130 Landscape Journal 37: 2 territories, our narrative choices exercise powerful agency.
Where once water provided “moral economy,” a public service afforded through the “culture …

Water plays an integral role in mediating the natural environment, ecosystems and habitats,
and in shaping our natural landscapes. Using water as a tool for form-finding in landscape …

For millennia water has been celebrated and ritualized in everyday practices across
cultures. Today it is increasingly central to design and scientific discussions about global …

Water is a dynamic but also scarce finite and shrinking resource at the global and local
scales. Its power stems from its defining of landscapes and structuring force and its role as a …

Humans and water have a complex relationship that includes various dimensions such as
sociocultural, political, legal and ecological. Considering the ubiquity of water, we need a …

Arid regions around the world comprise approximately 41 percent of the global surface area.
These drylands are inhabited by 1/3 of the global population, are home to several mega …

In nature, water appears as a drop, a trickle, a spring, a stream, a waterfall, a pool, a lake, a
river or the sea. These myriad forms offer exciting visual and physical contrast within the …

The attractiveness of water in public spaces has been studied since a long time. The reason
that makes it not just an element for beautifying the space is the fact that humans are …

Fresh Water is a book that addresses regional, territorial, and continental water issues
through interdisciplinary design research in landscape architecture. The geographical and …