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Rural design : a new design discipline /

Thorbeck, Dewey.

Rural design : a new design discipline / New design discipline Dewey Thorbeck. - xxi, 250 pages : illustrations (color), maps (color) ; 26 cm.

Introduction. Rural heritage. Rural character. Regional vision. Research foundation. Rural design strategies. Interdisciplinary connections. Rural future


Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-240) and index.

Introduction -- Rural heritage -- Rural character -- Regional vision -- Research foundation -- Rural design strategies -- Interdisciplinary connections -- Rural future.

Rural areas worldwide are undergoing profound change creating considerable challenges and stress for its residents and on the ecosystems upon which they depend. Rural design brings design thinking and the problem-solving process of design to rural issues recognizing that human and natural systems are inextricably coupled and engaged in continuous cycles of mutual influence and response. This book is the first step along the path for rural design to emerge as an important new design discipline. Rural Design: A New Design.

9780415593199 (alk. paper) 9780415593205 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780203162545 (ebook)

2011020297

015903467 Uk


Rural development--Research.
Community development--Research.

HN980 / .T487 2012

307.1412 / T.D.R

HN980 / .T487 2012