. Well-known and influential
urban theorists such as Andrés Duany and
James Howard Kunstler delve into the
impact of the tension between the two perspectives on:
- Smart growth
- Neighborhood design
- Sustainable development
- Creating cities that are in
balance with nature.
While there is significant overlap between Landscape Urbanism and New
Urbanism, the former has assumed prominence amongst most critical theorists,
whereas the latter’s proponents are more
practically oriented. Given that these two
sets of ideas are at the forefront of sustainable urban design, the analysis—and
potential reconciliation—offered by Landscape Urbanism and its Discontents is long
overdue.
LANDSCApE URBANISM
AND ITS DISCONTENTS:
DISSIMULATING THE
SUSTAINABLE CITy
By ANDRéS DUANy AND EMILy TALEN
I
n contemporary Western society, urban
development is regarded as an unfortunate blight from which nature provides
a much-needed respite. This apparent
dichotomy ignores the interdependence
between human settlement and the natural
world. In fact, one of the most pressing
problems facing urban theorists today is
determining how to resolve the tension between the built and natural environments,
in the process creating truly sustainable
cities.
Landscape Urbanism and its Discontents
is a collection of essays exploring the debate over urban reform, often polarized
around the two competing paradigms of
Landscape Urbanism and New Urbanism. Landscape Urbanism is conceived as
a more ecologically-based approach, while
New Urbanism is more concerned with
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