Emergence in Landscape Architecture

by Rod Barnett

All landscapes are complex systems which are continually changing as a result of relatively simple interactions. This condition of adaption and evolution is called emergence. Related to chaos theory and self-organising systems, emergence highlights the ever changing and developing urban and natural world - and the need to work flexibly within this.

Just as an aborist must understand the development and functions of a tree in order to fully...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415506565
• ISBN13: 9780415506564
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.2" x 10.1"