Climate-Adaptive Design in High Mountain Villages: Ladakh in Transition

ISBN-13: 9780367427290 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 214 str.

Carey Clouse

Opis

Drawing from the unique context and climate of the Himalaya, this book highlights several innovative design interventions, shaped by a myriad of social, cultural, environmental, and political factors that have been employed in villages to combat climate change.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Background on Ladakh 3. A Changing Climate 4. Development in Ladakh 5. Challenging Design Engagement 6. Artificial Glaciers 7. Ice Stupas 8. Snow Barrier Bands 9. Solar Design 10. Greenhouses 11. Reservoirs and Canals: zings, yura, and kuhls 12. Tree Planting and Tree Armor 13. Food Security 14. Recruiting Allies 15. The Role of Design 16. The Future of Climate-Adaptive Design 17. Author’s Note 18. Appendix

O autorze

Carey Clouse is an Associate Professor of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at UMass Amherst. She is the author of Farming Cuba: Urban Agriculture from the Ground Up (2014), the recipient of a Fulbright-Nehru senior scholar award for research on climate change adaptation in India (2014–2016), and is a National Geographic Explorer grantee (2017–2018). Clouse holds a post-professional degree (SMArchS) in Architecture and Urbanism from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a BArch from the University of Oregon.