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Joan Nassauer

Joan Iverson Nassauer is Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Michigan.

 

Placing Nature

Placing Nature

Culture And Landscape Ecology

Landscape ecology is a widely influential approach to looking at ecological function at the scale of landscapes, and accepting that human beings powerfully affect landscape pattern and function. It goes beyond investigation of pristine environments to consider ecological questions that are raised by patterns of farming, forestry, towns, and cities.

Placing Nature is a groundbreaking volume in the field of landscape ecology, the result of collaborative work among experts in ecology, philosophy, art, literature, geography, landscape architecture, and history.