Anne Whiston Spirn
Restoring Mill Creek: Landscape Literacy, Environmental Justice and City Planning and Design
injustices occur human law social practice ignore natural processes plan design build city focus neighbourhoods problems fail recognize resources story mill creek neighbourhood philadelphia illustrates themes mill creek shaped processes work innercity america laid waste flow water capital violence redevelopment neglect known locally bottom mill creek one many black bottoms us bottom economically socially topographically harsh socioeconomic conditions racial discrimination exacerbated health safety hazards posed high water table unstable ground landscape literacy means recognizing redressing injustices urban planning design community development verbal literacy cornerstone american civil rights movement 1950s 1960s