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AUB Faculty and Staff Book Publications: 2019-Present: Landscape Design and Ecosystem Management (LDEM)

Explore monograph and chapter publications authored, edited, or translated by AUB faculty and staff between 2019 and to date.
Prior to 2024, Landscape Design and Ecosystem Management was a department under Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Books by year

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Funck, D., Dreksler, B., & Fetzer, E. (2023). People, landscape, sustainability: A handbook for community innovation promoters. Cuvillier Verlag. https://cuvillier.de/get/ebook/6739/9783736968066_eBook.pdf

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Al-Harithy, H., & Makhzoumi, J. (2019). Aleppo: An urban and landscape design studio. American University of Beirut (Department of Architecture and Design). Available at UL

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Hamin Infield, E. M., Abunnasr, Y., & Ryan, R. L. (Eds.). (2019). Planning for climate change: A reader in green infrastructure and sustainable design for resilient cities. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351201117 Available at UL

Books and book chapters by year

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Daou, A., El Zeenni, L., Hourani, A., & Talhouk, S. N. (2024). Ecotourism and grand challenges: A Gen-Z perspective in the context of Lebanon. In S. W. Maingi, V. G. B. Gowreesunkar, & M. E. Korstanje (Eds.), Tourist behaviour and the new normal, Volume II: Implications for sustainable tourism development (pp. 339-356). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45866-8_18 Available at UL

Talhouk, S. N., Abi Ali, R., Forrest, A., & Abunnasr, Y. (2024). Ancillary botanic gardens: A case study of the American University of Beirut. In T. Pullaiah & D. A. Galbraith (Eds.), Botanical gardens and their role in plant conservation: Asian botanical gardens (pp. 81-94). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003281252 

Zurayk, R. (2024). Catalysts of change: MENA universities' journey towards sustainability and climate change mitigation‎. In W. L. Filho, M. Sima, A. L. Salvia, M. Kovaleva, & E. Manolas (Eds.), University initiatives on climate change education and research. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25960-9_124-1 Available at UL

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Itani, M., Talhouk, S. N., El-Hajj, W., Nasrallah, N., & Abou Fakher, H. (2023). Défis et opportunités de la recherche collaborative dans les réserves de biosphère en Méditerranée. In A. Barthes, C. Cibien, & B. Romagny (Eds.), Réserves de biosphère et objectifs de développement durable 1: Enjeux scientifiques et pratiques éducatives en Méditerranée (Vol. 2, pp. 63-78). ISTE Editions.

Makhzoumi, J. (2023). Reflections on landscape and landscape architecture education in the Arab Middle East. In Dr. Bruns & S. Hennecke (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of landscape architecture education (pp. 303-314). Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003212645-33 Available at UL

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Itani, M., Nasrallah, N., & Talhouk, S. N. (2022). Conserving native plants in Lebanese coastal towns and villages. In D. A. DellaSala & M. I. Goldstein (Eds.), Imperiled: The encyclopedia of conservation (pp. 665-672). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-821139-7.00219-1

Itani, M., Talhouk, S. N., El-Hajj, W., Nasrallah, N., & AbouFakher, H. (2022). Challenges and opportunities of collaborative research on biosphere reserves in the Mediterranean. In A. Barthes, C. Cibien, & B. Romagny (Eds.), Mediterranean biosphere reserves: The nexus for environmental management, education and research (pp. 31-45). Edu-BioMed. https://www.edubiomed.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/eBook_Edu-BioMed_01.pdf 

Makhzoumi, J., & Al-Sabbagh, S. (2022). Reconceptualising coastal rivers and streams. In G. Pungetti (Ed.), Routledge handbook of seascapes (pp. 306-322). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429273452

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Makhzoumi, J. (2021). Beirut's public realm and the discourse of landscape citizenships. In T. Waterman, J. Wolff, & E. Wall (Eds.), Landscape citizenships: Ecological, watershed and bioregional citizenships (pp. 182-204). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003037163 Available at UL

Trovato, M. G. (2021). Spatial inequalities and marginalization: Displaced Syrians in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. In T. Waterman, J. Wolff, & E. Wall (Eds.), Landscape citizenships: Ecological, watershed and bioregional citizenships (pp. 145-163). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003037163 Available at UL

Zurayk, R. (2021). Of seeds and wars: A political ecology of seeds in the formerly fertile ‎crescent‎. In B. G. Karlsson & A. Rabo (Eds.), Seedways: The circulation, control and care of plants in a warming world. Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien.

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Abunnasr, Y. (2020). The landscape as a basic unit for integrated energy planning in the Mediterranean. In A. L. Palazzo & F. Benelli (Eds.), Energy planning in Mediterranean landscapes: Innovation paths in practices and careers (pp. 49-55). Quodlibet. Available at UL

Tan, A., Adanacioğlu, N., Tuğrul Ay, S., Batal, M., Ghattas, H., & Talhouk, S. N. (2022). Where the wild things are. In D. Hunter, E. Monville-Oro, B. Burgos, C. Nyhria Rogel, B. Calub, J. Gonsalves, & N. Lauridsen (Eds.), Agrobiodiversity, school gardens and healthy diets: Promoting biodiversity, food and sustainable nutrition (pp. 267-275). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429053788 Available at UL

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Abunnasr, Y., & Hamin Infield, E. M. (2019). The green infrastructure transect: An organizational framework for mainstreaming adaptation planning policies. In E. M. Hamin Infield, Y. Abunnasr, & R. L. Ryan (Eds.), Planning for climate change: A reader in green infrastructure and sustainable design for resilient cities (pp. 184-194). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351201117 Available at UL

Hamin Infield, E. M., Abunnasr, Y., & Ryan R. L. (2019). Book introduction. In E. M. Hamin Infield, Y. Abunnasr, & R. L. Ryan (Eds.), Planning for climate change: A reader in green infrastructure and sustainable design for resilient cities (pp. 1-6). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351201117 Available at UL

Mueller, L., Eulenstein, F., Mirschel, W., Antrop, M., Jones, M., McKenzie, B. M., Dronin, N. M., Kazakov, L. K., Kravchenko, V. V., & Khoroshev, A. V., Gerasimova, M., Dannowski, R., Schindler, U., Ruhovich, O., Sychev, V. G., Sheudzhen, A., Couvet, D., Robinson, G. M., Blum, W., Joniak, T., Eisendle, U., Trovato, M. G., ... Kienast, F. (2019). Landscapes, their exploration and utilisation: Status and trends of landscape research. In L. Mueller & F. Eulenstein (Eds.), Current trends in landscape research (pp. 105-164). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30069-2_5 Available at UL
Talhouk, S. N., Baalbaki, R., Haydar, S., Kays, W., Kayed, S., Al-Hindi, M., & Saliba, N. A. (2019). Contextualizing openness: A case study in water quality testing in Lebanon. In L. Chan, A. Okune, R. Hillyer, D. Albornoz, & A. Posada (Eds.), Contextualizing openness: Situating open science (pp. 107-121). University of Ottawa Press. https://press.uottawa.ca/contextualizing-openness.html

Trovato, M. G., & Ali, D. (2019). Planning tools for the protection of the natural and cultural heritage in the Eastern Mediterranean area. In L. Mueller & F. Eulenstein (Eds.), Current trends in landscape research (pp. 467-486). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30069-2_20 Available at UL