Water Driven: Revolutionary Cultural Landscapes
Autor Ken Nicolsonen Limba Engleză Hardback – 19 apr 2020
Water Driven presents stirring tales from around the world recounting humankind’s endeavours to solve water crises. Our creative solutions in the face of adversity have driven agricultural, industrial, and technological revolutions, creating some of the most iconic cultural landscapes, ranging from rice paddies to reservoirs and from wells to windmills. Today, rapidly growing urban populations are competing for a shrinking share of a finite water supply. The number of cities on the brink of running dry or, like Hong Kong, surviving from day to day by importing the bulk of their water, is alarming. The pressure is on to pursue a new, environmental revolution that will inspire the next generation of more sustainable, water-driven cultural landscapes.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9789888528417
ISBN-10: 9888528416
Pagini: 168
Ilustrații: 60 b-w illus. and 1 table
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Editura: Hong Kong University Press
Colecția Hong Kong University Press
ISBN-10: 9888528416
Pagini: 168
Ilustrații: 60 b-w illus. and 1 table
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Editura: Hong Kong University Press
Colecția Hong Kong University Press
Recenzii
‘Nicolson’s subject of study is the need for humanity to use water wisely by avoiding over-exploitation and treating it sustainably to avert a major crisis around the world. The positive tone is refreshing as much of that type of literature paints a doomsday scenario.’ —René C. Davids, University of California, Berkeley
‘Water Driven presents a critical account of humankind’s relationship with water and its management. Nicolson stresses the need for using socio-technical solutions of scarce resources and for developing water management projects that work with nature, rather than ones which attempt to control it.’ —Kelly Shannon, KU Leuven, Belgium
Notă biografică
Ken Nicolson has worked in Hong Kong since 1984. His background is in town planning, landscape architecture, and heritage conservation. He is currently an adjunct associate professor at the University of Hong Kong and author of The Happy Valley: A History and Tour of the Hong Kong Cemetery and Landscapes Lost and Found: Appreciating Hong Kong’s Heritage Cultural Landscapes.
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Water Driven presents stirring tales from around the world recounting humankind’s endeavours to solve water crises. Our creative solutions in the face of adversity have driven agricultural, industrial, and technological revolutions, creating some of the most iconic cultural landscapes, ranging from rice paddies to reservoirs and from wells to windmills. Today, rapidly growing urban populations are competing for a shrinking share of a finite water supply. The number of cities on the brink of running dry or, like Hong Kong, surviving from day to day by importing the bulk of their water, is alarming. The pressure is on to pursue a new, environmental revolution that will inspire the next generation of more sustainable, water-driven cultural landscapes.