In contemporary Western society; urban development is regarded as an unfortunate blight from which nature provides a much-needed respite. This apparent dichotomy ignores the interdependence between human settlement and the natural world. In fact; one of the most pressing problems facing urban theorists today is determining how to resolve the tension between the built and natural environments; in the process creating truly sustainable cities.Landscape Urbanism and its Discontents is a collection of essays exploring the debate over urban reform; now polarized around the two competing paradigms of Landscape Urbanism and the New Urbanism. Landscape Urbanism is conceived as a more ecologically based approach; while New Urbanism is more concerned with the built form. Well-known and influential urban theorists such as Andreacute;s Duany and James Howard Kunstler delve into the impact of the tension between the two perspectives on:Smart growthNeighborhood designSustainable developmentCreating cities that are in balance with natureWhile there is significant overlap between Landscape Urbanism and the New Urbanism; the former has assumed prominence amongst most critical theorists; whereas the latters proponents are more practically oriented. Given that these two sets of ideas are at the forefront of sustainable urban design; the analysisndash; and potential reconciliationmdash;offered by Landscape Urbanism and its Discontents is long overdue.Andreacute;s Duany is a leading proponent of the New Urbanism and is a founding principal at Duany Plater-Zyberk Company.Emily Talen is a professor at Arizona State University and the author of four previous books on urban design.
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