Typical development in the American Southwest often resulted in scraping the desert lands of the ancient living landscape, to be replaced with one that is human-made and dependent on a large consumption of energy and natural resources. This transdisciplinary book explores the natural and built environment of this desert region and introduces development tools for shaping its future in a more sustainable way. It offers valuable insights to help promote ecological balance between nature and the built environment in the American Southwest-and in other ecologically fragile regions around the world.

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Front Cover
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Editors
Contributors
Chapter 1 - Deserts of the World
Chapter 2 - Geology and Soils in Deserts of the Southwestern United States
Chapter 3 - Scales of Climate in Designing with the Desert
Chapter 4 - Water Resources in the Desert Southwest
Chapter 5 - Geologic, Hydrologic, and Urban Hazards for Design in Desert Environments
Chapter 6 - Deep History and Biogeography of La Frontera
Chapter 7 - Vegetation Zones of the Southwest
Chapter 8 - Plant Ecology of the Sonoran Desert Region
Chapter 9 - Wildlife and Anthropogenic Changes in the Arid Southwest
Chapter 10 - Healing the Wounds: An Example from the Sky Islands
Chapter 11 - Built to Burn
Chapter 12 - Restoring Ecosystem Health in Frequent-Fire Forests of the American West
Chapter 13 - Ecological Planning Method
Chapter 14 - Phoenix as Everycity: A Closer Look at Sprawl in the Desert
Chapter 15 - Water Planning for Growing Southwestern Communities
Chapter 16 - Removable and Place-Based Economies: Alternative Futures for America’s Deserts
Chapter 17 - Environmental Injustice in the Urban Southwest: A Case Study of Phoenix, Arizona
Chapter 18 - Dwelling in Expanded Biotic Communities: Steps Toward Reconstructive Postmodern Communities
Chapter 19 - Dialogue on Development
Chapter 20 - Ecological Design
Chapter 21 - Rainwater Harvesting and Stormwater Reuse for Arid Environments
Chapter 22 - Designing Habitats in Urban Environments
Chapter 23 - Native Plant Salvaging and Reuse in Southwestern Deserts
Chapter 24 - Sustainable Urban Living: Green Solar Energy for Food and Biofuels Production
Chapter 25 - Desert Urbanism
Chapter 26 - Settlement, Growth, and Water Security for Southwest Cities
Chapter 27 - Creating Tomorrow
Chapter 28 - Desert Vernacular: Green Building and Ecological Design in Scottsdale, Arizona
Chapter 29 - Sustainable Energy Alternatives for the Southwest
Chapter 30 - Search for a Lean Alternative
Chapter 31 - Creating Sustainable Futures for Southwestern Cities: The ProtoCity™ Approach in the Ciudad Juarez, Mexico/El Paso, Texas Metroplex
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