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Pioneering Parks of the Past and Future
Manage episode 387120507 series 2829289
In this episode, Paul spoke to Karen Fitzsimon, Colleen D’Souza and Rajan Dewan. Karen is a chartered landscape architect, historian, and horticulturist. Colleen is Director and Head of Cracknell’s Integrated Horticulture Team. She has been instrumental in expanding the plant typologies used in the Middle East and North Africa regions of the last three decades, challenging local standards and adding ecological and resilience value. And Rajan – Group Design Director at Cracknell– is a specialist in water management and modern irrigation techniques, and has over 40 years’ experience in planning, design, construction detailing, management, construction resourcing and engineering design of hard & soft landscape.
Together they talked about the history of publicly accessible parks, and the challenges they face in the future as the climate crisis threatens water security.
To read their articles and all the others in this edition, you can find an online version of Landscape for free here
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
203 episodes
Manage episode 387120507 series 2829289
In this episode, Paul spoke to Karen Fitzsimon, Colleen D’Souza and Rajan Dewan. Karen is a chartered landscape architect, historian, and horticulturist. Colleen is Director and Head of Cracknell’s Integrated Horticulture Team. She has been instrumental in expanding the plant typologies used in the Middle East and North Africa regions of the last three decades, challenging local standards and adding ecological and resilience value. And Rajan – Group Design Director at Cracknell– is a specialist in water management and modern irrigation techniques, and has over 40 years’ experience in planning, design, construction detailing, management, construction resourcing and engineering design of hard & soft landscape.
Together they talked about the history of publicly accessible parks, and the challenges they face in the future as the climate crisis threatens water security.
To read their articles and all the others in this edition, you can find an online version of Landscape for free here
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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