Persian Paradises at Peril
Landscape Planning and Management in Contemporary Iran
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Beschreibung
This book offers a resourceful collection of essays examining recent efforts to respond to the challenges of planning, management and conserving landscapes in contemporary Iran, the home of Persian gardens. Drawing on selected recent studies, the chapters discuss the following topics:
- The sphere of knowledge and theoretical bases, including a survey of recent and ongoing research;
- Persian gardens remaining from the 6th century BC to the 19th century AD, which have influenced garden design in a vast geographic domain extending from India to Spain;
- Management and conservation of cultural landscapes, historic urban landscapes (HUL), and natural landscapes in the face of changes in climatic conditions and livelihood practices affecting their delicate dynamic balance and functions essential to their distinctive character; and
- Historic Territorial Landscapes (HTL) formed and evolved along the Silk and Spice Roads as compositions of tangible and intangible elements resulting from movement, exchanges and dialogue in space and over time.
The book is a useful resource for a range of academics and professionals, such as landscape architects and managers, landscape historians and conservationists, and urban planners and managers.
This book offers a resourceful collection of essays examining recent efforts to respond to the challenges of planning, management and conserving landscapes in contemporary Iran, the home of Persian gardens. Drawing on selected recent studies, the chapters discuss the following topics:
- The sphere of knowledge and theoretical bases, including a survey of recent and ongoing research;
- Persian gardens remaining from the 6th century BC to the 19th century AD, which have influenced garden design in a vast geographic domain extending from India to Spain;
- Management and conservation of cultural landscapes, historic urban landscapes (HUL), road landscapes, and natural landscapes in the face of changes in climatic conditions and livelihood practices affecting their delicate dynamic balance and functions essential to their distinctive character; and
- Historic Territorial Landscapes (HTL) formed and evolved along the Silk and Spice Roads as compositions of tangible and intangible elements resulting from movement, exchanges and dialogue in space and over time.
The book is a useful resource for a range of academics and professionals, such as landscape architects and managers, landscape historians and conservationists, and urban planners and managers.
Examines Persian landscapes extending beyond Persian gardens Examines under-explored aspects of contemporary landscape management and its linkages with sustainable development Covers both theory and practice
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Farzin Fardanesh
Themen in »Persian Paradises at Peril«
Persian Landscape Historic Urban Landscape Conserving Persian Gardens Heritage Conservation Iranian Landscape Planning Natural Landscape Iranian Sustainable Development Road Landscapes Development Management Iranian Landscape Management landscape/regional and urban planning world regional geography