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Gray World, Green Heart: Technology, Nature, and Sustainability in the Landscape - Robert L. Thayer - Hardcover

Gray World, Green Heart: Technology, Nature, and Sustainability in the Landscape - Robert L. Thayer - Hardcover
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  • ISBN-13: 9780471572732
  • ISBN: 047157273X
  • Edition: 1
  • Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John

AUTHOR

Thayer, Robert L., Jr.

SUMMARY

This book examines the conflict between technology and nature in the industrialized world. It describes three basic forces: topophilia (love of the land), technophilia (love and dependence on technology) and technophobia (fear of the side-effects of technology) and their interplay in the environment. It describes how the conflict of these forces has created the current environmental crisis and makes a powerful case for sustainable design as a solution.Thayer, Robert L., Jr. is the author of 'Gray World, Green Heart: Technology, Nature, and Sustainability in the Landscape - Robert L. Thayer - Hardcover' with ISBN 9780471572732 and ISBN 047157273X.

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