...As the world’s population continues to grow, urban areas are consistently becoming more and more congested. Cities are getting not only denser, but they are beginning to sprawl out and are becoming these massive areas of impenetrable hardscapes. Because of this, a need for a new urban planning strategy is necessary to help make our cities become more livable, enjoyable, and sustainable. Landscape Urbanism, an innovative planning strategy to incorporate the natural environment into the city fabric may be just the solution. Landscape urbanism is unfortunately a newer perspective on how to organize an urban environment. Today too many cities have become concrete landscapes, where the occupants have little to no exposure to nature. We have become immune to providing our selves with what we think we need instead of what we actually need. Landscape urbanism design begins to provide that integration of nature with in the dense urban areas. “It would be equally fair to say that landscape urbanism remains the most promising alternative available to urban design’s formation for the coming decades.” Creating pockets of exposure to nature throughout a city, allows people to experience a healthier way of living both mentally and physically, while providing a sustainable alternative to urban design. For centuries we have been struggling to create the ultimate urban design. Several different design strategies have been combined and overlapped to make up our cities today. However, many of these...
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...The representation of Place within artworks throughout our history was caused by the search to understand the world and its roles. Throughout this time, many artists devised landscapes in a much different form to the usual accurate representations. Artists in the Post-Modern era have begun to investigate the relationship of memory, psychology and imagination to place and space. These landscapes differ greatly between artists, especially throughout different time periods. Three artists that take very different approaches to the idea of places and spaces are Joseph Mallord William Turner, Toba Khedoori and Jeffrey Smart. Joseph Mallord William Turner was an English Romanticist landscape painter whose work is often regarded as a Romantic...
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...Landscape and Resources Memo Laura M. Davis GEO/215 February 10, 2014 Renee Tan Landscape and Resources Memo The agriculture areas close to UrCity has, until recently, contributed to the reduction in overall city temperatures. Because of the significant growth of UrCity, this expansion has pushed agriculture further out into the desert basin. UrCity has experienced a rise in temperatures and changing weather patterns that are directly related to urban sprawl. UrCity’s expansion has also demanded an increase in water usage which has become a burden on existing water supplies. Many citizens have also noted the decrease in wildlife that has been typical of the city. This memo will address these concerns and offer viable solutions to the above noted issues. Agricultural Practices The farms surrounding UrCity have taken advantage of traditional farming practices. Monocropping, heavy use of pesticides, and large amounts of water have been keeping these farms operational and profitable for many years but at a high cost to their immediate environment. According to Sustainable Table (n.d.), “Chemical fertilizers and pesticides are derivatives of fossil fuels, including oil and natural gas. The use of fossil fuels is the reason the Earth is experiencing dangerous climate change (Climate Change). The overuse of chemicals has directly contributed to the problem of rising temperatures in and around UrCity. As UrCity becomes larger, the demand for land increases. This has pushed...
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...On Friday, November 6th, Ryan Deane, Landscape Architect at The S/L.A/M Collaborative (SLAM) and ASLA chair will be moderating an education session titled “The LA Media Continuum: Projecting the Future of Our Profession” at the annual ASLA meeting and expo in Chicago. Deane will be moderating the session with panelists Daniel Tal, ASLA Principal Landscape Architect at Ambit3D in Lakewood, Colorado, Bradley Cantrell, ASLA, Associate Professor of Landscape Architectural Technology at Harvard University Graduate School of Design in Cambridge, Massachusetts and David A. Rubin, ASLA, FAAR, Principal at LAND COLLECTIVE in Philadelphia. The ASLA Annual Meeting and EXPO offers over 130 courses, allowing attendees to earn up to 21 professional development hours (PDHs). It is the largest gathering of landscape architecture professionals and students in the world to gain perspective and establish new connections within the profession....
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...WORLD VIEWS AND CULTURAL LANDSCAPE Humanities Presented to Mehdi Ghafouri By Emi Rizvanolli Vanier College November 17th, 2013 Intro: Many people talk about culture as a reason of their authenticity. We often ask ourselves why we are who we are, what makes us what we are today, why we act like we act and so on. But have we ever considered that our surrounding, the places where we live, the people we are surrounded with makes us the person that we are today? We often say ‘’everyone is different and has its own personality’’, which is true, but what made us who we are is what we were surrounded with our whole life. The same concept goes to a population; they are who they are because of their history, their way of thinking and their surroundings. That is what we have learned in this class. The landscapes have their own meaning and their history makes them culturally important to us because a land is mean less if nothing important happen in it. Development First of all, before understanding the role of cultural landscapes, we need to understand some concept related to it and how they are linked one another. What is culture? Culture is the characteristics of a group of people that are defined by their language, religion, cuisine, social habits, etc… What is space? In a material point of view, space is defined as a physical reality, reinforcing relations of products. When we see space with the economic view, we see its functional unit which is determined...
