Design with the Desert: Conservation and Sustainable DevelopmentRichard Malloy, John Brock, Anthony Floyd, Margaret Livingston, Robert H. Webb Typical development in the American Southwest often resulted in scraping the desert lands of the ancient living landscape, to be replaced with one that is human-made and dependent on a large consumption of energy and natural resources. This transdisciplinary book explores the natural and built environment of this desert region and introduces development tools for shaping its future in a more sustainable way. It offers valuable insights to help promote ecological balance between nature and the built environment in the American Southwest-and in other ecologically fragile regions around the world. |
Contents
Chapter 1 Deserts of the World | 3 |
Chapter 2 Geology and Soils in Deserts of the Southwestern United States | 37 |
Chapter 3 Scales of Climate in Designing with the Desert | 59 |
Chapter 4 Water Resources in the Desert Southwest | 73 |
Chapter 5 Geologic Hydrologic and Urban Hazards for Design in Desert Environments | 91 |
Chapter 6 Deep History and Biogeography of La Frontera | 121 |
Chapter 7 Vegetation Zones of the Southwest | 135 |
Chapter 8 Plant Ecology of the Sonoran Desert Region | 151 |
Steps Toward Reconstructive Postmodern Communities | 321 |
Chapter 19 Dialogue on Development | 341 |
Chapter 20 Ecological Design | 355 |
Chapter 21 Rainwater Harvesting and Stormwater Reuse for Arid Environments | 365 |
Chapter 22 Designing Habitats in Urban Environments | 385 |
Chapter 23 Native Plant Salvaging and Reuse in Southwestern Deserts | 399 |
Green Solar Energy for Food and Biofuels Production | 411 |
Chapter 25 Desert Urbanism | 427 |
Chapter 9 Wildlife and Anthropogenic Changes in the Arid Southwest | 169 |
An Example from the Sky Islands | 193 |
Chapter 11 Built to Burn | 213 |
Chapter 12 Restoring Ecosystem Health in FrequentFire Forests of the American West | 223 |
Chapter 13 Ecological Planning Method | 233 |
A Closer Look at Sprawl in the Desert | 251 |
Chapter 15 Water Planning for Growing Southwestern Communities | 269 |
Alternative Futures for Americas Deserts | 287 |
A Case Study of Phoenix Arizona | 309 |
Chapter 26 Settlement Growth and Water Security for Southwest Cities | 441 |
Chapter 27 Creating Tomorrow | 467 |
Green Building and Ecological Design in Scottsdale Arizona | 487 |
Chapter 29 Sustainable Energy Alternatives for the Southwest | 505 |
Chapter 30 Search for a Lean Alternative | 521 |
The ProtoCity Approach in the Ciudad Juarez MexicoEl Paso Texas Metroplex | 535 |
Back Cover | 571 |
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