Rural Design A New Design Discipline

Name: Rural Design A New Design Discipline
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ISBN: 9780415593205

ISBN-10: 0415593204

ISBN-13: 9780415593205

Edition: 2012

Authors: Dewey Thorbeck

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Rural areas worldwide are undergoing profound change creating considerable challenges and stress for its residents and on the ecosystems upon which they depend. Rural design brings design thinking and the problem-solving process of design to rural issues recognizing that human and natural systems are inextricably coupled and engaged in continuous cycles of mutual influence and response.This book is the first step along the path for rural design to emerge as an important new design discipline. Rural Design: A New Design Discipline establishes the theoretical base for rural design and the importance of looking at connecting issues to create synergy and optimal solutions from a global,…

Book details

List price: $39.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 1/6/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English



List of figures


Acknowledgments


Foreword: rural design arising



Introduction


Rural change


Rural design: a new way of design thinking


The Center for Rural Design


Global issues and impacts



Rural heritage


Ancient roots and European origins


English landscapes and influence on America


Immigrants' dream


Farmsteads


Buildings for agriculture


Indigenous people and the land



Rural character


Geological forces


Cultural forces


Immigration to America


Landscape patterns


Rural character defined


Rural policy


Forces changing rural landscapes


Managing forces of change through rural design


Aesthetic issues


Contemporary working buildings in rural landscapes


Form follows function, climate, and place



Regional vision


Thinking regionally


A regional vision


Regional landscapes


Regional thinking worldwide


Regional thinking in Minnesota


Looking ahead



Research foundation


Research issues


Definitions


Sustainability challenge


A new approach to rural issues


Evidence-based rural design


Research opportunities


Social capital



Rural design strategies


Strategies


Building codes


Rural outreach


Case studies of the Center for Rural Design



Interdisciplinary connections


Rural design and design thinking


Urban/rural synergy


Land use and urban/rural edge


Problems with animal agriculture


Multifunctional agriculture and land use


Designing for food supply, food security, and health


Design economy



Rural futures


Connecting the dots


New design technologies


Rural design education


Rural Design Certificate program


Rural sustainability


The International Organization for Rural Design


Global challenges



Epilogue


Process of discovery


Integrating buildings and landscapes


Drawing and rural design


Shaping rural futures


References


Illustration credits


Index