Sustainability and Historic Preservation Toward a Holistic View |
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| Author:
| Longstreth, Richard |
| Contribution by:
| Berg, Shary Page
Crew, Rebecca Howell
Hattersley-Drayton, Karana
Hunter, Meisha
King, Thomas F.
Libby, Valencia
Robinson, Liz
Wagner, Richard |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4616-6270-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2011 |
| Publisher: | University of Delaware Press
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $54.99 |
Book Description:
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Sustainability and Historic Preservation: Towards a Holistic View broadens the horizons of the mushrooming drive to correlate the objectives of these two spheres. To date, discussions of the relationship between historic preservation and sustainability have generally focused on the energy consumption of buildings. The nine chapters in this book show how that agenda can and should be expanded by examining many other facets of the environment, including agricultural lands, urban...
More Description Sustainability and Historic Preservation: Towards a Holistic View broadens the horizons of the mushrooming drive to correlate the objectives of these two spheres. To date, discussions of the relationship between historic preservation and sustainability have generally focused on the energy consumption of buildings. The nine chapters in this book show how that agenda can and should be expanded by examining many other facets of the environment, including agricultural lands, urban waterworks, irrigation systems, natural settings, an arboretum, and post-World War II suburbs.