{"product_id":"9781550925364","title":"Landscape Urbanism and its Discontents: Dissimulating the Sustainable City","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLandscape Urbanism and its Discontents\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of essays exploring the debate over urban reform, now polarized around the two competing paradigms of Landscape Urbanism and the New Urbanism. Landscape Urbanism is conceived as a more ecologically based approach, while New Urbanism is more concerned with the 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:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmart growth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeighborhood design\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSustainable development\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreating cities that are in balance with nature\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile there is significant overlap between Landscape Urbanism and the 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 \u003ci\u003eLandscape Urbanism and its Discontents\u003c\/i\u003e is long overdue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrés Duany\u003c\/b\u003e is a leading proponent of the New Urbanism and is a founding principal at Duany Plater-Zyberk\u0026amp;Company.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmily Talen\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor at Arizona State University and the author of four previous books on urban design.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Society Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47158616686832,"sku":"9781550925364","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781550925364_p0.jpg?v=1763750817","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781550925364","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}