Start Date
05/05/2017
End Date
05/06/2017
Description
The use of the word “landscape” to describe the formation and infrastructure of cities largely seems to express contemporary preoccupations with the post-industrial urban condition. Yet, features associated with contemporary urban landscapes—most notably the forms of human adaptation to and reshaping of the sites where cities develop and expand—can also be found in pre-industrial contexts in different time periods and across the globe.
Organized by Georges Farhat (University of Toronto) and John Beardsley (Dumbarton Oaks), the Garden and Landscape Studies symposium “Landscapes of Pre-Industrial Cities” explores the complex and dynamic relationship between environmental factors and the development of urban form.
https://www.doaks.org/research/garden-landscape/scholarly-activities/landscapes-of-pre-industrial-cities/landscapes-of-pre-industrial-cities
Location
Washington, DC
Distance Learning
No
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Agriculture / Local Food Production
Development Trends
Energy Conservation / Renewable Energy
Historic Preservation
Site Planning
Transportation
Urban Planning & Design
Water / Stormwater Management
Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Hours
12.0
Learning Outcomes
1) How was the modern dichotomy between the urban and the rural historically expressed with respect to land use, environmental control, and resource management?
2) To what extent were territorial expansion, hydraulic management, and land reclamation determinant factors in the design, evolution, and historical fortunes of pre-industrial cities?
3) What sense can we make of the contemporary concepts of urban sprawl, biodiversity, climate change, connectivity, and integrated management of natural resources if applied to pre-industrial urban landscapes?
Instructors
Suzanne Preston Blier, J. B. Chevance, Erik A. de Jong, Hendrik Dey, Michael Heckenberger, Alan L. Kolata, Nadine Moeller, J. Cameron Monroe, Tim Murtha, Timothy R. Pauketat, Jordan Pickett, Christophe Pottier, Priyaleen Singh, Monica L. Smith, Jason Ur
Course Codes
Provider
Dumbarton Oaks