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...Austin Matheney Professor Witschi ENGL 2220 4th December 2014 Contrasting Landscapes in Bless Me, Ultima As the pages flip, and the story unfolds, the audience begins to notice that the landscapes in Bless Me, Ultima play a vital role in many different facets of the novel. Throughout the novel, there is an obvious dichotomy between the llano, the land of the main character’s father, and El Puerto de los Lunas, the land of the main character’s mother. As Antonio, who is the focus of the novel, grows older, he is forced to make a decision between the llano and the Luna. This decision is not based upon which land to dwell upon, but rather on which path Antonio should place his life: the dreams of his father or the dreams of his mother. Rudolfo Anaya, the author of the text, also utilizes other simple landscapes, such as the river and the pond, to aid in the coming of age of Antonio. Ultimately, Antonio must choose a path in life, and Anaya implements these different landscapes in order to exemplify Antonio’s struggle and development. The land of both Antonio’s father and of Antonio’s biggest inspiration, Ultima, is the llano; a beautiful landscape of rolling hills and dark plains. At first glance, this is all that the llano holds, but the llano is much more than just a beautiful piece of land to the vaqueros, to Ultima, and to Antonio’s father. The llano represents freedom and embodies the spirit of the vaqueros, or herdsmen, who are a group of people that Antonio’s father...
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...Landscape photography captures the beauty and natural essence of the environment. With a wide range of skills and technology the world of landscape photography continually evolves. Many key components involved in photography directly relate to the camera and the skills of the photographer. Camera specifications, equipment requirements, and the many elements of photography all integrate into crucial elements of photography. Therefore by incorporating these skills, photographers have the possibility to turn their works into art. Landscape photography requires attention to detail and the use of acquired skills. Inspiration Capturing an image that impacts an audience holds the upmost importance to any photographer. Inspiration for photographs...
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...------------------------------------------------- How has the Australian Landscape been used to portray and show the development of Australian Character? Refer to 2 Texts. As a person that calls Australia home, I have seen and heard many criticisms and descriptions of this land that were observed from foreigners. Although there are aspects that create the image of Australia such as the people and the natural fauna, the main and central idea that represents our home are her deadly and awe-inspiring environments and landscape. Australia’s character is built upon first impressions. As most people rely on their sight, their first impressions are from visual perspectives. The environment of which they arrive in or have experienced from media depend largely on what they see, thus making the Australian landscape of vital importance in creating the “Australian Character.” Due to the fact that we rely on sight, this also includes our limitless imagination; and the key to imaginations are words. Description, tone and the feelings portrayed through words are the cause of imaginations and perceptions and because the iconic images of Australia are the landscapes we tend to include them in our portrayals. Written languages have been around for centuries, it is a way of communication and as informed so are images. The comparison for the development of Australia flows easily with words and is therefore usually portrayed in texts, other forms of literature and in songs. It goes into more...
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...“Modern western landscape painting is directly related to modern individualism” “Modern western landscape painting” is fascinating and often very lifelike. The viewer of “modern western landscape paintings” often has the opportunity to interpret the painting individually. There are no requirements how to do it. It is exactly the same with the “modern individualism”. Each person is different than the other. Thus I totally agree with the main statement. I think there is a relation between “modern western landscaping” and “modern individualism”. This can be explained based on the paintings “The Wanderer Above The Sea Of Fog” from Caspar David Friedrich and “Yosemite Valley At Sunset” from Albert Bierstadt. Both paintings are completely different, but they both give the viewer a lot of room for interpreting. Thus, the viewer is left to decide how he interpreted the picture and what he focuses. Caspar David Friedrich actually focuses something on his painting, but the meaning of it is not clearly. In general you can see man on a mountain. He is pointing with back to the viewer. He seems to be in a mountain range. Everywhere you can see mountains. There is a kind of valley but you cannot really see it because above the valley is a “sea of fog”. The fog is very conspicuous. Because of the dark colors in the front of the painting, it makes a gloomy impression. The view of the landscape is scary as well. All these high mountains and the fog reminds of scene from a horror movie. But...
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...corner, hill, and door. It’s as if the gods’ themselves designed this sunny wonderland as a vacation home. With Intricate patterns of mountains, valleys, and vegetation that nearly engulfs the entirety of the land. Coastal scenery, and hill side villages that give off a 13th century appearance but the architecture perseveres the history but also gives has modernized manifestation. Valldemossa gave me an experience of a lifetime. Appealing to all senses- the history, landscape, and food played a roll into the experience The land of the heavens, also known as Valldemossa is put on par with the divines for many different reasons’. One, is the luxurious landscape- mountains emboss the earths crust giving the land characteristics, such as the haze grey mountains were an expressed feeling from the earth itself. Continuing on, the mountains towered in groups as if they’re standing a post, watching, and keeping guard for troubles that lurks along the ocean’s horizon. The luscious vegetation filled the landscape, and skirted the contour of the mountains- as if it was water filling the volume of the available space. Or better yet a Bernhardt page 2. blanket that covers the mountains and its surroundings keeping them warm through the winter season. Although its the winter season, when the temperature...
