Category: Opinion
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How Wolves Change Rivers
This short film explains the idea of a Trophic Cascade – essentially a process that occurs when predators in a food web lower the number or alter the behaviour of their prey, which in turn has an effect on the the next lower tropic level. This ‘cascades’ down the food web and can have an
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Knee-jerk reaction by Government towards flooding of the Somerset levels?
“Knee-jerk reaction by Government towards flooding of the Somerset levels?” asks Duncan Goodwin, Landscape Architect and University of Greenwich Senior Lecturer This was the tone of the strapline in the New Civil Engineer on 6th February. The NCE reported that the £3-4M required to dredge the Parrett and Tone rivers in this part of the West Country
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Working with floods: leading landscape architecture & urbanism approaches
As the South of England continues to be inundated with storms, The Landscape side-steps the political finger-pointing to present leading initiatives to working with water, projects led by Landscape Architects, Urbanists and Designers. 1. On the Water: Palisade Bay – This research project explores the patterns of storms on the East Coast of the US and their
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Landscape Photographer of the Year 2013 Exhibition
MLA student, Ellen Orchard, reviews the Landscape Photographer of the Year exhibition at the National Theatre. Viewing landscape through the lens of a camera is an unique skill that does not need to rely on how expensive your equipment is, but your compositional eye more importantly. Of course, having the latest versions of technology help
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Landscape projects to mitigate future floods
Landscape architecture projects could be set to significantly reduce future flooding in the UK. SUDS (Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems) are expected to become a requirement of future developments across the UK, an approach advocated by the Landscape Institute and embraced through green infrastructure proposals developed by many landscape architects. The BBC reports that previous delays to
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Landscape dressed as architecture
The Guardian newspaper has given landscape issues significant coverage over recent days. Look past the headlines and see some great Landscape Architects and other disciplines at work across London. 1. Exterior Architecture progress their proposals for London’s Skyride by including Normal Foster in their team. Although many questions remain, check out these links to how
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Monty Don’s Around the World in 80 Gardens
MA student, Aaron Carpenter, takes on Monty Don with pleasant surprise. I was recently sent the Around the World in 80 Gardens BBC series by Monty Don as a birthday present, and instantly thought thanks mum more unwanted gifts I will never get around to using. But started watching it in the background whilst working on
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Pop Art Design at the Barbican
Art and Design brought to the masses? Aaron Carpenter reviews the latest exhibition on Pop Art Design at the Barbican. The Barbican always puts on a great exhibition in London. The Rain Room was one of the must see exhibitions of 2013, with constant queues and a long wait! in the curve, Céleste Boursier-Mougenot exhibition of
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Trenton wins appeal to remain in the UK
In April 2012 Trenton Oldfield stepped into the Thames to protest at elitism in British society. His protest in the public space of the river Thames disrupted the 158th annual university boat race. He was duly arrested, imprisoned and was due to be deported back to Australia. Today he won his appeal against the ruling by the home
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Iran and landscape architecture? Read Tom Turner’s latest post…
Tom Turner’s latest post on his popular Garden Visit website describes his optimism in Iran’s future. Read more about it.
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