The Ubiquity of Strange Frontiers: Minor Eschatology in Richard Powers’s The Echo Maker by Zachary Tavlin

“…Powers’s novel can be read as one example of an equally rich (though often neglected) counter-tradition that attends to negative spaces of that “unfamiliar here and now” instead of sublime landscapes and the untamed wilderness. Though this counter-tradition is hardly apolitical, it refocuses its politics on the everyday instead of the American millennium, and on the proximate instead of the distant, substituting the imperial appetites of the all-consuming settler subject for the embodied, proprioceptive confusions of the domestic subject. …”
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Von Ungestörten Naturprozessen, Totem Holz und Angestammten Natur-Kultur-Ordnungen. Anmerkungen zur Kultur der „Neuen Wildnis“ by Harald Stahl

“…The idea that primeval forest or wildlife could re-emerge in areas made up of cultural landscapes was formulated by the Prussian educator and politician Wilhelm Wetekamp, and has increasingly become popular in recent decades. …”
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Benchmarking of Multispectral Pansharpening: Reproducibility, Assessment, and Meta-Analysis by Luciano Alparone, Andrea Garzelli

“…As a major outcome of this study, an improved version of the additive wavelet luminance proportional (AWLP) pansharpening algorithm offers all of the favorable characteristics of an ideal benchmark, namely, performance, speed, absence of adjustable running parameters, reproducibility of results with varying datasets and landscapes, and automatic correction of the path radiance term introduced by the atmosphere. …”
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Оrnamental apple tree in the Urals and Siberia by S. A. Makarenko, L. A. Kotov

“…They are adapted for cultivation in Russian landscapes with severe climate, including – and it is very important – the environments of the Urals and Siberia. …”
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Opening Doors by Natalie Le Clue

“…In the constantly evolving landscapes of online communities, fan studies provides a lens to comprehend the complexity of participation and engagement, which can both empower and disempower individuals (Pearson 2010, p. 84). …”
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Keeping Warm in Subtropical Winter. When Everyday Life Disrupts the Concept of Hyper-Conditioned Environments in Chongqing (Southwest China) by Madlen Kobi

“…This paper aims to sensitize architects to conceptualizing buildings not as detached and controllable entities, but as part of urban climatic landscapes.…”
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Peace Education through Agroecology and Organic Farming by Fabio Caporali

“…Scaling up cooperation among hierarchical levels of agriculture organisation (field, farm, and regional, national, international landscapes) appears as the most promising solution for developing a coherent framework consistent with building a peaceful attitude for managing both land, food systems, and friendly relationships among human beings. …”
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Pests and Fungal Organisms Identified on Olives (Olea europaea) in Florida by Jennifer L. Gillett-Kaufman, Sandra A. Allan, Jonael H. Bosques-Mendez, Lyle J. Buss

“…As trees become available in nurseries many homeowners are planting them in their landscapes. Fortunately, olives are a relatively pest-free species, but some occasional invaders can be a nuisance or cause lasting harm. …”
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Cost Estimates of Producing Sapodilla in South Florida, 2017 by Fredy H. Ballen, Aditya Singh, Edward A. Evans, Jonathan H. Crane

“…It should not be planted in home landscapes or in groves near natural areas. Sapodilla plantings must be fenced, and the fruit must be moved in covered vehicles to prevent fruit being eaten by wildlife and the plant from infesting areas outside the grove. …”
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Recomendaciones para la Detección y Mitigación de la Marchitez del Laurel en Árboles de Aguacates y Especies Relacionadas en Jardines y Patios Hogareños by Jonathan Henry Crane, Jeff Wasielewski, Daniel Carrillo, Romina Gazis, Bruce Schaffer, Fredy Ballen, Edward Evans, Rubén Regalado

