Re-wilding Ideas of re-wilding have been around for some decades, indeed the concept under other labels has been around for upto a century, for instance, the project to back breed the Auroch. Indeed Heck cattle are an attempt dating back…
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Eco-economics
A lecture by Robert Skidelsky on Keynes (gosh he is so sharp at the age of 79) prompts thought of eco-economics, which he mentioned as one answer to the post-2008 slump critique of mainstream economics. Maynard Keynes of course had…
Posted in landscape architecture Tagged with: eco-economics, environmental economics, environmental impact design
Listed London landscape destroyed
In the 1960s part of the London County Council’s Holland Park was given over to the new Commonwealth Institute. Designed by RMJM the new building was remarkable for its hyperbolic paraboloid roof. It was described as a tent in a…
Posted in landscape architecture, public parks
Beijing tackles air pollution by shifting the muck around.
Beijing is planning a network of “ventilation corridors” to promote air flow and blow smpg away. Five main corridors will be 800 m wide and minor ones will be 80 m wide according to Wang Fei, deputy head of Beijing’s…
Ancient and veteran oaks and natural capital
There are more veteran and ancient oaks in England than the rest of Europe. Currently 115 ancient oaks are recorded in England and only 97 elsewhere in Europe (including Ireland, Scotland and Wales). An ancient oak has a girth of…
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Urban population statistics
Demographia have an interesting website. which is an annual world-wide listing of urban areas by Largest Urban Areas in the World, Urban Areas by Geography (Including Selected under 500,000 Population), Urban Areas by Land Area (Urban Footprint) 84 Urban Areas by Urban…
No till farming and conservation tillage
No tillage means avoiding ploughing and the consequent disruption of soil structure, increased run-off and soil erosion. It raises albedo and retains soil water. No till farming involves direct drilling of seed without disturbing the soil, at small scale it…
Ruderal planting at the Tate Modern art gallery
This year’s installation at the Tate Modern is an exercise in geometric natural regeneration. 23 tonnes of soil fill 240 triangular planters made of rough timber on a support of scaffolding poles. The triangles reduce in number to form a…
Beckenham Place Park development
A 96 hectare, well wooded, park on the southern boundary of Lewisham Council, Beckenham Place was a country house and park for the Cator family in the eighteenth century. The house was built by Sir John Cator c. 1773 and…
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