Glover, Gina, <br/><br/>
The metabolic landscape :  perception, practice and the energy transition / 
Gina Glover, Geof Rayner, Jessica Rayner. 
 - London:  Black Dog Publishing,  2014. 
 - 126 pages :  color illustrations ;  22 x 29 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 35-37). 
<br/><br/>Preface: The metabolic landscape / Gina Glover, Geof Rayner and Jessica Reyner -- Defining the landscape: framing the metabolic landscape / Geof Rayner -- Sites of energy / Gina Glover -- Objects of perception / Jessica Rayner -- Biographies. 
<br/><br/> This book combines the disciplines of art, science and philosophy to picture and interpret the planet's current state of 'metabolic distress'. Humankind's search for more powerful sources of energy to sustain an urbanizing existence has created an energy transition that, while hugely beneficial to human existence, is now being identified as a source of harm. Just as metabolic disease refers to energy-sourced medical problems, so too the planet, the authors propose, is showing increasing signs of metabolic distress. Through large-scale photographs and a combination of long and short essays The Metabolic Landscape is an engaging exploration of the unfolding relationship between energy and the landscape, and our interpretation of it -- 
<br/><br/><br/>Text in English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781908966278 1908966270 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2015514405 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Energy development--Environmental aspects.<br/>Energy development--Environmental aspects--Pictorial works.<br/>Landscape changes--Pictorial works.<br/>Nature--Effect of human beings on--Pictorial works.<br/>Philosophy of nature.<br/>Energy development--Environmental aspects.<br/>Landscape changes.<br/>Nature--Effect of human beings on.<br/>Philosophy of nature.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Pictorial works.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TR660.5  / .MET 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>770