“… This is the Spanish translation of HS1358, Recommendations for the Detection and Mitigation of Laurel Wilt Disease in Avocado and Related Tree Species in the Home Landscape. Avocado trees are a popular choice for homeowners in Florida, with over 600,000 growing in Florida home landscapes. …”
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Le Bassin minier du Nord-Pas-de-Calais, un patrimoine évolutif et vivant. Entre conservation et évolution, enjeux et nouveau paradigme pour les projets d’architecture by Philippe Prost, Lucas Monsaingeon

“…The Nord-Pas-de-Calais mining basin in France is characterized by landscapes, urban-planning and architecture that is the result of two centuries of intensive coal exploitation. …”
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Recomposition du paysage sportif d’une ville du Sud : le paradoxe des nouveaux lieux de pratiques sportives à Ouagadougou by Aude Nikiema

“…The road network is a founding element in the construction of the urban landscape. In Northern countries, it is the object of a reorganisation of the landscape based on urban policies intended to reduce the negative external impacts of such a reorganisation. …”
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Getting Into the “weeds”: An Introduction to Common Lawn Plants and Their Ecological Benefits in North Central Florida by Olesya Malakhova, Wendy L. Wilber, Sandra B. Wilson, Kacey A. Russo, Jesse C. Jones, Brooke L. Moffis, Johanna Walker, Basil V. Iannone III

“…Here we introduce the reader to some of the many native plants that establish in lawns and if left to grow can provide ecological benefits to urban landscapes. Most resources and marketing regarding these plants focus on killing them rather than on their ecological benefits. …”
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Ancient Hawaiian house lots and their flora: a review of Great Māhele plant claims with a special focus on Pritchardia (loulu) palms by Brien A. Meilleur

“…While a great deal is known about the management and use of indigenous, endemic and Polynesian-introduced plants and their distribution within wild and domesticated Hawaiian landscapes, the floristic composition of the plants cultivated close to residences is poorly documented. …”
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Caladium Cultivars Developed at the University of Florida/IFAS by Zhanao Deng, Brent K. Harbaugh

“…Additional goals of this program included the following: 1) to improve the aesthetic values and performance of caladium plants in containers and landscapes; 2) to eliminate the costly labor associated with tuber de-eyeing; and 3) to improve tuber and plant productivity and profitability. …”
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Red and black mason wasp, Pachodynerus erynnis (Lepeletier) by Kelly Laplante, Wayne Hobbs, Adam Dale

“….), and loopers (Noctuoidea), and has been associated with increased pest control in managed landscapes. Although fairly common, this wasp often goes unnoticed due to its solitary nature and quick flight. …”
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Imaginaire et différ(a)nce : générateurs de paysages by Rita Occhiuto

“…This article reflects on the need to restore confidence in the ability of the professions engaged in observing and designing the landscape to prefigure and reinvent landscapes by using imagination among other things, and on the need to recognise the ability to master the tools for representing reality in landscape design. …”
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Red and black mason wasp, Pachodynerus erynnis (Lepeletier) by Kelly Laplante, Wayne Hobbs, Adam Dale

“….), and loopers (Noctuoidea), and has been associated with increased pest control in managed landscapes. Although fairly common, this wasp often goes unnoticed due to its solitary nature and quick flight. …”
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Variational Quantum Simulation: A Case Study for Understanding Warm Starts by Ricard Puig, Marc Drudis, Supanut Thanasilp, Zoë Holmes

“…Our analysis leaves open the question whether such minima jumps necessitate optimization across barren plateau landscapes or whether there exist gradient flows, i.e., fertile valleys away from the plateau with substantial gradients, that allow for training. …”
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Effects of Vegetated and Synthetic (Impervious) Surfaces on the Microclimate of Urban Area by MO Obiakor, CD Ezeonyejiaku, TC Mogbo

“…These threats include increased stormwater runoff, reduced water quality, higher maximum summer temperatures, degraded, and destroyed aquatic and terrestrial habitats, and the diminished aesthetic appeal of streams and landscapes. This paper provides a basic introduction to microclimate, vegetated and impervious surfaces and an overview of the effects of increased imperviousness and vegetation on the microclimate of urban areas. …”
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