//Entries by Pierre Pech

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Anthropocene

The notion of the anthropocene appeared and was popularised at the start of this century in an article by the Nobel prize winner Paul Crutzen published in the journal Nature (Crutzen, 2012). The term refers to the most recent period in the Earth’s history during which the global environment has been – or is being […]

16 April 2016 by
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Renaturalisation

This term is at present used in the spheres of urbanism, architecture and nature conservation. “Renaturalisation” (or ecological restoration when it is planned), is a process of modification of a portion of space, a built up area, a block, a quarter, a plot, a landscape or a territory, via the extension of occupation by natural […]

4 June 2016 by