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...1. What past forest management activities have lead to the unique landscape seen today at Shelburne Farms? The ice storm hurt the forest big time there for some management activities were focused on making sure the forest aspects can stand another storm like the ice storm more so than it did last time. And the landscape has changed due to water erosion and land movement. The hills make for the sugar lines to run smoother and quicker. On the other hand the steady land makes it easier to collect sap buckets. 2. How did the 1998 ice storm affect forestlands at Shelburne Farms? What kind of challenge does this type of natural disturbance present for forest managers? The 1998 ice storm affected the Shelburne Farms forestlands by destroying many trees and most things froze to where they broke. The sap had to stop flowing because the trees were so damaged and solid. The ground and landscape also could have been damaged as well. This kind of disturbance to the forest can prevent sales and even take time to rebuild the entire forest floor. 3. One major challenge facing forest managers and sugarbush owners in the northeast is deer overpopulation. How do deer affect the long-term management of a forestland? Sugar lines if any would be affected and possibly the buckets may be torn down. The deer also would eat the natural wild life around and bugs that are keeping the pests away. 4. In the Shelburne Farms management plan, the section on Harvest Systems is quite specific...
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...the photographic process to create the impressive vision of the landscape ‘Tempest: After Streeton’. This view is a fictitious creation that has been created by the particular elements and aspects of the work; and it challenges the traditional role of photography as a document of the real world. In addition, Shane Fitzgerald works significant elements together to promote a specific theme that makes spectators feel free to read into the image and to distil from it –an ‘awesomely’ sublime environment and extreme weather. This is in addition to exploring the human perceptions of the environment and telling people what the real art is. This artwork functions like a large ‘mirror’ in which the viewers may identify with a creative expression of the landscape to which it belongs. The ‘mirror’ gives an illusion of sublime weather under the conditions of tempest, which captures the viewers’ mind all the time—the vast realms and luminous coalescences of the grassland and dark clouds. The panoramic landscape at sunset has been manipulated, producing a paint-like effect across a vista of clouds at dusk, with extreme fears and depression sweeping over the horizon. This is the viewer’s first impression regarding the artwork’s composition in terms of evoking a breath-taking natural spectacle so intense it seems to pulse with life-force. In these intense stunning conditions, Fitzgerald seeks a sublime expression of the landscape by standout artwork techniques through composition, line, space...
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...for any inconvenience this may have caused you. This was an unfortunate incident. I assure you we take our customer’s concerns very seriously and the matter is being addressed. I strongly believe this was an isolated incident, as it does not reflect values and professional work ethic that we here at Green Wave Landscaping dedicate our selves too. I am glad to inform you that we will be making full restitution for the services provided and for any damages caused during our visit. Our claims department will be contacting you to arrange for full compensation. We value you as a customer and hope you will reconsider doing business with us in the future. To show you our good faith we would like to offer you six months of free premium landscape service, to be provided at your convenience. We would also like to offer you a 10% discount on all future services provided to you and your clients. Let us continue to provide you with the professional services you were accustomed to receiving prior to this incident. Our customer’s satisfaction has always been and always will be our number one goal. Have a great day and we look forward to doing business with you in the future. Sincerely, JOSE F. PEREZ Jose F. Perez Operations...
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...If you had an amazing landscape just behind your backyard would you want it to become a national park for the entire country to see? Despite your answer a case like this began in Georgia from 1971 to 1993! There was a big fuss over the situation that made numerous amounts of people mad. I agreed with the outcome, and I think you will also after all of details of the incident. A place named Providence Canyon and widely known as," The Little Grand Canyon", was the center of attention when a case sprang up whether to make it a state park or go all out and make it a National park for the entire world to see. After many hours, days, and months of reasoning the government officially made Providence Canyon a state park. I strongly agreed with the...
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...the most important paragraph is on page 56, “the whole landscape showed design, like man’s noblest sculptures” (Muir 56) shows how the land was so perfect and detailed as how a sculpture is but was created by mother nature hands instead of another man’s work. 2. Most important sentence (CORRECT MLA CITATION REQUIRED) and why? I believe the most important sentence is, “beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever” (Muir 56). This quote shows how the beauty of the landscape has been created and still continues to grow in an endless beauty. This paragraph is an important sentence that show how important the landscape was to John Muir and how others would see the land if they were standing where John Muir was in the moment. 3. Most important word (CORRECT MLA CITATION REQUIRED) and why? The word that I think was most important is “divine” (Muir 59), because it is a word pertaining to god or devoted to God. This word is used many times and to say something is pertaining to God means it has great value and is very important along with very special. 4. What surprised you the most? What surprised me the most is how John Muir creates visions to my eyes with his choice of sentences and words. 5. What makes the character(s) believable (dress, accent, actions, etc.)? What makes the character believable to me is how he describes the landscape through his vocabulary and the way he gives the reader such...
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